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Is it common for professional pilots to have flight simulators at home? Edit: added "professional"
by andyjohnson0 13y ago
Is it common for professional pilots to have flight simulators at home?
Edit: added "professional"
- fleitz 13y agoIs it common for developers to have compilers at home?
- lvs 13y agoIs it common for surgeons to have scalpels at home?
- fragmede 13y agoUnfortunately I'm not finding anything via Google to back me up, but in my experience, yes, it is. http://www.amazon.com/Scalpel-Blades-10-Box-100/dp/B0008FUQ2E http://www.amazon.com/Scalpel-Blades-10-Box-100/dp/B0008FUQ2... It's not like it's at all expensive either.
- AndrewGreen 13y agoA friend of mine who's an ER doctor removed a mole for me at his kitchen table with kit he had in the house.
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- Turing_Machine 13y agoSure. At one time every doctor had a medical bag with scalpels, sutures, basic medications, etc. that they carried with them everywhere they went. I think it's still pretty common (though maybe not as common as it was in the days when doctors made house calls).
- icambron 13y agoShe's an internist, not a surgeon, but my wife has no shortage of simple medical equipment in our home.
- bunderbunder 13y agoAnd suture packs, too.
- kjs3 13y agoEvery single surgeon, nurses, PAs, PTs and med students I know does (and since my wife is in the business, that's a lot).
- andyjohnson0 13y agoI'm a developer, but I don't go home and simulate programing. You seem to be answering a different question: is it common for professional pilots to fly recreationally?
- mikeash 13y agoYes, every reasonably tech-savvy pilot I know has at least a minimal flight simulator setup to play with.
- dingaling 13y agoI admittedly have a small sample set of two commercial pilots, but they're much like any other corporate workers. Once they're home they crash-out and relax. Make a meal, have a shower. Check Facebook. Their day job is pretty boring* and they're not particuarly interested in replicating it on a computer. * where did you fly today? Oh, a runway in Portugal and another one in Malta.
- kjs3 13y agoThis particular pilot made instructional flight videos for YouTube on his home flight simulator. Not everyone hates their job.
- mikeash 13y agoMy sample is clearly biased, but a lot of people in my flying club fly for a living with airlines or the military, then come fly some more in a recreational capacity with the club.