All "new Cirrus aircraft" means is extra expense that you don't need. You don't need any of that crap for any of your ratings and quite frankly what are you going to do if you end up in a 1900 or one day a DC-9 and you don't know how to scan round dials?

I fly for a carrier that does flying under the Delta banner. The only thing that means is that I'm doing the same damn thing the guys in real delta aircraft are doing for a lot less money.