In article ,
(mike popken) wrote:

The following was the original comment in this thread:

"See Wired magazine:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology...w=wn_tophead_6

People have criticized me in the past for suggesting that someone
could
learn much of the skills of piloting with FS, but it seems that I'm in
good company."
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The critical part of the articvle is the following.
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Lacy went on to graduate near the top of his class in flight training,
and the Navy decided to see if using Flight Simulator would help other
students. It found that trainees who used the program did better in
their training, prompting the Navy to issue customized versions of
Flight Simulator to all of its flight students. Flight Simulator also is
used as part of pilot training at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
and FlightSafety International's academy in Vero Beach, Florida.
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So one can pooh-pooh all he wants, the bottom line is that FS2004 IS
being used already in flight training, and indications are that it
helps, and there ae competent flight instructors that agree.

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Even without the FAA's stamp of approval, the Air Safety Foundation's
Landsberg thinks that Flight Simulator could have great benefits for
student pilots, and the foundation is planning a study to quantify those
benefits.

"I'd like to get a group of students and take half of them through
traditional flight training, and half through training where they use
Flight Simulator as a supplement," Landsberg said. "I'll bet you that at
the conclusion, the Flight Simulator group will have saved 25 percent of
the time in the air."
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A study is apparentyly under way to determine to what extent FS trining
can help.

Henri