It is not clear from the transcript whether it was a misattribution when they attributed the problems they were discussing to the simulator. It also seems clear

It is not clear from the transcript whether it was a misattribution when they attributed the problems they were discussing to the simulator. It also seems clear that they were not getting flying time on the actual airplane, and so were not in a position to know if the airplane itself had problems. There are definitely issues to be investigated here, and it is not going to be helped if people are taking the fifth, as Forkner himself has done. He might want to reconsider that.