Ratings Method

[coolmanak]

Hello everybody,

My name is Alexander Kolb and I am representing Air-Glaciers VA, an in-development VA project.

At the moment we are trying to make a final decision about the best way to rate our pilots in additional aircraft.

Before we tell you about the methods we are considering, please be informed of the following:

- We operate 7 aircraft; three fixed wing and four rotorary
- We are trying to target a small, closely knit group of pilots, not massive numbers
- We want to promote some realism, but we're not very strict on how realistic our pilots must be

Now here are the five methods we are considering:

- Start with all 7 ratings
- Start with ratings of one class (rotorary or fixed wing), and after X number of hours gain ratings in another class
- Start with ratings of one class (rotorary or fixed wing), and after X number of hours take an exam to gain ratings in another class
- Start with ratings in one aircraft, and after X number of hours gain ratings in another aircraft of your choice
- Start with ratings in one aircraft, and after x number of hours take an exam to gain ratings in another aircraft of your choice

Please help us by posting your views on each of these methods, and which you think would suit our needs best. Remember, we are building our VA for you guys, the pilots, not for ourselves.

Thanks!

[Craig]

So, X number of hours = a rating?

How do you know the pilot hasn't been repeating the same errors for X number of hours?

Then after 100 - 300 error ridden hours they become super captains and are allowed to crash land the big iron

The only way to know is video. You give them the routes, altitudes, airspeeds...etc to maintain, and pre_video_flight have the pilot go in an // out the autopilot in panel.cfg

Panel Configuration file
Boeing 727-200
Copyright (c) 2009 Richard Probst, George Carty.

[Window03]
size_mm=400, 216
position=2
BACKGROUND_COLOR=16,16,16
VISIBLE=0
ident=26

//gauge00=Rp727_2!ap_client, 0 ,113, 400, 103, 1
gauge01=Rp727_2!radio1, 0,0, 200, 113
gauge02=Rp727_2!radio2, 200, 0, 200, 113

Then you will know what your pilots are (capable of) doing.

Of course, you won't have many (any) but you will know what they can do

[CXA001]

Of course, you won't have many (any) but you will know what they can do

Agreed. Keep your rating structure simple and easy to understand.