I keep on getting penalties about the altimeter not set even though I do it. I guess I am missing the time window somehow.
However my question arises from the fact that as far as I know and based on what I have learned/read on both the IVAO training pack as well as somewhere in the EHM training area, the Transition Altitude is NOT FL180 but rather a specific altitude close to the airport. This can be 3000', 5000', 6500' and such depending on the local regulations. When I get the penalty it always set that the altimeter was not set above/below FL180.
Thereby my confusion, why does FL say the Transition Altitude is FL180?
In my latest flight I made an experiment (against what theory tells me) and set the altimeter to local (not standard) just before passing FL180 (should have been 5000' for Copenhagen) and got the penalty anyway.
Can somebody bring some light into the subject?