Not as realistic as this:
Gave me flashbacks to flying out of Bahrain.Not as realistic as this:
Or shit-hot breaks getting secured after a Marine cuts the COD out of the pattern.Gave me flashbacks to flying out of Bahrain.
Then USN goes and buys a bunch of sims and tries to replicate the success of a grander scale and it doesn't work.
Use as in professionally or as in play flight sims for fun in their spare time?
That's because they are missing the hidden variable, which is: unprompted home flight sim use by SNAs is just a marker for someone who is hyper motivated to succeed and become a naval aviator. Hyper motivated bc they are at home with the curtains closed playing flight sim games instead of out at bars meeting eligible singles or playing shirtless beach volleyball or whatever else SNAs typically enjoy in their off time. The home flight sim stuff is just a residual artifact of that hyper motivation factor, and the hyper motivation factor is the true underlying driver of success. Just like how Jocko says certain people succeed at BUD/S - they succeed because they want it so badly they will go to any lengths to succeed, get better, and not quit.Every couple of years it seems like there's some SNA who aces the program and happened to have a nice home flight sim setup that people attribute the success too. Then USN goes and buys a bunch of sims and tries to replicate the success of a grander scale and it doesn't work.
These kinds of people are easy to spot online. They're the ones posting "hurr durr why don't they pick me to be military pilot."The problem is players of the game who have no actual experience or involvement in real world aviation, that are so good at the game, that they think that translates to anything meaningful. By meaningful I mean the fact that they think their ball flying, or BFM, would be competitive with that of a proficient real fighter pilot.
There's more to practice then just putting the time in. Without applying the sim to the syllabus you're just hoping you're doing the right thing. Some cases had guys who did this in primary and did well but I'd be curious if they did any better than a guy in the syllabus who was putting in the same amount of time using a different type of chair flying. In that case, they're just a guy who's trying really hard in front of a sim. Which is that any different then a guy who practices EPs in traffic or while bouncing a ball? I've also never heard much more about these guys continuing to use home flight sims in advanced, the RAG, or the fleet. If people could have proven that it makes a difference they'd be using it.That's because they are missing the hidden variable, which is: unprompted home flight sim use by SNAs is just a marker for someone who is hyper motivated to succeed and become a naval aviator. Hyper motivated bc they are at home with the curtains closed playing flight sim games instead of out at bars meeting eligible singles or playing shirtless beach volleyball or whatever else SNAs typically enjoy in their off time. The home flight sim stuff is just a residual artifact of that hyper motivation factor, and the hyper motivation factor is the true underlying driver of success. Just like how Jocko says certain people succeed at BUD/S - they succeed because they want it so badly they will go to any lengths to succeed, get better, and not quit.