I have noticed that nearly all of the job times for cargo flights are 10 minutes.........I just did a cargo flight with the Maule for a distance of 169nm.......Excluding take off and landing times this would mean that the Maule would have to fly at 1014nm/hr.......Bring on the F16.

Hi Tarsky, many of us pointed this our during the beta.Samples, using the MauleMaule cruise speed is 143 kts,, max cruise is 149 ktsAssuming mission starts airborne (no startup, no taxi and no TO, no climb)Maule doing 143 ktsWind calmDirect routeFlight Level 9000 ft to FL110Assuming mission ends airborne (no approach, landing, taxiing, etc)Distance from Dillingham to Hilo Intl is 207.3 nm, Job board estimated time says 20 minutes, but real actual flight time would be > 1:27 minutesDistance from Dillingham to Molokai is 66.1 nm, Job board estimated time says 10 minutes, but real actual flight time would be > 0:28 minutes But now I believe the user manual says mission times are calculated when using the Skip ButtonWe also asked to be given both times, real and using "N" skipping, so lets hope they do that.

I also think it assumes you use skip to next waypoint (N key)

Thanks didn't realise this topic had already been opened.......I checked the user manual and it does state that the flight times are based on using the skip to waypoint function.......Silly me..........Perhaps it's the 75 year old brain playing up.....!!!!!!!

We also asked to be given both times, real and using "N" skipping, so lets hope they do that.

While not essential, that certainly would be a nice thing for them to add, as one could then make the determination of whether they wanted to do the mission/activity using skip or not. When I did the Hawaii Photo Shoot mission, the only way I knew it would take 4 hours to complete without using skip was because someone else had already done so and posted the info here. Based on that I made the decision to not use skip on the flight out, and to use it on the return flight. And it took me a little over two hours.I hope they do add that to the estimated times. Glad you folks brought that to their attention.

.......Silly me..........Perhaps it's the 75 year old brain playing up.....!!!!!!!

Not really, there is no “Skip to next Waypoint Button” in real life.If a Flight from Chicago to Los Angeles is around 1,750 nm and takes approximately 04:00 hours, we expect to spend those 04:00 hours in flight.Our minds are correct, therefore I assume the “silly me” are the estimated job times.

We also asked to be given both times, real and using "N" skipping, so lets hope they do that.

I think they went for estimated times based on the use of skipping because in the future we will get more and more aircraft... and then they would have to give an estimated time for every aircraft available... Doing a mission in the Stearman or that jet probably makes quite a difference. Of course it shouldn't be too hard to implement a calculation of the time based on the currently selected aircraft, but as it is now, that won't be possible because the estimated times is simply harad coded text.

I also think it assumes you use skip to next waypoint (N key)

That is correct. When selecting a job, I believe it even says the time is based on using the skp to waypoint function.

time is based on using the skp to waypoint function

yep, says so in the manual

While it would be nice to have both times, using skip or flying without it, I have no problems with the "real world" style of estimating the time based on the distance and my aircraft's performance. Hook