Before I buy...

[xwhitemousex]

FSP has different choices for when you start a company.

You can choose to run the finances, and choose wether or not you have to earn the right to fly your airplanes (meaning you need the proper rank and
hours).

For me, I started in economic mode and career, so I'm earning my wings from the little Cessna172 and up. I'm in the Piper PA-34 and Beechcraft Duke
now, and going to Cessna Grand Caravan next... then on to ATR-72-500 and onwards to C-130's and more : )

Optionally you don't use career mode, and then you are free to fly whatever is in your aircraft folder.

Also, saving flights would ruin the FSP game. That would mean you could just save your flight as you align for approach then keep doing the landings
until they are perfect. That would negate the whole purpose of the points system as well as failures and company reputation. Might as well just do
Free-Flights then instead.

I like it the way it is now... sure, you can pause whenever you want for when you need a moment... or you can accelerate time for long flights (though
this means you don't get the bonus points associated with long flights).

As for flight planner and such, here's how it basically works.

After buying your first aircraft in FSP, or loading up an aircraft you own... and BEFORE you start the FSP flight via menu, you can set the
time/date, the weather and make a flight plan. Then you start the FSP flight and all those parameters will be there. You can't change time after you
started the FSP flight.

You can also open up the ATC menu and create an inflight IFR plan, but if that deviates from your destination (if you set one) for the FSP flight,
well... you're going to get angry passengers : ) Everything from FSX works in FSP, difference is you'll get warnings from FSP if you are about to do
some changes that will cancel your FSP flight, give you penalties and so forth.