Globe Cargo

"Captain Bert Kuiper who is a retired real world captain with over 15,000 hours in the 742 at NWA is the king of hours with Globe Cargo. I noticed today his line on the roster reads: 1104 Bert Kuiper Captain 708:02:00 83847 USD Active Yes that is 708 hours so far and Bert did not join up at the beginning. It looks like no one will ever catch him. <!--emo&:rolleyes:-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]<!--endemo--> Bert joined last August with earnings of $83,847.00"

Congratulations!

"Congratulations, Bert ! I tend to say that a retired airline captain spending that much time here is quite an award for both 'Ready For Pushback' and GlobeCargo. Well done ! <!--emo&B)-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/img]<!--endemo-->"

"Hi Bert, Yes, I saw you moving up with hours of flying and passed me. Glad to have a experience captain join our team Hope we can fly together someday. Take care, <!--emo&:huh:-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]<!--endemo-->"

"Let me add just one more item abaout Captain Bert Kuiper. His flights are all done at 1x speed and no accelerated flights. Now granted, Bert is retired and has the time to do a flight every day without speeding up the simulator and all of us do not have that luxury. Many of you have regular jobs, wives and families and very limited time to fly. Choose a reasonable sim rate and shorter flights. We do have pilots flying at 16x and getting in 3 flights per day. I personally feel that this is wrong and I have contacted the administrators to review this matter. Perhaps a cap should be placed on the sim rate and certainly 3 flights a day is not sitting well with me. We will be reviewing log files more frequently."

Or add a line of code that divides the flight time by the sim rate <!--emo&:ninja:-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ninja.gif[/img]<!--endemo--> José

"<!--QuoteBegin-jcboliveira+Mar 27 2005, 03:03 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jcboliveira @ Mar 27 2005, 03:03 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Or add a line of code that divides the flight time by the sim rate  <!--emo&:ninja:-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ninja.gif[/img]<!--endemo--> José [right][snapback]3106[/snapback][/right] <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> I don't think that will be necessary. The admins will be revising the pilots manual and putting some caps on the sim rates that will be allowed. I think that the only time an accelerated sim rate should be allowed is during the cruise phase and that should be capped at 4x or 8x. We have even noticed some flights being done at altitudes as low as 10,000 feet and some very poor fuel management so a lot of changes need to be made. We will get a handle on this over the next few days. Flights that do not comply with normal standards will be deleted."

"<!--QuoteBegin-globecar+Mar 27 2005, 09:12 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Mar 27 2005, 09:12 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I don't think that will be necessary. The admins will be revising the pilots manual and putting some caps on the sim rates that will be allowed. I think that the only time an accelerated sim rate should be allowed is during the cruise phase and that should be capped at 4x or 8x. We have even noticed some flights being done at altitudes as low as 10,000 feet and some very poor fuel management so a lot of changes need to be made. We will get a handle on this over the next few days. Flights that do not comply with normal standards will be deleted. [right][snapback]3107[/snapback][/right] <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> I personally use 4x or sometimes 8x during cruise, simply because real life also has its requirements!! I also need my PC for other things, but i always try to use the simrate only during cruise. it is nice for Bert Kuiper that he has the oppurtunity to fly real-life!! Judging by his name, he is probably from Holland, in that case he certainly has earned the title ""Flying Dutchman"" Happy landings, Wijnand"

"Hi guys! First off, let me say that I ONLY use accelerated time during straight-and-level cruise. Although I understand the reasoning behind restricting the use of accelerated time (flying whole flights at 10000 feet with 16x is rediculous), I feel that not allowing more than 4x during cruise is a bit too strict. For me that will mean no more atlantic crossings, for example. Like Wijnand said, real life also has its demands, and for us pilots with families accel-time is a must. Besides, I don't think that flying the straight-and-level cruise at 8x takes that much realism away, as I still do the proper step climbs, using Flight Deck Companion, for example. Just my two cents..."

"The problem with >4x is navigation - whichever method you choose, it can't catch up with sim rate that fast. 4x is a good limit in my opinion."

"I have never had any problems doing 8x with the CIVA INS unit during cruise. Also, GPS works fine normally. The only case where I have seen turns going slightly wide is if you are flying a route with very tight turns at 8x. But when crossing the atlantic, for example, the route does not have such tight turns during cruise. And one should remember that we are not forcing anyone to use time scale, but rather, we are discussing whether it should be ALLOWED or not. And, as I said earlier, banning the use of it is too harsh and will severy cut the flying possibilities of those of us, who have day jobs and families. Petri"

"Nobody's advocating that we disallow accelerated flight. But when you see guys consistently flying 16x flights, no flight plans, no or little cargo so they can fly a 12-13 hour flight, etc etc. It needs to be addressed."

"And when we see some of the same pilots flying a 400 nm flight between 10,000 and 12,000 feet, it raises our awareness that we need to make some changes. It is nice to go sightseeing but not with our aircraft."

There will be a NOTAM issued shortly addressing sim rate and the unreasonable operation of the aircraft. The NOTAM will be in effect until a revision to the Pilot Manual is released. Justin

"It seems that with all good things/hobbies there comes a time when some ignorant individuals spoil it for the majority trying to abide by the rules. I am talking about the guys who have been doing those 16x accel. flights at 12000 feet. Now the management has responded by banning all accel time in excess of 4x, which is quite understandable from their point of view. Saving a flight is proposed as the solution for those of us who do not have 6 hours straight to put into a transcontinental flight. Unfortunately, saving does not function all too well with our birds, as we all know. You never know in what state the avionics/systems are after loading. This is a problem in FS, not RFP! Thus, I have preferred completing the flight in one session, but using a (still sensible) accel time of 8x during the straight-and-level high-altitude cruise portion of the flight when crossing the Atlantic, for example. I am very sorry to see that this not allowed anymore. But, let's try to keep those Polar flights going, nonetheless! best regards, Petri"