My knowledge of EHM was purely casual and I will always praise my good luck of being that day on line.
I have about 6000 hrs flying time (2000 in the real world and the rest with FS ever since I got FS1 in 1984) but only started flying on-line almost a year ago.
My first VA was Zuliana de Aviacion (I am in the staff as Instructor) because it was a regional airline based on my hometown Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Then I joined Viasa International because it was the flag Venezuelan Airline and I flew some of their DC-10 as an observer in the cockpit in many, many flights.
Both airlines are out of business which is sad.
Then, one day, I was flying on-line with Zuliana and heard that one of the pilots asked other whether they knew what ProPilot was.
I replied to them that ProPilot was a flight simulator program that I had but after flying it I decided to rather stick with FS2004.
They said something about a VA in Europe and mention EuroHarmony. That was enough.
Next day I entered EuroHarmony site and here I am.
I like the way EHM has built its policies and I had no hard feelings for starting from scratch.
As I always say, when the paradigm changes, we all must start from zero. I accepted the fact that I had to show EHM that I was good enough to be with the airline.
When I start a flight, you may not believe that it takes me about one hour to put it toghether. The first time I flew with ProPilot it costed me a penalty for having the engines on for more that 20 minutes before moving or something.
I get ALL the STARs, SIDs, ILSs, etc for the airport and get the whether in advance to know which one will apply for that particular day.
I find flying on-line in Europe the closest thing to real life and of course, you have to be proficient in English.
I use an add-on called RealTime so I always fly in real time which means that when I start a flight here in Venezuela, it is already dark in Europe so it imposes an additional burden on the flight preparation.
Since I started flying with EHM I really enjoy the real fligth.
As you may notice by now, I take FS flying very seriously.
It is not a game for me. It is a way to train and improve your skills and when you find a place like EHM it is simple wonderful.
The only drawback is that some times I get a penalty for no reason as happen recently when Fligth Logger punished me for "not having the beacon on before starting the engine" which was not true. But other than that, it is superb.
I also use a tracking program called FS Flight Keeper which also have an ACARS and a penalty package so I can compare what FLogger says versus FS FKeeper. They are almost OK.
One day I would like for EHM to include flights to Venezuela and specially Maracaibo (SVMC), my hometown.
By the way, today is my son´s 27th birthday.
Can you believe that he is older than my boss at the Lisbon Hub?
That´s the beauty of this!
Hope you keep improving and don´t hesitate contacting me if you thing I can help.
EHM1749
