| Regardless of whether you are an aspiring pilot or you | | | | But rather than just sit it out, here's a much better idea: |
| already happen to have obtained your private pilot's | | | | Why not keep up with your skills by committing some |
| license, it is inevitable that sooner or later you may | | | | time to training with a flight instrument simulator |
| encounter some downtime during which you won't be | | | | instead? |
| to fly, for whatever the reason: lack of fitness for flight | | | | What a flight instrument simulator can do for you is to |
| due to illness financial constraints personal / business / | | | | help you to bridge the gaps in between those |
| academic pursuits that pose a time conflict lack | | | | extended periods of downtime during which you won't |
| availability of aircraft due to scheduling or maintenance | | | | be able to fly, by empowering you to maintain your |
| poor weather that makes for unsafe flight or which | | | | proficiency with a simulator. |
| does not meet flight minimums Unfortunately, for many | | | | If you can get your hands on a good flight instrument |
| general aviation pilots, this is idle time that cannot be | | | | simulator, then you will literally have no excuse not to |
| spent in the air. | | | | fly! You can keep on practicing, honing in your skills, |
| You could be grounded for days, weeks, or even | | | | during this downtime, so that by the time you are |
| months. As a pilot, you simply cannot afford this much | | | | ready to get back into a real airplane again, your skills |
| downtime, if you want to keep your skills up to date, or | | | | won't be as rusty, and you won't have as much |
| if you are under a time constraint to obtain a license or | | | | catching up to do to get back up to speed. |
| rating. | | | | |