How close is MSFS 2020 to the real thing?

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@Biggles1950

In the early 90’s I used MSFS as a training aid during my own PPL training and it helped me get my license very quickly.

Congrats. That reminded me of a short article I’ve written (well an article on some other articles to be exact) a while ago:

Discussion: February 4th, 2021 Development Update

This is grossly and absolutely inaccurate and false. Captain Edilberto Valdez, a former airline pilot at United Airlines, Champion Air and Skywest Airlines who has held various positions in the aviation industry (including line check airmen, Boeing 727 training director), got a B.Sc degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and taught corporate, military and NASA test pilots, uses Microsoft Flight Simulator X (which, according to your own incorrect logic is a “game”, since no part of it…