Benefits of Simulator Training

Training in a simulator has many benefits, including:

• Allowing the pilot and instructor to focus on scenarios that simply should not be conducted in a flying aircraft. For example, a loss of an engine on takeoff requires the student to react quickly to control airspeed and avoid the temptation to make a steep turn back to the runway. This can be taught safely in the simulator.
• Providing the ability to identify a developing problem, stop its progress, provide instruction and remediate the situation.
• Making your training more cost-effective per practice procedure than flying your own aircraft. Our instructors can have you fly twice as many approaches in the simulator per hour than you can in your plane.
• Permitting training to take place when the weather prevents safe flight training.
• A quick and efficient method of instruction when time restrictions on the part of the student require it.
• More effective training. A combination of aircraft and simulator training is more effective than training in the aircraft alone. A number of studies have verified that a combination approach results in a more proficient pilot in a shorter time than training based solely on in-aircraft flight instruction.