Hi, Bryan,Before I begin, let me say (again) that I'm really impressed with this product. It totally changes the 737 experience in a good way! I'm loving the pre-flight feature, despite the fact that I get a certain thrill out of flipping switches on the overhead. Unfortunately, I rarely seem to have a lot of time for flying these days, and the 30 minute pre-flight eats into my limited time. I tend to solve this by clicking on the countdown time to artificially reduce it, but it seems to flummox poor co-pilot. I've noticed on occasion that some switches aren't flipped, such as one of the fuel pumps; I'm guessing I'd interrupted the flow before he'd had a chance to turn them on. I'd like to find a way to do, say, a 15 minute pre-flight without just messing with the countdown. I'd be willing to trade some realism for speed in this case.I notice that there seems to be a pre-flight time in the configuration panel, and it even has a little down arrow next to it, but for me, clicking the down arrow does nothing -- it seems to be locked at 30 minutes. Is there a way to change this value, and does changing it result in a smooth but shorter pre-flight? In other words, does reducing the time (if possible) cause all the normal events to happen in the right order, just closer together?If not, is there a convenient list of what happens at which times in the pre-flight, so I can manually click down the countdown through the "dead spots" without confusing anyone? (I can figure this out myself if necessary, if you don't have this information handy.)If the answer is no, there's currently no way to reduce the pre-flight without sacrificing some of the actual procedures, I wonder if there's a way to simply jump into a preflight that's already in progress? For example, a 20 minute preflight would begin with all the overhead switches already set, the APU on, and the co-pilot announcing he's back from the walkaround. I may be the only person who cares about this, and I'm sure that I can figure out my own system if there's really no official method. If there already is a way, though, I'd love to learn it.Thanks!MichaelPS: "Terminally impatient" was actually not a deliberate pun, but hey, works for me... :)

Michael,To help you out because I understand about the wait time I usually write down the times certain flows are done. For the 737 I created a list I use so I can speed through certain dead points.30 - Electrical and INS should be done once INS configured18 - Rdy for Boarding17 - FO preliminary Proc (should take about 2 to 3 minutes)8 - Load sheet arrives5 - FA briefing to pax1 - Ready for DepYou can skip from 29-18 in a matter of seconds then from about 12-8 then from 8-5 and so on so your set up for flight would only take about 5 minutes according to my calculation. Thats about how long it takes me when I'm in a hurry.Sean

Thanks, Sean! I'll try that on the next flight.Michael

Thanks, Sean! I'll try that on the next flight.Michael

Also remember that this info is displayed 'visually' in the Main Panel.

If you don´t have time for the preflight you can also skip it as I do: I always load the aircraft on a state ready for a flight (IRS aligned, APU running ....). I then start FS2crew but on the CFG window I don´t check PF so the first step on the left window is Preflight Checklist. It´s like the second flight of the day.I don´t have the boarding an loadsheet option on FS2crew but I can select the boarding on AES. It´s a minor issue.Doing all this you can control the time: once the passengers are on board you request for the before start procedure and you don´t have to wait more to start your flight.

If you don´t have time for the preflight you can also skip it as I do: I always load the aircraft on a state ready for a flight (IRS aligned, APU running ....). I then start FS2crew but on the CFG window I don´t check PF so the first step on the left window is Preflight Checklist. It´s like the second flight of the day.I don´t have the boarding an loadsheet option on FS2crew but I can select the boarding on AES. It´s a minor issue.Doing all this you can control the time: once the passengers are on board you request for the before start procedure and you don´t have to wait more to start your flight.

Yup, to make it totally clear...Unlike some of the much older versions of FS2Crew, in the newer versions, you do 'not' need to run the prelight events. It's optional.It's great if time is tight.Cheers,

Yeah, Bryan, you've done a great job of showing the pre-flight as optional. I was never confused about that! In my case, I find it's actually more efficient to use PreFlight. I let the FO set up the cockpit while I get check the weather, review procediures/SIDs/STARs/etc. Doing the manual click-down of the PF clock works for me, even if it's a bit clunky. (More clicks, but very straightforward to understand.)