Originally Posted by
LAXative
That's a VERY broad brush that you are painting ERAU pilots with. Level D full flight simulators have been proven to be an effective training tool AND they have an experienced Captain to mentor them in the actual aircraft.
That may be true, but true IMC in a small piston airplane getting knocked around, navigating by vor, needs to be experienced, bonus points if you bounce your head off the ceiling. I had a student walk away from aviation when he experienced it for the first time. Hood time is a joke.