Re:Blender makes me sad. (Score 1)

I also work for a major flight sim company and use a blender > Presagis workflow. Once the admittedly non-standard (in versions before 2.5) interface is mastered- Blender is one of the fastest tools to model with and has great UV tools and a bunch of stuff built in that are big $$$ plugins for other apps- hair/fur, fluid sim, etc.