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| * '''Must fly scheduled flight''' | | * '''Must fly scheduled flight''' |
| Only credits career progress when you complete the next pending scheduled leg in order. If enabled and you do not fly the correct leg, the flight can still be logged, but it will not advance total legs, average score, balance, rank, or career tier. | | Only credits career progress when you complete the next pending scheduled leg in order. |
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| * '''Passenger comfort''' | | * '''Passenger comfort''' |
| Enables passenger-comfort rules so smoother, better-managed flights matter more to your career results. | | Enables passenger-comfort rules. |
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| * '''Can be fired''' | | * '''Can be fired''' |
| Enables the career rule that allows poor performance or major failures to put your employment at risk. | | Enables employment risk. |
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| * '''Enable fatigue''' | | * '''Enable fatigue''' |
| Turns on fatigue tracking. If enabled, FSFO checks recent workload and can block career-flight readiness when fatigue rises above the allowed threshold. | | Turns on fatigue tracking. |
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| * '''Schedule based on rank''' | | * '''Schedule based on rank''' |
| Automatically builds schedules using the pilot's current rank and tier to determine the maximum leg distance. If a full schedule cannot be built within that cap, FSFO falls back to the full eligible route set.
| | Builds schedules using rank. |
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| * '''Must have type rating''' | | * '''Must have type rating''' |
| Requires the pilot to hold the appropriate type rating before operating aircraft that need one. | | Requires appropriate type rating. |
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| * '''Lock schedule until complete''' | | * '''Lock schedule until complete''' |
| Prevents generating a new schedule while an existing schedule still has incomplete legs. | | Prevents new schedule generation. |
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| * '''Application based on rank''' | | * '''Application based on rank''' |
| Makes company applications depend on your current rank, including tier eligibility and hiring probability. It also enforces the rejection cooldown for repeat applications.
| | Controls hiring eligibility. |
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| == Companies and Company Tiers == | | == Companies and Company Tiers == |
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| Companies are loaded from ''Airlines.cfg''. Each airline has a tier. That tier affects hiring rules, contract leg requirements, and pay scaling. | | Companies are loaded from ''Airlines.cfg''. |
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| <pre> | | <pre> |
| Current contract-leg requirements by company tier:
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| Tier 2 = 60 legs | | Tier 2 = 60 legs |
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| If you leave a company before satisfying the required legs, Career Mode can apply a contract-break penalty.
| | Leaving early may result in a contract penalty. |
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| == Ranks == | | == Ranks == |
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| Career Mode uses a five-rank system:
| | * Cadet |
| | | * Second Officer |
| * '''Rank 1''' - Cadet | | * First Officer |
| * '''Rank 2''' - Second Officer | | * Captain |
| * '''Rank 3''' - First Officer | | * Senior Captain |
| * '''Rank 4''' - Captain | |
| * '''Rank 5''' - Senior Captain | |
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| Your rank affects:
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| * the maximum leg distance used in automatic scheduling
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| * your bidding advantage when schedules are generated
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| * which companies you can apply to if rank-based hiring is enabled
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| * your promotion eligibility
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| * your pay multiplier through Career Tier
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]] | | [[#top|Back to top]] |
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| == How Promotions Work == | | == How Promotions Work == |
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| Promotions are based on two things:
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| * '''Average Score'''
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| <strong>Requirement:</strong> Your <strong>Average Score</strong> must be at least <strong>92.0</strong> before any promotion is possible.
| | Minimum average score: 92.0 |
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| Promotion thresholds:
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| 50 total legs = Second Officer
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| 125 total legs = First Officer
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| 200 total legs = Captain
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| 350 total legs = Senior Captain
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| If your flight is not credited toward progression, it will not count toward promotion.
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| == Career Tier and Pay ==
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| Career Tier increases with promotion. Pay is recalculated using a tier multiplier.
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| <pre> | | <pre> |
| Current pay multipliers:
| | 50 = Second Officer |
| | | 125 = First Officer |
| Tier 1 = 1.00x
| | 200 = Captain |
| Tier 2 = 1.04x
| | 350 = Senior Captain |
| Tier 3 = 1.08x
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| Tier 4 = 1.12x
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| Tier 5 = 1.16x
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| </pre> | | </pre> |
| </div> | | </div> |
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| When you are promoted, FSFO updates:
| | [[#top|Back to top]] |
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| * your rank
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| * your career tier
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| * your pay per hour
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]] | |
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| == Company Applications ==
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| If '''Application based on rank''' is enabled, not every pilot can freely join every airline tier.
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| Current hiring chances:
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| Cadet
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| - Tier 1 = 100%
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| Second Officer
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| - Tier 1 = 100%
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| - Tier 2 = 50%
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| First Officer
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| - Tier 1 = 100%
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| - Tier 2 = 100%
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| - Tier 3 = 50%
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| Captain
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| - Tier 1 = 100%
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| - Tier 2 = 100%
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| - Tier 3 = 75%
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| Senior Captain
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| - Tier 1 = 100%
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| - Tier 2 = 100%
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| - Tier 3 = 95%
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| <div style="margin:0.6em 0; padding:0.6em 0.8em; background:#fdf7f2; border-left:4px solid #f0ad4e;">
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| If you are rejected by the same company, FSFO enforces a 7-day wait before trying again.
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| </div>
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Type Ratings and Training ==
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| Use '''Apply Type Rating''' after you have joined a company.
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| Type rating requests will be blocked if:
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| * no pilot profile exists
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| * the pilot is not currently employed by a company
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| * the pilot is already in training
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| * the pilot already holds that type rating
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| Two training paths are available:
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| * '''Private Training'''
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| Costs money immediately
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| * '''Company Training'''
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| Extends contract legs instead of charging the balance directly
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| Training duration and costs depend on the type rating group.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Schedule Generation == | | == Schedule Generation == |
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| Schedules are built from your route data and filtered by:
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| * current airline
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| * rank
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| * type rating, if type-rating enforcement is enabled
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| * current location and preferred airport logic
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| If '''Schedule based on rank''' is enabled, FSFO automatically applies a maximum leg distance by rank:
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| FSFO first tries to build a schedule using that cap. If it cannot build a full schedule, it falls back to the full eligible route pool.
| | [[#top|Back to top]] |
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| If '''Schedule based on rank''' is disabled, the Max NM value entered by the user is enforced strictly.
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| If '''Lock schedule until complete''' is enabled, FSFO will not generate a new schedule while an incomplete schedule already exists.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]] | |
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| == Schedule Bidding System ==
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| When rank-based scheduling is enabled, FSFO scores route candidates and applies a bidding system.
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| Route scoring currently considers:
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| * base block-time value
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| * penalties for very short flights
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| * rank-based length bias
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| * preferred-airport bonuses
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| FSFO then divides scored routes into a preferred top bucket and a lower bucket.
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| Current rank-based bid chances:
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| Rank 1 = 10%
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| Rank 2 = 35%
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| Rank 3 = 60%
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| Rank 4 = 90%
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| Rank 5 = 95%
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| If the bidding roll succeeds, FSFO selects from the top 30% of scored routes. Otherwise, it selects from the lower portion of the list.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Preferred Airport ==
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| You can set a preferred airport for a company. FSFO uses that airport when generating schedules and gives preference to routes that end there, especially near the end of a generated trip.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Route Map ==
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| After a schedule is generated, FSFO can build a route map from the loaded schedule legs and open it externally.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == When a Flight Counts Toward Progression ==
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| A flight does not automatically count toward career progression.
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| If <strong>Must fly scheduled flight</strong> is enabled, the flight must complete the <strong>next pending leg in order</strong>.
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| FSFO compares:
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| * the actual flight number
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| * the actual departure airport
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| * the actual arrival airport
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| For the leg to count, the pilot must:
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| * start at the correct airport
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| * arrive at the correct airport
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| * match the next pending scheduled leg
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| If the flight does not meet that requirement:
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| * it can still be logged
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| * it will not increase Total Legs
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| * it will not update Average Score
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| * it will not reduce Contract Remaining Legs
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| * it will not update Balance
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| * it will not trigger promotion
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| If the next scheduled leg is completed correctly, it is marked <strong>COMPLETED</strong>. If that was the final remaining leg, the schedule is cleared.
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| </div>
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Flying a Career Flight ==
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| Before flight, FSFO captures:
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| * company
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| * flight number
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| * aircraft
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| * departure airport
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| * arrival airport
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| During flight, Career Mode monitors multiple operational and scoring categories.
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| Examples include:
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| * pitch exceedance
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| * bank exceedance
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| * G-force exceedance
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| * IAS exceedance
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| * taxi-speed exceedance
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| * light misuse
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| * fuel-management failures
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| * landing-performance issues
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| These events affect the total score and increment the appropriate error counters.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Landing Score ==
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| Landing Score is based on:
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| * vertical speed
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| * G-force
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| * distance from the runway threshold
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| <pre>
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| When runway data is available, the current weighting is:
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| Vertical speed = 40%
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| G-force = 30%
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| Touchdown distance = 30%
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| If runway threshold data is unavailable, the distance portion is redistributed proportionally between vertical speed and G-force.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Total Score and Qualification ==
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| Career Mode stores both:
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| * '''Landing Score'''
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| * '''Total Score'''
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| A flight is currently marked '''Qualified for Progression''' when the total score meets the system's qualification rule. The flight log stores that qualification result along with pay, fines, and error counts.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Fatigue ==
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| If '''Enable fatigue''' is turned on, FSFO calculates fatigue from your recent workload using both:
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| * number of legs
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| * block hours
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| It evaluates three rolling workload windows:
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| * '''Last 24 hours'''
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| * '''Last 72 hours'''
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| * '''Last 7 days'''
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| <pre>
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| Current formula:
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| Acute Load = max(legs in last 24h / 4, block hours in last 24h / 8)
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| Short Load = max(legs in last 72h / 8, block hours in last 72h / 18)
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| Weekly Load = max(legs in last 7d / 16, block hours in last 7d / 35)
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| </pre>
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| </div>
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| Each load is clamped from 0 to 1.
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| Final fatigue:
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| Fatigue = (Acute Load × 50) + (Short Load × 30) + (Weekly Load × 20)
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| The result is capped at 100 and rounded to the nearest whole percent.
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| If fatigue is above the allowed limit, Career Mode readiness should fail until workload decreases.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| == Flight Log == | | == Flight Log == |
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| The Flight Log is the permanent history of your career flights.
| | Tracks all flights, scores, and performance data. |
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| Each flight log entry stores:
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| * date
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| * company
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| * flight number
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| * aircraft
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| * from airport
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| * to airport
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| * block time
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| * landing score
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| * total score
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| * landing rate
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| * landing G
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| * block fuel
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| * critical/configuration/lights/speed error counts
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| * qualification result
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| * pay earned
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| * fines paid
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| Use the Flight Log window to review your performance over time.
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]] | |
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| == Notes ==
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| <div style="margin:0.6em 0; padding:0.8em 1em; background:#eef3fb; border-left:6px solid #1f4fa3;">
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| Quick reference notes for current Career Mode behavior.
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| * Career Mode currently supports one local pilot profile
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| * The current schedule stores only the active trip
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| * The flight log is the permanent historical record
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| * The current '''Show Contract''' button is not implemented yet
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| [[FSFO Career Mode User Guide#top|Back to top]]
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| === "PilotProfile was not found" === | | === "PilotProfile was not found" === |
| | | Rebuild database and apply to a company. |
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| Create or rebuild the database, then apply to a company.
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| === No schedule was generated === | | === No schedule was generated === |
| | Check routes.csv and filters. |
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| Check that:
| | === Flight not counted === |
| | | Must match scheduled leg. |
| * ''routes.csv'' exists
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| * the file format is valid
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| * routes match the current airline
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| * type-rating rules are not filtering everything out
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| * the requested leg count is realistic for the route pool
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| === My flight did not count toward progression === | |
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| If '''Must fly scheduled flight''' is enabled, verify that:
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| * you flew the next pending leg in order
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| * you started at the scheduled departure airport
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| * you arrived at the scheduled arrival airport
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| * the flight number matched when required
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| === I cannot generate a new schedule ===
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| If '''Lock schedule until complete''' is enabled, finish the current schedule first or turn that option off.
| | === Schedule locked === |
| | Complete current schedule or disable lock. |
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| For additional setup help, see [[Getting Started]]. For general problem solving, see [[Troubleshooting]]. | | For additional help, see [[Getting Started]] or [[Troubleshooting]]. |
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| [[Category:User Guide]] | | [[Category:User Guide]] |
| [[Category:Career Mode]] | | [[Category:Career Mode]] |
FSFO Career Mode User Guide
This page explains how Career Mode works in FSFO, including pilot progression, schedules, training, scoring, fatigue, and the permanent flight log.
Career Mode uses a local database to track your pilot profile, your active schedule, and your long-term flight history.
Overview
Career Mode is built around three main areas:
Your pilot's name, company, rank, tier, balance, location, type ratings, score, errors, contract legs, and training status
Your active scheduled legs
Your permanent flight history and performance record
Use Career Mode if you want persistent progression across multiple flights instead of isolated one-off sessions.
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Getting Started
To begin using Career Mode:
- Open the Career Dashboard
- Click Rebuild Database the first time you use Career Mode
- Enter your pilot name
- Select a company
- Optionally select a type rating
- Click Apply Company
Once accepted, your pilot profile is created and Career Mode begins tracking your progress.
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Career Dashboard
The Career Dashboard includes the following major functions:
Creates or recreates the local career database
Applies for a company and creates your pilot profile if needed
Starts type-rating training
Builds your current schedule
Refreshes pilot statistics
Saves career settings
Opens the permanent flight history window
NOTE: The current Show Contract button is not implemented yet.
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Career Options
These options affect how schedules are generated, when flights count toward progression, and whether readiness checks can block a flight.
Requires you to begin your next career flight from your saved current location. If enabled, FSFO checks that you are within 10 NM of the pilot's stored airport before the flight is considered ready.
If enabled, a fatal crash can end your current career and force you to start over.
- Must fly scheduled flight
Only credits career progress when you complete the next pending scheduled leg in order.
Enables passenger-comfort rules.
Enables employment risk.
Turns on fatigue tracking.
Builds schedules using rank.
Requires appropriate type rating.
- Lock schedule until complete
Prevents new schedule generation.
- Application based on rank
Controls hiring eligibility.
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Companies and Company Tiers
Companies are loaded from Airlines.cfg.
Tier 1 = 30 legs
Tier 2 = 60 legs
Tier 3 = 90 legs
Tier 4 = 120 legs
Tier 5 = 150 legs
Leaving early may result in a contract penalty.
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Ranks
- Cadet
- Second Officer
- First Officer
- Captain
- Senior Captain
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Minimum average score: 92.0
50 = Second Officer
125 = First Officer
200 = Captain
350 = Senior Captain
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Schedule Generation
Rank 1 = 350 NM
Rank 2 = 650 NM
Rank 3 = 1100 NM
Rank 4 = 1800 NM
Rank 5 = 3000 NM
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Flight Log
Tracks all flights, scores, and performance data.
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Troubleshooting
"PilotProfile was not found"
Rebuild database and apply to a company.
No schedule was generated
Check routes.csv and filters.
Flight not counted
Must match scheduled leg.
Schedule locked
Complete current schedule or disable lock.
