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**Mxsmanic** · April 7th 07, 07:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting

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This is pretty ironic, don't you think?

Why?

One of the prime motivations for using simulators for pilot training
is to be able to practice failure scenarios. (Yes, cost is another
prime motivation.)

Yes, but that's because they are flying real aircraft, and failure scenarios
are impractical and dangerous to practice in real aircraft. At the same time,
failures cannot be avoided in real aircraft.

Pilot training would be quite simple without having to learn all of
those pesky failure scenarios.

Yes, and that's why a non-pilot can land an airliner in an emergency.

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