Exactly. I love reading all of the comments on another flight sim forum, where FSX users state that they are purchasing P3D, under an academic licence because they are "using it to maintain their pilots licence". Sure you are. No offence, but simulators are a piss poor alternative to actually getting your hands on the controls. What they are good for is the purely procedural side of flying, be it instrument work, radio navigation, etc. Areas where introduction on the ground, and practice will be of value before stepping into the cockpit, and going for it... Edit: I should also add, that I cannot wait for the day that Microsoft gets jealous of Lockheed Martin making money off of a simulator, especially one that is being used illegally under a commercial only EULA. Clash of the titans in court for sure, but it will likely end with Microsoft withdrawing any support LM had to develop P3D as an add-on or update for FSX...