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EHM-1703 Philip:
Correct me if I'm wrong but if you crash, I thought you were only suspended from making Pro Pilot flights. You can still make regular flights from the timetable and file them as normal, just don't press the pro pilot button on the flight logger! (over half the flights being flown by the VA are not Pro Pilot flights) This is still the same as flying for any other VA as I believe we are the only VA with the Pro Pilot system. (Therefore there is no need to switch to another VA) The flights still clock up your hours flown and are still filed in the way they were before we switched to Pro Pilot.
I personally believe there should be some penalty for crashing a plane, I have crashed once but unfortunately this was due to an unresponsive program I had running on my PC. My flight status was immediatley returned after I contacted the Hub Manager but if it had not, it wouldnt have been the end of the world, I could have still flown.
I also agree that the fun element should be retained, but to me, trying not to crash a plane adds a bit more fun to my experience.
This is just my opinion.
Cheers & safe landings!
Phil Nutt
EHM-1703 Philip:
Just as an addition to the above, I have just checked and 52 planes have been lost in a little over 2 weeks. When you compare this to the fact that less than 400 flights have been filed on Pro Pilot it sort of explains why some form of penalty is required as far as I can see.
Cheers,
Phil Nutt
EHM1703
EHM-0654 Murray:
EDIT: Phil posted his replies while I was writing this one...
Guys
ProPilot is meant just as that, a facility for those looking for far more professionalism than the average VA.
Do you think real-world pilots just walk away from an especially hard landing? No, at the very least they have page upon page of accident/maintenance reports to write out. For anything more they are expected to spend time away from the cockpit, in some cases in the simulator retraining.
We thought long and hard about the penalties and suspensions. For a while there were none, and after a week we had 20 airplanes in pieces! They may only be data, but it still takes the fleet manager time to add them to the ProPilot database.
Is it really so much to ask that pilots who are involved in some sort of accident take the time to explain what happened and why (in their own words) and if necessary, take a little time off from ProPilot?
EHM-1744 Danny:
--- Quote ---Origineel gepost door Murray Crane
Guys
ProPilot is meant just as that, a facility for those looking for far more professionalism than the average VA.
Do you think real-world pilots just walk away from an especially hard landing? No, at the very least they have page upon page of accident/maintenance reports to write out. For anything more they are expected to spend time away from the cockpit, in some cases in the simulator retraining.
We thought long and hard about the penalties and suspensions. For a while there were none, and after a week we had 20 airplanes in pieces! They may only be data, but it still takes the fleet manager time to add them to the ProPilot database.
Is it really so much to ask that pilots who are involved in some sort of accident take the time to explain what happened and why (in their own words) and if necessary, take a little time off from ProPilot?
--- End quote ---
I think that it has to be fun to fly. When a pilot crashes a plane, give him/her penalty points or something like that.(FAC)
But let him/her fly with PP.
EHM-0654 Murray:
--- Quote ---Originally posted by conimus
I think that it has to be fun to fly. When a pilot crashes a plane, give him/her penalty points or something like that.(FAC)
But let him/her fly with PP.
--- End quote ---
Think we'll have to agree to disagree, Danny. :)
<NotStaff>
Taking off my staff "uniform" for a bit, my opinion; if pilots are only looking for fun, don't use ProPilot. ProPilot wasn't designed for fun, it was designed for those that want to to take it a little bit more seriously.
</NotStaff>
I look forward to my PP flights, I take them as seriously as my hardware and setup allows, and I've only ever flown two planes on PP (that I knew very well prior to flying them under PP).
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