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Robert M. Gary writes:
Aren't you even curious what its like flying a non-simulated airplane? Sure, but not curious enough to spend the time and money required to take a ride. All the time you've spent on the simulator you could have easily earned the money for several flights using that time working in a coffee shop. I've spent about 2000 hours flying in the past 36 months. If I had worked that time at a minimum-wage job in a coffee shop, I would have earned roughly enough by now to pay for just 40-50 hours in a real aircraft--and that ignores the cost of getting a license to fly in the first place. If you count the cost of getting a license, I would not yet have flown my first hour in real life as a licensed pilot. That price/performance ratio is almost inexpressibly bad. As a result, and given that there is no sine qua non for me in real flight that bars the use of simulation, simulation gives me orders of magnitude more "bang for the buck" in terms of enjoyment. In fact, it's one of the cheapest hobbies and leisure-time activities that I can think of. Additionally, there are some things that are possible in simulation that would not be possible for me in real life (such as, say, piloting a 747 cross-country), which further argues in favor of simulation. I've listed some of the key advantages of simulation here before. At least that's the way I think. Unfortunately, the numbers don't work out. You could probably earn enough money in less than a month redirecting your simulation time to a coffee shop and then would at least know what you are missing. A month in a coffee shop would pay for about an hour of flight in a real airplane. Compare 55 hours of work at minimum wage for one hour flying to 40 minutes of work for 55 hours of flying, and there is absolutely no contest--simulation wins hands-down. |
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It doesn't require taking unnecessary risks, however. Which is why Anthony lives in a hovel and can't find a job. |
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The only cost of flying for me is electricity, which is about $0.03 per hour of flight. That's one of the things that favors it as a leisure-time activity. Just more in Anthony's long list of excuses as to why he can't fly. |
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Name some of the people you have worked for and tell us why you don't work
for them any longer. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Your question was childish and unworthy of a direct answer. You were unable to answer the question. Nope, your question was childish and unworthy of a direct answer. Because I am a real pilot and talk to a lot of other real pilots. But you must not be talking to the pilot associations that have complained about this in the past. What pilot associations and when? Got a cite for this of just making it up? There are lots of FAA provided web pages that are of little use to most pilots. What's your point? How do you know which pages are or aren't of use to most pilots? Because I am a real pilot and talk to a lot of other real pilots. Nope, just guessing about that part as there is no reason for the general public for it to be secure, so it is likely some internal reason. But that internal reason couldn't have anything to do with pilots visiting the site? If you actually knew what HTTPS does, you wouldn't ask that question. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
Jon writes: It's the difference between actually having the access to the information. I work with the folks at NAIMES, I've done actual work on some of their systems. They are hard working folks with integrity. So why are these Web pages secured with SSL, and why are they secured by a certificate that isn't included in many browsers? Quite likely the same reason I have some things secured with SSL with a self-signed certificate. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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So, it sounds like your fundamental problem is finding and holding a real
job- perhaps you should start there. |
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On Feb 4, 8:38*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Robert M. Gary writes: All the time you've spent on the simulator you could have easily earned the money for several flights using that time working in a coffee shop. I've spent about 2000 hours flying in the past 36 months. *If I had worked that time at a minimum-wage job in a coffee shop, I would have earned roughly enough by now to pay for just 40-50 hours in a real aircraft--and that ignores the cost of getting a license to fly in the first place. *If you count the cost of getting a license, I would not yet have flown my first hour in real life as a licensed pilot. I'm not sure what you mean when you say "the cost of getting a license" but if I were sitting there thinking I could have used the 2000 hours I spent playing with the sim for the last 36 months to earn the money to fly 40-50 hours I would be kicking myself pretty hard about now. -Robert |
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The moron averages nearly 18 full time weeks a year playing his game. If he
worked half of that time he could have an instrument rating and his own plane by now. |
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On Feb 4, 12:12*pm, "Viperdoc" wrote:
The moron averages nearly 18 full time weeks a year playing his game. If he worked half of that time he could have an instrument rating and his own plane by now. I believe he's in Paris. There are *lots* of coffee house type jobs in the city. He could run one of those crape carts and get a chance to get out and see people and get out of him apartment and some fresh air. -Robert |
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