When we talk of a flight simulator, we naturally contemplate something which is artificial, something which is inferior to the real thing—a substitute for the real aeroplane. There is a danger, therefore, that we might also think of the flight simulator instructor in the same terms —that he is someone who is inferior to the real thing, the flight instructor. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

The flight simulator instructor needs to be a flight instructor who is additionally qualified to instruct on the simulator. He is therefore someone who is superior to just a flight instructor.