the arduous and long hard work over the final six years it will take to complete this massive marathon task deserves extreme praise and ultimate recognition
just think everyone, put yourself in the position of building a specific and realistic combat aircraft simulation from scratch without commercial backing
what is required and what does it take ?
brains, intelligence, leadership, management, planning, co-operation, fortitude, guts, talent, skill, determination,tenacity, resourcefulness, resource, money..................
while sometimes dealing with stress or anxiety or being under pressure from all kinds of things in your 'other' 'real world' life
while doing it part time, working for a living - to pay for 'it' plus everything else, living a life , getting ill, going through hard times personally, getting some relief, going on vacation, coping with the vicissitudes of life, feeling alone, feeling unappreciated, 'it' getting you down, 'it' getting to you, 'it' becoming tedious, 'it' being tedious, 'it' never seeming to finish, to be coming to an end or 'it' s going on far too long, even, is 'it' worth it? It's hard keeping going, it hurts keeping going.
So everyone - appreciate the effort 'it' is requiring of 'them'
do not underestimate what 'it' is taking out of the small development team.
support and encourage them
they need it, they deserve it, we do not deserve it, we do not deserve them.
team - go for it! It's worth it, your journey and your effort, there are a lot of real pilots who will appreciate it when it's complete, especially F/A-18 ones!
people like me who are armchair 'pilots' looking for entertainment and excitement from the safety of our homes in our own safe little worlds will love it when it arrives at last - for it surely will.
utter admiration and extreme appreciation is what the team deserves - and nothing other than that