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[Liberation]

Yep, read VATSIM PRC and you will soon get the hang of things. Also, sign-up and sit at an airport with ATC online and take a listen in, that also helps getting used to the way it runs etc..

[Hayd93]

Yep, read VATSIM PRC and you will soon get the hang of things. Also, sign-up and sit at an airport with ATC online and take a listen in, that also helps getting used to the way it runs etc..

yep thas what i did,But if u want to ask about things go to a airport that gets regualr traffic but not loads and loads like heathrow.A good place would be shannon ireland that is quite a busy airport and the ATC's there are verry helpful

[JK]

Yep, read VATSIM PRC and you will soon get the hang of things. Also, sign-up and sit at an airport with ATC online and take a listen in, that also helps getting used to the way it runs etc..

K Thanks

[Hayd93]

yep thas what i did,But if u want to ask about things go to a airport that gets regualr traffic but not loads and loads like heathrow.A good place would be shannon ireland that is quite a busy airport and the ATC's there are verry helpful

i didend mean shannon island lol i ment shannon in ireland soz for the typo

[Mattch]

Hey, im Josh.

I got into flight simulater around the begining of the summer holidays. I have become quite good, i can do all the basics TBH.

I fell that i am becoming good enough to fly online.

I have a few questions about it.

1) Do you have to be a realy good pilot

2) Do you have to use ATC to fly and that beceause i dont know pilot talk

3) What is the best virtual airline.

Thanks and i hope you can help

Just my opinion

1) I'm CRAP on vatsim so i doubt it.

2) Yes you HAVE to use ATC to fly (theirs a thread about pilot talk it got stickyed)

3) If you want to join s Virtual Airline you need to pass an exam plus be a good pilot

[Liberation]

To above, you dont always need to pass an exam to become part of a VA.

[cocaine]

Hey, im Josh.

I got into flight simulater around the begining of the summer holidays. I have become quite good, i can do all the basics TBH.

I fell that i am becoming good enough to fly online.

I have a few questions about it.

1) Do you have to be a realy good pilot

2) Do you have to use ATC to fly and that beceause i dont know pilot talk

3) What is the best virtual airline.

Thanks and i hope you can help

1) nt rly

2) ye, unless there isnt any atc in which case you use unicom, but theres pilot/atc talk there too.

3) uh.. I don't fly with any anymore but it was thomson virtual

From what you've said above I dont think your capable of it yet.

er sam i had to teach you FMC only yesterday.. :S and you tell people they aren't capable of flying..?

[Adam!]

Flight report.

TOM543A Manchester (EGCC ) to Jersey (EGJJ)

Second Officer Adam Cooke

Flight Summary

Departure Date: 28/11/2007
Departure Time: 17:31
Flight Time: 01:01
Flight Distance: 279.60 nm
Fuel Used: 2787 kgs
Aircraft: B738 - G-CDZH

Time Performance

Booked Actual Difference
Off Blocks 28/11/2007 17:35 28/11/2007 17:31 -4 (mins)
Take Off n/a 28/11/2007 17:37
Landing n/a 28/11/2007 18:31
On Blocks 28/11/2007 18:35 28/11/2007 18:31 -4 (mins) Flight Detail

Start Gross Weight: 59644 kgs
Take Off Gross Weight: 59337 kgs
Start Aircraft Weight: 53841 kgs
Take Off Airspeed: 155 kts
Start Fuel Weight: 5803 kgs
Landing Gross Weight: 56949 kgs
Max Ground Speed: 418 kts
Landing Airspeed: 126 kts Max Altitude: 24934 ft
Landing Pitch: 2 deg.
Landing Rate: -192 ft/min
Fuel Taxi: 397 kgs
Fuel Airbourne: 2390 kgs
Time Taxi: 0.14 hours
Fuel Total: 2787 kgs
Time Airbourne: 0.88 hours
Distance Taxied: 2.84 nm
Average Speed (Flight): 316.30 nm/h
Distance Airbourne: 276.76 nm
Average Fuel Burn: 2731.43 kgs/h
Distance Total: 279.60 nm
Average Fuel Burn: 8.64 kgs/nm

Flight Score

Score: 155

Flight Plan

Alternate: LFPG
Flight Level : 250
Route: EGCC SID HON UN859 CPT UB321 PEPIS UR41 SAM UN621 LELNA STAR EGJJ

Additional Data

Booking Sector : 4536

If you don't know, you start off with 100 points and can either loose or gain points.. I never lost any points and gained 55!

Second Officer Adam Cooke

Details Points Base Flight Points 100
Precise push back time +5 You pushed back within +/- 5 minutes of your planned start time.

On time arrival +20 Well done! You arrived within +/- 5 minutes of your stated flight plan arrival time.

Good Landing +10 You made a good landing (00ft/min)
Landing with precise fuel remaning +20 You landed within 20% of the minimum fuel required for arrival. This shows good planning as you are not carrying around excess fuel for no reason. Total:

155

With my calculations I estimated the flying time to be 1 hour when infact it was 1 hour and 1 minute.. My bad!

[Adam!]

From what you've said above I dont think your capable of it yet.

Your not exactly that good are you :rolleyes: - You don't even know how to use an FMC correctly.. So in most peoples eyes that means your not capable of it.

You have to be a good pilot.

You need to know ''pilot talk''

You need to fly with ATC. (MOST OF THE TIME)

Dont join a VA yet.

Yet again, your not exactly fantastic :eusa_wall - People can attend new pilots nights on VATSIM - So he has plenty of time to get used to "pilot talk"... You need to stop telling people what they can and cannot do, if they wish to give it a go then so be it - Everybody was new once.

1) No you don't need to be mega fantastic, but what they do expect is that you have knowlage of the aircraft your flying - They expect you to know how to use the FMC if your flying a jet *cough* - They do expect you to have charts for airfields that you fly to so you can navigate your way around.. But you don't need to be a fantastic pilot, just have common sense, a good idea of what your doing and you'll learn soon enough, there are new pilots nights which you can attend and VATUK also has pilot mentors.

2) Thats the whole point of VATSIM, to recieve ATC and/or give ATC services. If you give the VATSIM PRC a read through, it will teach you some basic phraseology which is enough to start with. http://www.vatsim.net/prc (PRC = Pilot Resource Centre) - You can always PM me or add me to MSN if you need to know more.

3) Thomson Virtual is a good airline (http://www.thomsonvirtual.com) and they have a fantastic training department if you need help!

Hope that helps

[sock]

how'd u get flight score and that? watch people reply with fspax, no its not fspax.