Fs9 in flight training

I took a flight today with a friend who takes the cake in experience etc. (translation 25,000 + hours) and is a cfii at the very least of his huge aviation career.On the way back making conversation I asked him about his current students.He mentioned that he had one that was an interesting case. Ready for the checkride long ago-but unfortunately didn't meet the faa requirements for time yet.I said what the hay?-and he said the guy is an avid fs flight simmer. He said he is at a loss about what to do-the guy was long ago ready for his checkride-but he has to kill time to meet the faa time requirements. Then he went on a tirade of how the fs sim is one of the best training tools to come along in a long time....I concurred.....http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=83490&page=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/Geofdog2.jpg