Originally Posted by
BDGERJMN
To a point yes...but at some point the sim ceases to yield results in the CRM/Crew Coordination environment that are learned in the jet. Same reason we still bounce at the field prior to going to the boat, flying the sim vs flying the jet regardless of mission/training objectives is just not the same.
To dog hump on this... No matter what your creativity level as a sim IP, no one can come up with some of the f'd up poo that happens in the real world.