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With a little research you'll find otherwise qualified pilots use sims
before flying a different type aircraft. I seem to remember some
airlines allow ATRs to learn about a new type on a sim then fly as
first officer. This is a far cry from taking someone with zero time,
however, and offering them any level of control of an airplane.

These sims are elaborate, have operators outside to control the
experience, and cost many happy meals an hour to run.

All true, but again, we weren't talking about airline pilots...we were
discussing how often GA pilots practice simulated engine failures
between BFRs, which then drifted to whether sim engine failure practice
is more/less like "the real thing" than in-flight simulated engine
failure practice. I was referring to single-engine aircraft (though I
don't think I specified that anywhere).