Flight phase Basic 1 Mark Practical 2 marks

Route Planning Using FS flight plan Using payware or third

party Flight Planner

ATC FS ATC third party ATC , RC4

Route Choice FS generated route , FS VOR to VOR route
usually direct GPS

Choice of Departure & Same routes most of Random or at leisure

Destination the time

Navigation A.P nav hold , GPS FMC or Auto L NAV/ VOR

Descent Planning FMC Auto VNAV FS planner descent calc

or 3rd party descent
calculator
taxi planning fs top view help 3rd party real time taxi
chart
Arrival Planning , Using Map function in Using Map function in FS
Alternate FS for landing runway for landing runway info
info

Weather planning Preset weather theme , Real world weather, not

normally clear & sunny. taken into account in flight
plan.

Fuel Planning FS Unlimited Fuel ACARS calculated fuel for

trip

Start up and Pushback Shift /P and off you go Abbreviated Before taxi
checklist

Taxi execution FS ATC progresssive Following 3rd part taxi

taxi Following application
fuel Monitoring None Hope there are a few
drops left in the tanks
before we touch down
Checklists Not really Abbreviated checklists
used sometimes
lights what lights May be during night taxi
and landing light

Time Planning no time planning Approximate time plans

Passenger comfort & Don’t believe in Only for loading

service passengers , Loner calculations
Staying in Cockpit In and out of cockpit , Using 2D and VC but
only use 2D leaving cockpit during
cruise

Weather watch Not really Pressing Shift Z , every

now and then to see the
winds

Altimeter setting Just press 'B" Press B but note changes

Fuel Mixture setting FS Auto FS Auto but pressing cntrl
shift x each time to enrich

Squak , Nav & Com FS ATC Auto FS ATC Manual presetting

Radio freq changing
Speed Restrictions None Only restrictions are on
Vref

Altitude Hold A.P Controlled A.P Controlled

Flight attitude & G Are you kidding 80 degree turns , and 5G
restrictions stunts on a regular basis

Descent execution Dive and Hope for the VNAV FMC controlled
best descent

Flight Pausing and time without any restrictions as few pauses as possible
acceleration , time acc up to X2
regularily
Use of GPS FMC etc all the time Occasionally
Go-rounds Don’t have time for Avoid as much as possible
these , I land what ever at the expense of hard
the circumstances landings
Landing Speed Never checked Mostly Ok , I never do the
maintenance anyway

Landing Execution Auto-land as much as Only hand fly the last 100
possible feet occasionally

Parking End flight on the runway Get out of the runway and
get out of there

Shutting down What's that Parking Brake then exit

Your FS Flight Realism Perentage
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Marks mark
here out of 4
Using VOR Navigation + hand ? 0
plotting plan on Charts

VATSIM ATC ? 0
Real world route based on ? 0
RW flights including
appropriate STAR / SID

Last destination is next ? 0

departure, with positioning
flights
Hand flown VOR to VOR ? 0
Navigation , IFR
Manual calculation of descent ? 0
profile

printed Aerodrome chart ? 0

Prepare approach charts for ? 0

all available runways and
alternate in case of
emergency
Real world weather , 3rd part ? 0
weather engine , weather &
wind taken into account in
planning including delays and
diversions due to bad weather

Hand calculated fuel based on ? 0

aircraft POH recorded on plan
form.
Cold and Dark cockpit , Pre- ? 0
flighting , Complete Prestart
checklist Engine Start, etc
Following Printed taxi chart , ? 0
staying in VC while taxiing
monitoring & recording taxi , ? 0
takeoff, Enroute, landing
reserve fuel status.
Complete checklist observed ? 0

Realistic aircraft Lighting ? 0

procedures , Fspax monitored

flight time realistic , monitored ? 0

and recorded
full Passenger Service ? 0
including , seatbelts , Catering
, taxi music , excess flight
manuvers and G avoidance
etc, Fspax monitored
 Once flight starts in Virtual ? 0
cockpit , VC or occasional 2D
panel all the way to the Gate ,
never leaving the cockpit at all

Preflight weather METAR ? 0

briefing , winds aloft taken into
Calculation , ATIS ceck ,
constant check on destination
/ enroute wheather during
flight
manual Altimeter setting ? 0
Manual Mixture control setting ? 0

VATSIM Manual presetting ? 0

All Speed restrictions adhered ? 0

to, including 250 below FL100
, Flaps deployment speed
restrictions , Gears , max
cruise speed etc. Fspax
Monitored

A.P Controlled ? 0
Smooth realistic turns , ? 0
controlled movements ,
realistic vertical speeds .
Manually calculated TOD ? 0
points taking into account
wind speed and field elevation

Not allowed even during ? 0

heavy workload periods on
final approach
As little as possible ? 0
If in doubt of an assured ? 0
smooth landing a go round is
intiated immediately
Realistic and strict attention to ? 0
perfroming smooth positive
landings on the numbers with
emphasis on avoiding runway
overrun
Always take over both speed ? 0
and Yoke control at least 700
feet out
Complete adherence to after ? 0
landing checklists then taxiing
to an ATC assigned gate

Complte Shutdown list ? 0

alism Perentage 0