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- Flying a party of VIP's to New York, or taking an aerial fotograph of a
- dangerous oilspil for the coast of Great Britain? These are some illustra-
- tions of the assignments which you may expect when you are pilot for FsFan
- Global Airlines FGA B.V.
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- FGA B.V. is a simulated airline company and was founded in 1993.
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- The philosophy behind FGA is, that many simulator pilots what to do more than
- just fly around Chicago. So the objective of FsFan Global Airlines is to
- provide simulator pilots specific and original assignments, which pilots can
- fly and for which they will be 'rewarded'. The use of maps, compasses,
- rulers, navigation tools and flightplans is encouraged. With the foundation
- of FGA, a clear 'Added-Value' was brought to the world of Flight Simulators.
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- * ASSIGNMENTS *
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- The system of FGA is easy: assignments are designed by the pilots themselves,
- which requires some form of creativity. The pilots can fly these missions in
- their own spare time, after which they send a flight report to the airline
- management. This report is graded upon issues like fuel-consumption, time of
- departure, navigation, time airborne and type of aircraft. Through this
- information a 'salary' is calculated. There are no deadlines, no obligations,
- you just fly whenever you feel like flying.
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- On average there is one new assignment every week and last 40 minutes. A mis-
- sion always includes a startup-file and documentation; if necessary, air-
- crafts and maps are also included. For instance, during a recent assignment
- pilots had to check various oilplatforms in the sea on environmental pollu-
- tion; after a hazardous flight on low altitude, with crosswind and low visual
- sight, pilots had to take pictures of oilspills and return them to the
- managment. During other missions, a U.S. marine had to be dropped on a
- waiting aircraft carrier, and a popgroup had to be flown from Boston to
- Martha's Vineyard for a rock concert...
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- Currently, there are assignments available for Microsoft's Flight Simulator
- version 4 and 5 and for SUBlogic's Flight Assignment: A.T.P.
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- * SALARY, RANKING AND PROMOTION *
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- Pilots will promote on their logged flight hours. A 'Rookie' will promote to
- 'Captain' after 8 hours, whereas a pilot requires 80 hours to become an
- 'ACE'. The salary can also be used to compete with other pilots: flying a
- Cessna 182RG is worth 90 US Dollars per flight, whereas the Gates Learjet
- pays you 240 US Dollars.
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- * FEEDBACK AND OVERVIEWS *
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- Pilots are informed daily about their most recent assignment and their
- accumulated progress. Every two weeks, overviews and summaries are published
- and pilots can compare their scores with others:
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- HQ will mail an overview of everyone's activities, in the echo every two
- weeks, so you can all see what your position is like.
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- Also, HQ will give you an assignment review after every flight you've
- made. This review will include all aspects the report was graded upon and
- will show you for which item you have received basic salary and additional
- bonus.
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- * ANTOINETTE 'LADYBIRD' LAGRADE *
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- In the airline you will meet a very famous person: Antoinette Lagrande, the
- only virtual secretary in the world. Antoinette will take care of all the
- airline administration, like checking flight reports, mailing reviews etc.
- She also loves to hang out with the pilots and, believe it or not, she has
- her own VFR licence! So you be nice to her, she'll be nice to you! If you're
- lucky, you can find her in her little office at Teuge HQ, behind her computer.
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- You can also meet your colleque pilots at the only virtual bar in the world,
- the "Hurricane Cafe". Because besides flying assignments, FGA pilots enjoy
- drinking a virtual drink in the virtual bar where they can meet eachother and
- talk about all the subject real pilots also like to talk about: beer, planes
- and women! Remember: all talking will be done in English only!
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- * JOINING FSFAN GLOBAL AIRLINES *
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- You don't have to be an experienced Flight Simulator pilot in order to join
- FGA; on the contrary, the airline is a 'club for friends' and everybody who
- wants to participate and actively get involved is welcome. The assignments
- have different degrees of difficulty, length and creativity. New pilots do
- not require to fill in an Application Form. All they have to do is fill in
- their name with the first assignment; the software at HQ will recognize you
- in the future because your flight reports will mention your name exactly the
- same every time.
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- If you are interested in joining FsFan Global Airlines, or if you would like
- to receive more information, then contact us in the 'FsFan Airline
- FSFAN.AIRL' echomail on FsFan related Bulletin Boards. Find out more about
- the FsFan Network through:
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- FsFan BBS 00-31-(0)20-6958426 (sysop Hans Hoekstra)
- BBS Bennekom 00-31-(0)8389-15331 (sysop Henk van de Weerdt).
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- If you want to join, download FGA-PROG.ZIP, 98Kb; you can find more informa-
- tion and the flight reporter in this file.
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- On behalf of FsFan Global Airlines FGA B.V.,
- Matthew Campman Jr Mathijs Kok
- Managing Director FGA Founder FsFan
- 81:100/251.1@FsFan.net 81:81/1.1@FsFan.net