One of the biggest aerospace manufacturers made an interesting announcement this month. It was certainly unexpected enough that I was double and triple-checking the details, unsure if I was dreaming, but it's true: Boeing will train its current and future pilots with a new system integrated with Microsoft Flight Simulator (confirmed in a press release from Boeing itself, thanks to PC Gamer).
Technically, since this new training platform is said to be "powered by" MSFS and Azure, it isn't the same as just asking its trainees to play the game, but I've seen enough corporate speak to know what that might mean. Likely stripped of its more videogame-centric features, like its career and trails modes, this "Virtual Airplane" actually hints at a more interesting departure for Microsoft's popular flight sim.
