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EHM-2029 Sotiris:
Fully agree with Murray.
When I was flying Cessna's around Athens I was constantly busy either flying (the easy part), responding to overzealous ATC and avoiding the oncomers to the old airport.
Hence, if you imitate reality 100%, even in a smaller plane you must always have your eyes open and your ears on the look out for anything unusual. And believe me, unusual things happened often (minor failures, popped-out breakers, gauges out of calibration etc.)
So really, no time to rest... :(
By the way: have you tried letting FS have some failures on your plane? This is standard Simulation Training in real life and can really catch you off-guard if you're not careful.
Saying that; some of the procedures we have to execute on IVAO etc. can be much harder than flying the Cessnas!!
EHM-1883 Matt:
Well, usually I just mess around. Usually, I tend to take a friend with me on flights, such as javier or Ben, so we can have a good chat while en-route.
EHM-2089 Vincent:
Great chatting seems to be the best remedy to hit boredom ....
Well try this on bigger flights, these are somethings I do on smaller flights too
1. Monitor fuel levels against consumption / check proposed consumption against actual consumption.
2. Monitor my Route and plot my VOR / intersection reaching times and fuel consumed
3. If online, check for weather towards the approaching places (ATC also gives this info)
4. Ofcourse chat with people who I know and also planes in my vicinity ... its helps to build new friends.
5. Since we constantly do new flights routes, unlike other pilots who often fly the same route over and over so they know the routes well. I keep studying new routes and flight plans.
6. Study the STAR and SID carefully to help me take off and land as per prescribed routes and not as I like.
I look to extend the list .. add your points here ...
EHM-0654 Murray:
In the larger birds (those with FMC/CDU/MCDU), you could also add:
7. Monitor/update programmed flight plan and update METAR data to improve CDU/MCDU planning.
EHM-2110 Matt:
8. In the Level-D 767 set the air con to cool in one of the compartments and wait for the stewardess to call you to complain (ok that one is rather sad!)
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