- John McKinlay was once a virtual pilot, but he retired his virtual wings after a close call with a virtual UFO left his virtual passengers filling out virtual complaint cards to the virtual airline's virtual administration. But once the virtual aviation bug bites, it's hard to stay away from the virtual skies. Here, John gives us some tips from his many years of experience fiddling around with flight simulators, and invites questions from the studio audience for future flight simulator adventures.