Royal Canadian Air Force Sees More Sims In the Future of Fighter Pilot Training

dakohli writes "Currently, Canadian Fighter Pilots spend about 20% of their 'stick' time in Simulators. RCAF General Blondin states that this will rise to 50/50 in the future. The article goes on to state that the U.S. Army is moving in this direction, although the U.S. Air Force is a little more skeptical. Aircraft are expensive to fly, and if the fidelity of a simulator is good enough then perhaps real pilots will spend even less time actually in the air. Slashdotters, do you think that this will actually make recruiting pilots more difficult, or is it a sign of the things to come beyond Military Aviation?"

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What a waste

[Ralph Spoilsport]

I live in Canada. The only people who are dangerous are the idiots south of the border. North? Polar bears. And they're drowning. East? Greenland. Yeah. I'm terrified of the Greenland invaders. West? More of the same idiots from south of the border. (Not everyone south of the border is an idiot. It just seems that way sometimes. Like electing George W Bush to anything beyond dog catcher.) So, really, the only real threat to Canada comes from the country that supplies our military gear. So, if we ever got into a war with them, I kind of doubt we'll be getting replacement parts any time soon. Canada has no business getting involved with the imperialist programme of the USA and its lapdog the UK. It's bad enough we're a colony to both of them...