It takes airline pilots years to go from their first discovery flight to sitting in the cockpit of a commercial jetliner — and even then, the training never stops. Much of a pilot's professional life is spent outside the cockpit in high-tech simulators that mimic real flights . These giant boxes mounted on hydraulic legs allow pilots to safely train for stalls, engine fires, and other emergency scenarios in a controlled environment. I recently flew an Airbus A350 simulator at Turkish Airlines'