Bonus also sets your pilot's rank so it's always useful to get more bonus for each flight.

You will have additional bonuses for the following:

- If you make a nice landing (<250feet/m)
- If you land in bad weather. (wind and or turbulence)
- If you make a flight lasting more than 2 hours without using time acceleration.
- If you make a perfect flight without problems.
- If you declare an emergency when there is one.
- If you land at the scheduled airport. (set destination)
- If you arrive on-time. (set destination)

If you do all of the above you can get as much as 500 points for a flight.

Example with this demo flight:


A good way to get a LOT of bonuses is to have a failure and land safely. If failure doesn't happen often enough for your taste, you can set a higher failure percentage in 'difficulty setup' or you can fly in a war area and get a lot of damage; if you land safely after that you can get as much as 3000 points... be aware that you'll have to pay for the damage anyway. A choice to make.

See this flight in a war area for example:




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