Yes you will know what everything is if you know the PMDG product. I recognized and could deal with everything except the "damn" harness and seat adjustment. My flying was stomach churning but the landing was safe.It proved to me how accurate the PMDG 737NG actually is and how you could learn a great deal about the real thing. One of my cockpit mates had the same amount of real life stick time as I did (none) but he handled it like a pro. I think the United Pilot would have given him a real a/c without hesitation (well, maybe a little).My SIM time in Denver taught me a few things about the PMDG model and what it could do that I had never known prior. True it was not an NG but it was great. We are lucky to have such a realistic simulated aircraft to fly in our virtual world. Thank you PMDG.

I had a similar experience only in reverse order. I flew the 767-400 simulator first, after much flying of large turbine aircraft in FS98 and had little problem in taking off, landing and flying a circuit around the airport. Then I purchased FS9 and PMDG and I am amazed on how similar the PMDG is to the 767 that I flew ( if memory serves me correctly). It gives me a great deal of satisfaction knowing that the PMDG is "almost" like flying the real thing, as opposed to having no frame of reference to compare the PMDG to real life.