This is from another forum I visit and a very funny idea for really simming what it is like to be a pilot.

Some day I'm going to create the ultimate flight sim. The flight model will be crap, but it doesn't really matter, because there will be hyper-realistic models of dumb going wrong. You can start off in a 152 with a 19 year old instructor dozing off in the right seat while you try to figure out how to fly the thing. After you drop a few hundred bucks on "flight points", you can graduate to being the jackass in the right seat...maybe the screen goes blank for 20 or 30 minutes and then suddenly you're in a cross-controlled stall on short final as some non-English-speaking student does his level best to kill you. If you pay extra, you can get "scent packs" which lovingly recreate the atmosphere of a tiny cockpit crammed full of East Asian.But don't worry, this sim has DEPTH. After a year or two of that, you can CHOOSE. Do you want to go fly a Regional Jet with an alcoholic, bitter-at-life Captain screaming at you for 9 legs a day (ramen noodles not included, but replica food-stamps will be in the box), or would you prefer to climb in to a cessna 210 and go fly through thunderstorms at 2am, praying something doesn't break? It's all about an interactive experience.If you're Man enough to tough that out, you can graduate to the left seat of a JET. If you choose a Business Jet, you can face down the chairman of the board as he threatens to murder your family if he's not in Palm Beach by tee-time. If you choose the Regional Jet, though, you've only to face the demoralizing shuffle of Wal-Mart humanity in and out of the back, day after blighted day. But don't worry, we'll keep things interesting with random furloughs, during which you can play the "working at Home Depot" mini-game for a year or two.Not to fear. After 10-20 years, you will earn the coveted wings of a MAJOR AIRLINE PILOT, and get to play our "commute from your home to whatever blighted hell-hole the company has designated as their junior base" mini-app. It's very challenging...if you're not the Bob Hoover of jumpseating, you might very well find yourself unemployed, and have to start over again! This game is only for the hardcore gamer!The final boss-level, though, can't be beat. You have done it. You're now 64 7/8ths years old. You proudly sit in the Captain's chair as the 777 pushes back from the gate. The door is securely latched, keeping the wagon-dragons and Proles safely in the back. You sip your coffee. The mighty engines spool up and you watch the glorious sunrise as you take control of the massive beast. Suddenly, you hit a pothole in the decaying infrastructure of the ramp. The coffee spills, and as you're frantically pawing at your burning genitals, the left wing clips another plane. Simultaneously, you have a heart attack and die.The end credits will show your 4 ex-wives getting plastic surgery and spending your life-insurance.

Pretty much what I've been looking for in a sim. Forgot a random lockout that won't let you play due to some hiccup with maintaining your Class 1. During some designated period, you're only allowed to play the Home Depot mini-game (with airplane sounds in the background) until OKC say's it was a clerical error and you're good to go.

Pretty much what I've been looking for in a sim. Forgot a random lockout that won't let you play due to some hiccup with maintaining your Class 1. During some designated period, you're only allowed to play the Home Depot mini-game (with airplane sounds in the background) until OKC say's it was a clerical error and you're good to go.

Haha yeah. I've been lucky so far and haven't had any problems with the FAA. The IRS on the other hand, I still haven't got my tax return for last year!

As far as the IRS is concerned, I don't exist. Oh s###