Hey all,The January set looks real nice since I dont buy many add-on products. So for me Flight > FSX.My gut is telling me they want to drive most of us online to fly. Thats not a bad thing but I'd still like some me time.Has anyone heard if there will still be AI aircraft for offline flying?Also, I hope they don't remove the jetways. Those were one of the biggest improvments made in the last edition. Sitting at the gate in my 737 I felt like I was at a real airport and boarding passangers.One last thing, any news if they plan to keep moving cars on the highways? It would be nice if they included VATSIM into the online service. This way new pilots could learn a TON about flying IFR from VATSIMs resources and staff.MarcUAL

Hey all,The January set looks real nice since I dont buy many add-on products. So for me Flight > FSX.My gut is telling me they want to drive most of us online to fly. Thats not a bad thing but I'd still like some me time.Has anyone heard if there will still be AI aircraft for offline flying?Also, I hope they don't remove the jetways. Those were one of the biggest improvments made in the last edition. Sitting at the gate in my 737 I felt like I was at a real airport and boarding passangers.One last thing, any news if they plan to keep moving cars on the highways? It would be nice if they included VATSIM into the online service. This way new pilots could learn a TON about flying IFR from VATSIMs resources and staff.MarcUAL

If MS hasn't announced it, we don't know it for sure.

If MS hasn't announced it, we don't know it for sure.

Yeah I thought maybe I missed something. Worth a shot.

My gut is telling me they want to drive most of us online to fly. Thats not a bad thing but I'd still like some me time.

Your gut is lying to you, lol. In the latest press release on Jan 28th, they addressed the concern of having to be online and said that being online is not required. Basically you can fly the same as you do in FS9/FSX and can have all the "me time" that you want.

Has anyone heard if there will still be AI aircraft for offline flying?Also, I hope they don't remove the jetways. Those were one of the biggest improvments made in the last edition. Sitting at the gate in my 737 I felt like I was at a real airport and boarding passangers.

I would imagine that since AI and jetways have been part of the sim for as long as I can remember, or at least since FS2002, I doubt they would remove those features. Although the AI will most likely be the same as it has been for the last few versions where they use those fictitious airline names like World Travel, etc. We will probably still have to use 3rd party AI if we want real world carriers.

Your gut is lying to you, lol. In the latest press release on Jan 28th, they addressed the concern of having to be online and said that being online is not required. Basically you can fly the same as you do in FS9/FSX and can have all the "me time" that you want.I would imagine that since AI and jetways have been part of the sim for as long as I can remember, or at least since FS2002, I doubt they would remove those features. Although the AI will most likely be the same as it has been for the last few versions where they use those fictitious airline names like World Travel, etc. We will probably still have to use 3rd party AI if we want real world carriers.

The jetways that move at most airports were added in FSX.

The jetways that move at most airports were added in FSX.

LOL, you never said anything about "moving" jetways in your first post, just jetways.Anyway, I doubt they will remove those features since it would be a bit of a step backwards.