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Major Nikon

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9. Level D sims cost several million $ each

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 06:11 PM

Sep 2017

They are also expensive to operate. So yes, they will never replace all training at the lower initial pilot training levels, but they will increasingly be used for more advanced training.

This is certainly not a bad thing as the OP suggests.

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Is Your Life Worth More Than Airline Profits? (w/Guest Charles Sauer) [View all] thomhartmann Sep 2017 OP

Guess what: Commercial pilots already train in simulators. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #1

Did you also find the video hard to watch? Major Nikon Sep 2017 #3

Yeah, I gave up on it. It was apparent Hartmann doesn't know The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #4

Geez, there's so much ignorance in this video it's impossible to watch Major Nikon Sep 2017 #2

Exactly right. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #5

Even at the private pilot stage, some of the training can be done in simulators Major Nikon Sep 2017 #6

As the technology improves there will be more use of simulation. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #8

Level D sims cost several million $ each Major Nikon Sep 2017 #9

10 years ago a new level D sim cost about $22 million. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #10

Compare that to logging time in a kite Major Nikon Sep 2017 #11

There was a time when certain aspects of pilot recurrent training PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #7