points question

[samiranks]

im up to over 300 hrs however still dont have enough points to hit c9. I know that points of course based on performance inflight, however
what can you do to up the points some more? sometime i travel from katl to kjfk and will get only 209 points. i try to up the failure to see if
that work, but of course that takes away from your percentage of rating for passengers. what is the key to get more points and balance it
with the rating? also when setting to auto serving food and drinks of course you dont get a movie. Pax are happy when watching movie,
but does it actually help the points, rating or what. Also does it depends on the time of day the flight starts to determine pax hungry?
reason? flying long flights pax hungry in particular time frame. after feeding, they are hungry again in less than an hour. whats up with that
one?

PS sorry if was posted in forum before, but obviously its more than one or two concerns so i decided to combine and ask again.

I know you got this one SWAFO

[samiranks]

Can someone answer this one? Dan, SWAFO, Pagir? Anyone?

[SWAFO]

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're getting at, however I think you're simply asking if there's an "easy way" to get more points.
This has been discussed quite a bit, but I'll go ahead and answer it:

These days, commercial aviation flights are taken for granted. If you do a good job, it usually goes unnoticed (in most situations). FSP
does a good job of modeling this. You won't get many points for a PERFECT flight, however if you have a flight with a failure and you
crash, you'll lose A LOT of points due to the fact that bad things are remembered more than the good in the world we live in.

To get more points, you can increase your failure rate, and deal with the failures in the way you're supposed to. Also, flying in bad
weather without jarring the PAX around will get you some extra points. Just as it is in the real world, it's hard to create a good reputation,
and much easier to create a BAD reputation. Practicing real world flying skills, manuevers, procedures, etc. will help you build up your
simulated flying skill, and you'll be getting points continuously. There really isn't a way to get thousands of positive points for a flight.
Keep in mind that it took me 3 years of airline flying to get promoted to Captain in the real world. Prior to this I had 12 years of military
flying experience... I wouldn't be a Captain with SWA if I didn't have that military experience. Everything good in the world takes patience!
You'll eventually make it to C9, and you'll feel better when it does happen. You'll know how hard you worked for it, and it's much more
rewarding. Probably not the answer you're looking for, but thought I'd add my opinion.

[jboweruk]

By far the best way to keep points going up is make sure you are Mr. (or MS/Mrs/Miss) Perfect. You need to fly well and on time. For
example if you get to the scheduled destination on time you could get some 400 odd points if you do everything by the book. Most I ever
got was 600; landed on time on target and with a flaps failure; also got a kiss landing and dodgy weather.

[omarza]

My problem is actually not points as I continuesly have the points but need more hours for the next rank. The reason is basically similar to what
brad and others mentioned... try to fly each flight perfect, on time etc. All I do is to make sure I take my FsP flights seriously... follow
checklists properly to make sure I dont slip up. Also when you do before takeoff briefings etc... brief yourself... keeps you from making mistakes
etc. When you get a new aircraft you want to use in FsP... take it out for a couple of very short flights outside FsP... maybe save the flight before
final approach etc... so you can practise those a couple of times in a very short timespan... that way you learn the aircraft properly as well and can
get alot of rewards via kiss landings etc instead of breaking the undercariage. You might laugh but I for instance spent almost 2 days before taking
off in the PMDG 737... as I wanted to make sure I kind of understand it instead of zipping thru checklists etc to get going. In time the rewards are
usually worth the initial effort. Maybe im taking it too seriously but thats the way I like playing when flying with FsP... if I just want to play I
fly outside FsP. Thats why I love FsP... it rewards you when you do it properly and hits you hard when you fail on something... so all I can say is
for the best result in points is to try and fly well and get those bonus points.

What I also noticed and I might be wrong is...

Try flights around 2hours... maybe just over... for every flight you then roughly get 2 hours logged and hopefully a minimum of 280 (even more) points
per flight... that in turn will give you roughly 1400 points (even more) for 10 hours flying on average if you fly the routes nicely... thats if my
maths are correct here. Thats not including special bonuses for failures and other things.

[Jetflyer]

Most I got was 900 on a flight with a gear failure and kiss landing.

Most I got for being suc a perfect pilot with no problems on the flight and no failures was 599 points on a normal uneventful flight.

[samiranks]

i think to sum it up i meant.. i have alot of hours with less points.. the fastest way to get more points of course is to fly warzone. however
flying warzone cause your satisfactions percentage to drop.. is it basically thats the way you have to keep it . meaning loosing some to
gain something? i tried to up the failures.. same thing get more points with perfect landing but making pax unhappy.. so i guess i just
need to balance them out ha? do a warzone or so flight get alot of points then fly some good hours perfect score to increase my pax s
satisfaction.. and one last thing. why is it the pax percentage for company only goes up but 1.46 or .9 or etc etc percentage and not like
5% or so....?

PS SWAFO im so discourage of finishing my pilot schooling.. only because of no other military background or so and sometimes getting
hired for ATP doesnt always count with the hours. so im wondering if now a days its worth completing school for ATP. I guess thats
something ill email you about when i get off work or so.

[jlc]

I know the answer : more than 3000 points for one flight....
But the mods think that it is a cheat, so I shut up.

[SWAFO]

samiranks wrote:

PS SWAFO im so discourage of finishing my pilot schooling.. only because of no other military background or so and sometimes getting
hired for ATP doesnt always count with the hours. so im wondering if now a days its worth completing school for ATP. I guess thats
something ill email you about when i get off work or so.

ATP school is very expensive, and if you can afford it by all means, go for it! We just hired a few pilots straight out of ATP school. I could
never afford it, and always dreamed of a military career so I took that route. Of course, military experience is preferred... I'd say about 75-
80% of our pilots have it.