[POLL] I'm reworking the destination time... any advice ?

[SWAFO]

lol... right!

[DanSteph]

walterp wrote:
I fly the LVD767 and after pushback, the parking brakes must be set.
So if you use the parking brake as a trigger it will mess with my 767.

not at all... of course if you wait 1/2 hour after pushback the counter will be still running
but usually one expect you to start taxiing after pushback.

Dan

[Ryanamur]

pegase wrote:
Thanks

GOT IT !!! zulu=GMT=Greenwich Mean Time

Just to make sure we are covered:

zulu=GMT=Greenwich Mean Time=UT=Universal Time=London Time

[walterp]

not at all... of course if you wait 1/2 hour after pushback the counter will be still running
but usually one expect you to start taxiing after pushback.

Dan,
What I meant was that I release the parking brake to commence pushback and then I must reset it after I have pushed back.
Will it register this as a 30 second flight?

[DanSteph]

no at departure once PB released the counter is started and will never stop,
you have to take off before FsP think that your at arrival airport.

even there it will be the last time you set PB that will be taken in account.

Dan

[AltairZQ]

timcook wrote:
Block time.

Started by - first time parking brake off.
Ended by - parking brake on + engines off + door open.

Tim

This.

[Twista]

1 block time o.O

[Topaz]

I vote for block time as well. We should follow Real World systems here as much as possible.

[AST_126]

block time

[walterp]

no at departure once PB released the counter is started and will never stop,
you have to take off before FsP think that your at arrival airport.

even there it will be the last time you set PB that will be taken in account.

In that case I vote block time. So what if you have a twenty minute delay before take off, part of the fun will be to try to make up for the lost
time.

[SWAFO]

Ryanamur wrote:

Just to make sure we are covered:

zulu=GMT=Greenwich Mean Time=UT=Universal Time=London Time

Think you finally got it! lol

[upside]

I like it just the way it is with destination arrival time. Any chance of keeping this? If not then it has to be block time.

[SWAFO]

I agree with you... it's unfortunate it had some problems

[twanut]

block by block

[psolk]

I like it the way it is too. I like to do a lot of long haul with the LVL-D 767 (right now I am doing KEWR-LIRF) and I even set a bookmark to a world
clock web page so I get my time zones and landing times correct. Like Brad, in all my flights I have only had the issue 1-2 times. But if it has to
be redone, I would say block time even though that is going to be really tough to calculate. For example, the real life Continental 040 left the gate at 5:19 instead of 5:25 but did not depart until 7:20. It is scheduled to land at 8:24 instead of 7:45 so it left the gate 6 minutes early, departed two hours late but is set to land 40 minutes late. How am I supposed ot figure that out and enter it into FSP?
Tonight for example, I took off with an eta of 05:00 (estimated departure time of 18:40) but departed 20 miutes late due to AI. By the time I got
airborne my eta was 05:20 but right now due to an 88-116 knt tailwind I am showing 04:47. Worked fine for me... Toughest part is figuring out how
many movies to show and when to show them so the passengers aren't unhappy...
-Paul


After crossing the Atlantic, i had an idea.

It should use both. You should have to enter BOTH a block time and a flight time. A delay caused by block time (late gate departure, AI etc...) should affect your airlne reputation. Then, the pilot should have to enter a flight time and should be responsible for making his flight time. If you hit a headwind or get stuck in a hold and miss your flight time the pilot gets a penalty. So you can miss your block time but make your flight time and the pilot is not penalized or you can clear the gate on time but get hold in the air and the pilot gets penalized. This may or may not cause you to miss your block time which would cause an airline penalty as well.
Just my .02 but probably too complicated to program...
-Paul



Post Edited ( 07-28-05 04:50 )