Please inform us as to how he was being miserable. He just calmly stated a fact.

You don't welcome back PhilT by "just calmly stating facts". Phil has been central to FSX development and can and surely will share a lot of insight into FSX vs. Flight, etc. and what the folks at MS think. We should all be ecstatic and grateful he decided to show-up again.I think Jim is perhaps a bit "under the weather"? :-)Cheers,- jahman.

HOLY SMOKES!!!!Welcome back Phil!!!! I think we're gonna have to seriously plot to kidnap you and hold you hostage in my basement until you tell us everything you know about FS 11!!!! We have ways of making you talk!

I got it!! I took it as a light hearted joke when I first saw it. And of course someone wants to turn it into a debate. Welcome back Phil!!

You don't welcome back PhilT by "just calmly stating facts". Phil has been central to FSX development and can and surely will share a lot of insight into FSX vs. Flight, etc. and what the folks at MS think. We should all be ecstatic and grateful he decided to show-up again.I think Jim is perhaps a bit "under the weather"? :-)Cheers,- jahman.

How will he share anything about Flight when he doesn't even work at MS anymore and hasn't in years? Do you really think those that are working on Flight are just talking to him everyday and he can share all that here? He is gone from MS, out of the loop, a former employee. Maybe Mr. Gates has some insights too that he will share about Flight? Next, maybe Bruce will stop in and explain why the autogen isn't sized correctly! That hasn't been mentioned in a few days now!!Because everything that is written on the internet is true, I just don't like when there is a good chance that there will be mis-guided folks that will come along.

How will he share anything about Flight when he doesn't even work at MS anymore and hasn't in years? Do you really think those that are working on Flight are just talking to him everyday and he can share all that here? He is gone from MS, out of the loop, a former employee. Maybe Mr. Gates has some insights too that he will share about Flight? Next, maybe Bruce will stop in and explain why the autogen isn't sized correctly! That hasn't been mentioned in a few days now!!Because everything that is written on the internet is true, I just don't like when there is a good chance that there will be mis-guided folks that will come along.

Jim .. i drove by the MS studios .. I can share tons .. ask away  :(

@ Phil, feel free to write what ever you want, I'm listening or should I say reading......welcome back.

Tierborn,What did the parking lot attendant share about Flight?Any mention of a cable internet connection needed for installation?Any word that you can only fly while online between the hours of 2-5 PM on a day whose name ends with a "y"?How about the rumor that to purchase an add-on, you need a original birth certificate, drivers license, a blood test, and an up to date pregnancy test?

Tierborn,What did the parking lot attendant share about Flight?Any mention of a cable internet connection needed for installation?Any word that you can only fly while online between the hours of 2-5 PM on a day whose name ends with a "y"?How about the rumor that to purchase an add-on, you need a original birth certificate, drivers license, a blood test, and an up to date pregnancy test?

The parking attendant said that he is good friends with a guy the cleans up the offices at MS.  His buddy said that he cleaned a conference room that was used by the MS flight developers .. get this, the guy says the the Flight developers still use the term "Simulator" when talking amongst themselves. Thats big news ....My buddy said that you will have to have a continuous internet service connection to play Flight.  Also, you will have to have a Facebook account active.  The flight program will have code written to automatically update your Facebook account to let friends know that you are playing flight, or if you are looking at porn.Regarding flight/play times .. you have to buy allotments of time (time credits) to play.  You can use these time blocks anyway you like, however, holiday flight uses 2x the time credits.Regarding add-on purchases .. you will have to have a valid passport.  This is not a MS requirement .. but a department of Homeland Security policy. Alos, there is a warning about the risks of flying while pregnant or overweight.

Darn, because they didn't use the word GAME, and it's not a brand new GAME engine that will allow me to use all my FS9 planes, I WON'T BE PURCHASING. That, and the fact that I don't have a Facebook page."So it be written on the internet, so it be done." The 5 Commandments

{no need to post image again}@ Phil, feel free to write what ever you want, I'm listening or should I say reading......welcome back.

Wow, I have friends who are handicapped... Unbelievable.

Wow, I have friends who are handicapped... Unbelievable.

That was not to offend anybody, that was just to make a point, I also have handicapped peoples in my own family.If somebody was offended by my post please accept my apologies.

As an ex manager at ACES, PhilT knows hoy speak "Corporate" and can use his experience and intuition from the development of FSX to assist in predicting what is likely, possible and unlikely in MS Flight. Large temas don't change their manner of thinking from one day to the next (even if the are fired and replaced, the codebase is buy and large still the same: Code "inertia" if you will.Cheers,- jahman.

That was not to offend anybody, that was just to make a point, I also have handicapped peoples in my own family.If somebody was offended by my post please accept my apologies.

Yeah actually it is offensive – no question about that.But I’m sure you didn’t intend it that way. :( I’ve been there.

If somebody was offended by my post please accept my apologies.

Thanks for removing the picture. Sincerely. :(