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Normal Routine
What we are doing,
is to simulate, the real world of an Airline Pilot, working with
a currently active airline schedule.
The timetable we
used is based on the real Air New Zealand times and schedules..
We will, for fun and interest, be adding extra flights to the
timetable. These will be in Europe, North & South America and a
few in Asia and the Pacific. Also a few more flights on the
domestic schedule will be added. Our timetable, both domestic
and International will operate year round.
When planning to do
one of our flights just go to the timetable and select a flight
within 30 mins from your actual time. If your time is 11pm,
where there are no flights then, choose any flight, and don’t
forget to set your flight simulator clock to the approximate
departure time, after you have prepared the aircraft for flight.
Note down your departure and arrival times from the ramp at both
airports.
Flight time starts
from the moment you commence your pushback, till the moment you
shutdown your engines at the arrival gate
Taxi Time Both ends
are included
Flight time does not include turnaround
and refuel time. This is ONE HOUR
MINIMUM unless schedule has
differing times, in which case schedule times must be adhered
to.
You may wish to save the flight and fly it
another day. Just remember to add
the hour on the next time you load FS2000. Note some Local time
zones in MS Flt Sim 2000 are wrong.
Arrival times will
vary due to time zones winds and pilots flying different routes
to the same destinations. Our timetable gives an arrival time of
approximation for this reason. Please note any delays etc on
your PIREP.
Accelerated time
This is NOT to be used on domestic runs
under any circumstances. This may be used with any international
flight over 3 hours.. All worldwide flights may use it also once
you have been flying for a period of 1 hour either manually or
on autopilot and must be changed back to normal speed 500NM from
your destination. This is necessary so that pilots that fly the
proper hours are not left behind by those that just use
accelerated time on every flight.
The idea is to be as
realistic as we can. Cheating is not what we are about it
defeats the whole object
Flight Reports
After your flight
please send in your flight reports either at the end of the
flight or the next time you are online. Also please read the
latest news updates so that you can keep up to date. If the
PIREP form is not working, E mail instructions will be posted at
the time.
If you cannot fly
once every thirty days due to a trip away, just advise us so we
do not remove you from the roster. We understand. This also
applies for students that want to stay with us after the
holidays.
Timetable
and Aircraft Types
We do not want to
get into the same problems other Virtual Airlines have had
over timetables and types of aircraft. Some of their pilots even
complained it does different things on different days of the
week you have not shown it. The airline then goes
overboard outside its remit by adding air ambulances, helicopter
divisions air taxis until the main theme is lost. This
will not happen with this airline. I am trying to give you as
much free choice without going outside realism too much. It a
hard thing to balance. We are a Virtual Airline, and will stay a
Virtual Airline. We have an excellent schedule and this will
constantly be monitored, reviewed and modified as deemed fit by
myself, and the entire staff.
The timetable and
routes we have put up are for the new guys to Flight Simulator
that may not have much experience as well as advanced simmers
alike. The idea is to get them experienced by helping them. This
is the reason we have a domestic network, and a new comer is not
trying to land a 747 at LA in a thunderstorm.
People ask about
code shares. We have several code shares with Air Vanuatu,
United, National and Thai Virtual Airlines. We also will be
bringing you schedules from our Sister airline, Aircalin Virtual
as well. You will see the logo’s on the flight schedules telling
you what airline is performing that run. Code share flights are
ONLY to be flown with the aircraft of the company performing
that run, not ours...
Flight Plans
These will be added
shortly in the future, and will be available from the Crew
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