good software to have

[timcclayton]

Well, firstly, you need to get yourself a GA aircraft, get out there and do a round-the-world trip, and with FSPassengers it is even better than just
doing it on your own for a bit of fun. I will never forget scenes like coming in to the Faroe Islands airport at sunset with hills around the runway,
or desperately hoping that I'd reach Goose Bay airport from Greenland as I was rapidly running out of fuel! It is absolutely the best thing I have
ever done in FS. Trying to cross the Himalaya in a 172 was fun as well.

I don't use AISmooth so can't comment on that one unfortunately, but the American Airlines issue, as you rightly say, is legally out of Traffic 2005's
hands. If an airline wants to be childish, then there is not much that can be done about it. The following link:

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/howto/aaai.htm

is an article on Flightsim.com that explains how to change the logo to the real one - hope it helps you. Traffic 2005 really is the better package of
the two, you just install it and go - no compiling, no buying extra flight plans etc...