Originally Posted by 742Dash

The sim costs in the article are wildly inflated.

No one is going to be buying simulators for this training, let alone setting up sim facilities. Instead this will be an opportunity to get some use out of sims that are otherwise collecting dust. Fokker, early generation 737, antiquated corporate big iron; there is a long list of sims that are underutilized.

The cost will be less than half the quoted figure. My bet is way less than half. These programs are going to be the Wendy's chili of the flight training industry -- assemble from the leftovers, post it on the value menu.