Ok so now after many hours of enjoying Flight, with missions and challenges, my dumb butt has finally figured out how to access the jobs in Flight, thanks to a dialogue that occured in another thread earlier this am. Lol, boy do I still have a lot of things I can do in Flight - and I have not even done any Aerocache hunts yet!So anyway I start off with the job board this afternoon at Hilo. I select the biplane sightseeing tour, figure that one should be fun and relaxing. Oh my gosh, did I get a grumpy passenger. Some dude that use to fly who no longer flies due to being grounded by the FAA or something like that. Well first thing, we go past the first sightseeing marker - which was a view of a smoldering volcano. Of course rather than gratitude for getting to see it in the first place, his comment was something like - seeing molten lava from here is not something I am crazy about - but the sight from up here is cool... not those exact words, but you get the jist.Then, prior to arriving at the second marker, he decides he needs to pee - and needs to go badly , asks me to put it on the ground for him. Well I did so, then off we went to the second marker, which was a nice waterfall. Well we went over that and what does he say? Seen one waterfall, you've seen them all. I mean c'mon man, here i am flying a Stearman in 27 knt winds and that is all you can say?Well the airport was next on the list, I could not get down there fast enough to get rid of his grumpy butt let me tell ya!I think he did at least thank me for the trip...All in all though, his demeanor aside, I had fun with this job - at least the scenery was absolutely beautiful, and I do love knocking about in that Stearman!Ok so question on Jobs - I cannot remember, in picking a job to do from the jobs board, is flying one of those that you DO get penalized if you use the skip function, or do NOT get penalized for this? I did not use it in the above, and certainly had a lot of quiet flying time in between markers.Also it is hard to judge how much fuel to take on for the flight - obviously the estimated time to complete is by using the skip function...

You definitely get more XP if you don't skip any part of the job.

Ah ok, many thanks for the tip!

Ok so now after many hours of enjoying Flight, with missions and challenges, my dumb butt has finally figured out how to access the jobs in Flight, thanks to a dialogue that occured in another thread earlier this am. Lol, boy do I still have a lot of things I can do in Flight - and I have not even done any Aerocache hunts yet!So anyway I start off with the job board this afternoon at Hilo. I select the biplane sightseeing tour, figure that one should be fun and relaxing. Oh my gosh, did I get a grumpy passenger. Some dude that use to fly who no longer flies due to being grounded by the FAA or something like that. Well first thing, we go past the first sightseeing marker - which was a view of a smoldering volcano. Of course rather than gratitude for getting to see it in the first place, his comment was something like - seeing molten lava from here is not something I am crazy about - but the sight from up here is cool... not those exact words, but you get the jist.Then, prior to arriving at the second marker, he decides he needs to pee - and needs to go badly , asks me to put it on the ground for him. Well I did so, then off we went to the second marker, which was a nice waterfall. Well we went over that and what does he say? Seen one waterfall, you've seen them all. I mean c'mon man, here i am flying a Stearman in 27 knt winds and that is all you can say?Well the airport was next on the list, I could not get down there fast enough to get rid of his grumpy butt let me tell ya!I think he did at least thank me for the trip...All in all though, his demeanor aside, I had fun with this job - at least the scenery was absolutely beautiful, and I do love knocking about in that Stearman!Ok so question on Jobs - I cannot remember, in picking a job to do from the jobs board, is flying one of those that you DO get penalized if you use the skip function, or do NOT get penalized for this? I did not use it in the above, and certainly had a lot of quiet flying time in between markers.Also it is hard to judge how much fuel to take on for the flight - obviously the estimated time to complete is by using the skip function...

Hint: Do some mild aerobatics with your next passenger...

Tip for everybody else, If on one of those jobs you happen to carry Mr. Prostatic or Ms. Small Bladder, and they need to pee. Land anywhere you can, that will get you some 1000 XP points. Some jobs give you extra XP if you start at Dawn or Dusk. Doing acrobatics is your call. Listen to the passenger when you start the mission, if he/she is afraid of flying then abstain, but in the case of the grounded pilot you can do some.1/2 tank is more than enough for most jobs. On the Maule jobs you actually have to unload fuel as per the copilor recomendation.

There is no penalty for skipping on a biplane tour. You only lose out the extra points you might get for seeing extra landmarks or landing to let the passenger pee.If worse comes to worse, fly until the passenger has to pee, then skip to the next waypoints quickly and you'll get the 1000 point bonus after you stop on the ground, even if it's at the end of the mission in the parking area.Hook

where are the unemployment offices in hawaii? just in case we run out of work in flight. :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: .

where are the unemployment offices in hawaii? just in case we run out of work in flight. :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO: .

Hopefully, on another island... so I can get work flying people over there...

Also word to the wise: you can land and refuel on a charter flight, but if you try that while hauling an animal, you get a mission fail. Not sure how any others stack up.

If you get to the pax flight in a maule later, try opening the door in mid-air...... :LMAO:

Lol, well I have done a couple more jobs.What in the world does it take to get a happy passenger? So far I transported 3 humans somewhere for something, ok so it was the Maule, and yeah I opened the door into flight just for grins - well they didn't like that too much I guess.But I just took this very hungry woman for her 100 dollar burger - in my RV -I personally thought the flight went very smoothly - well at one point she thought I was so low we should be driving a car, but that was only very briefly.Got her to the dang restaraunt pronto - and still I get 0 score in the passenger happiness category!Oh well, maybe I will try hauling some ducks or chickens next, maybe they are easier to please!

If the passenger complains, you pretty much automatically lose the happy passenger bonus. I once got a "Should we be flying this low?" comment while landing to let a passenger pee, and on a runway at that. Well, I was a little below the glide slope... :DOther things that might upset a passenger, with or without comment, are banking too steep, taxiing too fast, or getting off the taxiway while trying to turn. A little turbulence at the wrong time got me a sick passenger. Flying too fast, and probably stalling will do it too. Try not to bump into a runway marker sign. Hard landings. Probably a bunch more that I haven't identified yet.Hook

Yeah I think a hard landing somewhat in the Maule cost me one one.Thanks for the tips!

One thing to note: On a couple medical missions I have jerked the plane when moving the mouse (forgot to hit spacebar on my Laptop);and the passenger icon changed to “!” yellow.Anyway both times the flights were rather long and eventually the passenger icon turned back to green. (Can’t remember the time it took to go back to green)

If you get to the pax flight in a maule later, try opening the door in mid-air...... :LMAO:

Or doing a few aileron rolls with a cargo compartment full of ducks.