No you wouldn't. If you find light aircraft different enough think about how different the 747's going to be.

Well thats put an end to my dreams

Can anyone just elaborate on what is actually so different, is it the flight dynamics, or the method of navigation etc.

Mistral - would you TRUST your airliner to someone like Charlie or myself who think that the epitome of flight is a Gladiator?

apart from the main buttons in flight sim, i would like to see anyone with no real knowledge even try to figure out what some of the key buttons do. think of it like trying to parrallel park an 18 wheeler when all you have driven is a car.

I could take ya up in a 767, configure everything for you, and hand you the controls. If you had flown a realistic one, you could turn and climb/descend. You could even probably fly a halfway decent approach. But there are just so many things missing from the sim. You could fly it though, I would just have to work every switch and little gadget you have never heard of.

I know a pilot for a major airline (won't mention it out of respect, but it is in business and starts with a D) who shuttled a 737 to the airplane graveyard and his copilot traded seats with a ridealong who flew in the sim. He said she could fly fine (this way back when 2000 was the best thing), albeit uncoordinated and not used to the controls (duh). She flew all the way 'til the approach and did some stuff with the flaps and gear, but he said he wouldn't trust her to crash land it even.

I could fly it by using the autopilot, but that's as far as I would go.
I'd never attempt of landing manually, as it would be too hard.

Saratoga - If you setup the autopilot and autoland, I'll fly it .. (until the autopilot cuts out, then I'll gladly give it back to you)