Career Mode User Guide
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:
- Pilot Profile
Your pilot's name, company, rank, tier, balance, location, type ratings, score, errors, contract legs, and training status
- Current Schedule
Your active scheduled legs
- Flight Log
Your permanent flight history and performance record
Use Career Mode if you want persistent progression across multiple flights instead of isolated one-off sessions.
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.
Career Dashboard
The Career Dashboard includes the following major functions:
- Rebuild Database
Creates or recreates the local career database
- Apply Company
Applies for a company and creates your pilot profile if needed
- Apply Type Rating
Starts type-rating training
- Generate Schedule
Builds your current schedule
- Load Stats
Refreshes pilot statistics
- Save Options
Saves career settings
- Flight Log
Opens the permanent flight history window
NOTE: The current Show Contract button is not implemented yet.
Career Options
These options affect how schedules are generated, when flights count toward progression, and whether readiness checks can block a flight.
- Start from last airport
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.
- Fatal crash starts over
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.
- Passenger comfort
Enables passenger-comfort rules.
- Can be fired
Enables employment risk.
- Enable fatigue
Turns on fatigue tracking.
- Schedule based on rank
Builds schedules using rank.
- Must have type rating
Requires appropriate type rating.
- Lock schedule until complete
Prevents new schedule generation.
- Application based on rank
Controls hiring eligibility.
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.
Ranks
- Cadet
- Second Officer
- First Officer
- Captain
- Senior Captain
How Promotions Work
Minimum average score: 92.0
50 = Second Officer 125 = First Officer 200 = Captain 350 = Senior Captain
Schedule Generation
Rank 1 = 350 NM Rank 2 = 650 NM Rank 3 = 1100 NM Rank 4 = 1800 NM Rank 5 = 3000 NM
Flight Log
Tracks all flights, scores, and performance data.
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.
For additional help, see Getting Started or Troubleshooting.
