Inputting ETA and destination

[shnookumlooks]

Do you guys all do this or not??

[Dutch64]

I do, gives you some additional bonus when reaching in time

[Brian F.]

Everytime.

The destination is a no brainer, it's free points so why not.

The ETA is a tad trickier, but it's nice when you shut down your engines within a few minutes of your ETA.

[SWVA5630]

the ETA/destination thingy the program has now is better than the old one where you put in the GMT time of arrival. I just look at the flight times of
the real world flights for my VA and input them and almost always arrive at the scheduled times.

[ste9889]

ETA is free points as said before but i dont get the ETA thing, do i need to arrive bang on time? because i keep hearing people getting
penalised for being early, is that still the case? and how many points do you lose if your late?

[Brian F.]

Per the Docs:

6. Set destination (optional): You can set a destination and/or a planned arrival time. If you do so, you will get bonuses for
landing at the right place and/or at the right time. You will be penalized if you land at the wrong place without an emergency or for arriving
too late or too early. A “read more” button on the “set destination” dialog will give you a table of bonuses and penalties for given flight and
arrival times.

[Drew]

Manual Ste, read the manual

page 20

Code:

Flight Time           Bonus Range             Penalty late       Penalty early
1 hour                     6 mn                 20 mn              30 mn
2 hour                   12 mn                 20 mn              36 mn
3 hours                 18 mn                 22 mn              54 mn
4 hours                 24 mn                 29 mn              72 mn
5 hours                 30 mn                  36 mn             90 mn
6 hours                 36 mn                  43 mn             108 mn
7 hours                 42 mn                   50 mn            126 mn
8 hours                  48 mn                  58 mn             144 mn
9 hours                  54 mn                   65 mn            162 mn
10hours                  60 mn                 72 mn             180 mn
Example:
If you fly 2 hours and your planned arrival time is 10h00 GMT you must arrive between 9h54 and 10h06 to receive a bonus. You will be penalized if you
arrive before 9h24 or after 10h20.

[crowebird]

I do, but lately it seems if I input an ETA, I wont get points at the end of flight, FsP forgets that I had this option selected.... maybe a bug, idk
concidering I dont think anyone else is getting this.

[DBE]

I do as well: it adds to the overall incentive to do the job properly..

[dschoene]

DBE wrote:
I do as well: it adds to the overall incentive to do the job properly..

Yeah, I do input ETA too, but if ATC sends you to a celebratory lap (read: go around) then you'll loose points by the truck load. So its always a bit
tricky. You can of course plan a bit of time reserve, but then you'll be home too early and that won't go too well with them too.

[Brian F.]

If you are a few mins early, just sit at the gate and dont end the flight until you are on time

[Ceemosp]

Brian F. wrote:
If you are a few mins early, just sit at the gate and dont end the flight until you are on time

You do it a bit too long and you'll get penalized as well I wonder where I read that here...let me search....

Greetz Carsten

[Drew]

Dont think you get penalized, just the pax satisfaction percentage goes down as they are 'waiting for the door to open'