Guest Posted October 28, 2017 You are the captain of a fully booked flight from Frankfurt to New York City. A boarding delay in has your passengers annoyed, but after a flawless takeoff and perfectly-timed lunch service, they are in good spirits. You start your approach and you descend as planned, but there is a gusting crosswind. No problem for you, though. You complete a smooth landing, taxi to the gate, and watch as the passengers happily deboard. Well done, Captain. The Virtual Passengers Feature gives you control of your passengers’ safety and satisfaction. Correctly adjusting your aircraft’s weight and fuel to match the cargo is important, but if you are moving people, then you need to feel the impact of your decisions. Many parts of your flight are timed, from the moment the passengers enter your plane until deboarding is completed. How much enjoyment they have is influenced by how much time these various stages of the flight take. You can tell them when to fasten their seatbelts, determine when the board service can begin, when it is unsafe to stand or move around in the cabin. From preflight to deboarding, you are in charge. Plan accordingly, and be aware of when weather systems will get in the way of in-flight services, know how much time the flight staff need for meals and drinks, and what amount of time is right for your passengers to be stuck in their seats. Ideally, you will not have any injuries due to unbuckled seat-belts, but you will manage to give your passengers enough opportunities to move around the cabin. See how the passengers react to your gentle maneuvers, or to your wild joyride. This feature is an additional challenge and an opportunity. Fly well, pull off a smooth landing, and you will be rewarded with happy passengers and an excellent rating. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miguel Teixeira 3 Posted October 28, 2017 Wow!!!!! wonderful job guys. regards, Miguel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Geier 1 Posted October 29, 2017 All in all i think you'll try to create the egg-breeding-whool-milk-sow . Everything combined in one network. And if you dont fail with this you gonna try to get the "small" community and convince them to join rotate and be willing to pay for it. im not quite sure if you can really manage this. But if you create the above written sow, please include something like FSEconomy so that we can build FBOs buy planes etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
William Phelps 20 Posted October 29, 2017 The egg-breeding whole-milk-making sow is exactly why we are building this network as a company. This is not a product that can be made a reality by private individuals working on it in their free time. An economy is planned as we hinted at in our Airline Manager feature post. To be honest, I don't think the virtual aviation community is small, and no matter its size, it is active 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Geier 1 Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) yeah your right, i hope that this project wont fail, but as an Vatsim ATC i can only just say:" splitting IVAO with VATSIM was bad for the "Traffic". And now splitting that two major communities to create something new will hopefully not split the communities again. For ATC its important to got traffic. Better to have 1000 pilots in one network than having 1000 in three networks. And i think this it what will happen. Cause just of creating rotate.network you wont create new flight simulator enthusiasts. You will just split the existing networks. Edited October 29, 2017 by Simon Geier Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
William Phelps 20 Posted October 29, 2017 Simon, you are absolutely right: "Better to have 1000 pilots in one network", that is exactly what we are trying to achieve. One thing is for certain, the rift between IVAO and VATSIM exists and does not show signs of going away. The appropriate answer for us is to unite the community with Rotate. Imagine the possibilities if this conflict between IVAO and VATSIM were a thing of the past? One big reason for our product is the technology used by current networks. We want to build a product that will last, that is built on modern software and is global. I invite you to think about all the people who are not currently part of any network because of issues and missing features in the old networks. We also want to make one thing clear: we will never discriminate against you or anyone for being part of another network. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Geier 1 Posted October 29, 2017 48 minutes ago, William Phelps said: 49 minutes ago, William Phelps said: One thing is for certain, the rift between IVAO and VATSIM exists and does not show signs of going away. this is absolutetly true. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites