Originally Posted by
Biotin
At my regional airline we did 8 days of sim before the checkride and it worked out fine for everyone.
BTDT.
Bus is a different kind of animal.
Might depend on what you want the type for... if you're going to be doing something like international repo flights as PIC, that would be sketchy. If you're going to an airline and will go through their training anyway, it should be fine.