I know you are going to laugh at this question-What is acars? I just bought the pmdg 737-600/700 pack and I know that it doenst include it, but what does ACARS do for you in the 737-800/900? Im thinking of upgrading and was just wondering.

You need to sign your name to your posts in this forum, thank you and please take a minute reading the PMDG's Forum Guide here:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=136&topic_id=2402&mesg_id=2402&page= As to your question, it is also NOT included on the 800-900.[h4]Best Wishes,Randy J. Smithhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/betaimg.jpgAMD 64 3200+ | ASUS KV8 DELUXE | GFORCE 5700 ULTRA @535/1000 | Maxtor 6Y080M0 SATA 80 GIG | 512 DDR 400 | Windows Xp Pro | Windows Xp Pro 64 |

FS Flight Keeper comes with a pretty cool ACARS. Check it out at http://www.molitor-home.de/fs/FLKeeper/default.asp.I provides a heap of flight information without having to leave the cockpit, for instance, check out the destination weather, flight plan, airport facilities, in flight events, etc.Regards, Steven.http://www.vozvirtual.org/images/pmdgforumsignature.png

Steven,Does that program work well with the ACARS in the PMDG 737-800/900? I just checked out the screenies and it looks pretty interesting!Regards,Rob

Rob,it doesn't integrate itself into PMDG's ACARS (if this is what you meant). I have bought Flight Keeper 2 last week and it really is a big help for me, it's also cool to review your flight afterwards as Flight Keeper logs all kind of things and also gives you a flight rating...ACARS itself is more useful for virtual airlines. Pilots can transmit ACARS reports to their virtual headquarters (if the VA has chosen Flight Keeper as their Pirep-system).So I'd say ACARS itself is something that's only useful when flying for a VA or flying online at least. The other features of Flight Keeper (flight planning, moving map, logging, rating system, weather information, ...) can be used online or offline.regards,Joerg