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EHM-1821 Javier:
I dont get it, can someone explain this clearly and simply to me please?:s Thanks;D

EHM-1612 Paolo:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by EHM-0948 Bruno
The idea is to turn our strategy to pass more time flying for EHM, and to start flying online. That's where we want to go.

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PP is meant for improving our skills, and it is really doing a good job on everyone, but it has the tendency to advantage offline flyers and short-haul flights. The managment is trying to make ehm pilots fly more and online. I think that it makes a huge difference flying a short haul flight and a long haul one, if you leave your cockpit for 50% of the flying time too (I have to admit that I leave the cockpit for something like 4hours or more when I flight from sydney to athens, but I simply love long flights). The idea of the difficulty is a good one, and I am sure the managment is considering it.

EHM-1465 Dominic:
Like many things in life, many of us have strong opinions on this issue :P

For my part, I'd certainly agree that we ought not judge the new system until we see how it actually operates...

We also need to remember that one of EHM's major strengths is that we value all our pilots and welcome those who can fly for hours every day AND those who have heavy work/family commitments who can only fly once a week or month - each of us makes this airline special and those who fly less hours may also be contributing hours of work behind the scenes...

I think a little healthy competition can be a good thing BUT I would say that the only meaningful competition that the FAC should encourage is with yourself! To improve your skills with every flight and correct mistakes is the sign of a true professional in my view and is independent of anybody else's 'score'...

Let's celebrate the fact that we all enjoy our hobby in different ways rather than trying to elevate certain styles of flying above others. EuroHarmony really isn't a competition ;D

After all, in the real world, for years now, pilot training has concentrated on team effort and co-operation rather than individual ability as this ensures greater safety and efficiency... ;)

EHM-1500 Jim:
I hope this new system works out for the VA and i for one am more than happy to try it out.
But, it yet again seems as though the management are rewarding those who have 8 hrs to sit infront of their pc and penalising those of us who only have time to do a short haul flight for say 1 - 2 hrs - is my flight any less valuable to the VA? Would you tell a short haul 737 pilot that his job is a "no brainer"? I think not, flying any commercial plane in busy airspace with passengers is a challenge regardless of how long you fly.
There seem to have been a number of management decisions in recent months that have punished those of us who dont have a huge amount of time.....if this is going to turn into a regular occurence then the VA will have gone down in my asteem. When i first joined this VA over 2 years ago it was very much open to all with no judgement of how much flying you did or how good you were - beginners to experts, short haul to long haul, all were encouraged. Now it seems i have to fly every day, for many hours in order to be considered a good EHM pilot - well rubbish to that i say and i hope that is not what management are wanting to achieve.
I dont use pro-pilot much these days so i guess it wont affect me much. Why not? Well, i base my flights around on-line ATC on IVAO and 9 times out of 10 there isnt a plane at the airport i want. I was also sick of getting penalties for excessive rate of climb and descent with the pmdg 737 whilst it is flying in VNAV mode.
I will however give the new one a go with an open mind.
Jim

EHM-0361 Karsten:
I can agree with Dom about not to judge the new system until we see how it actually operates...

I don't know if the New FAC algorithm creates a more fair system. And isn't the question, what is a fair system and in what way. I think to many people put to much focus on that number. I mean you can't compare two pilots fact and from that say his a good pilot and his not. Which leads me to something else that Dom said, it not a competition. Somehow it seem like we haven't learned anything from our mistakes. We my not have a pilot of the month. But instead we now have a ProPilot top 10. That smells of competition to me.
I agree with Phil nobody is forcing us to fly ProPilot. But it's clear that MT is trying to get more to fly PP. I guess only time will show if it's going to happen. However MT please remember how the PP was introduced as a division for those that wanted to fly a little more like the real deal. Perhaps those 75% that don't fly PP don't want to fly a little bit more like the real deal. And perhaps it the same thing with online flying. I mean, I for one don't want some Controller to tell me what to do. If I wanted someone to order me around, I would get a wife.

Last thing and this really saddens me to hear.

--- Quote ---Originally posted by EHM-1703 Philip

Firstly, I agree, long haul flyers do have a tendency to overnight and leave the controls, but if you do that on PP you do so at your own risk, too many variables can occur that result in crashes and or penalties.
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If what our CEO here is saying is the company policy. Then perhaps it time for me to pack it in. And I mean especially when we are talking PP I'm asking myself isn't PP suppose to simulate the real thing. I really hope this wasn't meant the way it came out. I would really like to believe that when someone fly for 8 - 10 hours, that they do it and are not sleeping, in school/at work or something like that.

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