Like the Top Gun addon, I'll check it out. But I'm sure ill go back to flying medium and light heavies on 1-2 hour legs. 

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Nobody on this forum has a sense of humor .. Enjoy your "career"..

When I read your comment about putting out fires in a 172 I pictured myself as a pilot in one with a bucket of water on my lap and trying to figure out how the heck to get that water on the fire😀

Perhaps a better way is to use the float version of the 172 and fill the floats with water. Those will hold much more water than a bucket and can be modified to fill automatically when taxiing on the water. Somehow there seems to be a flaw in that logic though😁
 

Can’t wait for career mode. Even though I do this in real life, I do truly miss bush flying, and if it paid as well as airline flying does, I’d do it in a heartbeat again. Gives purpose and a sense of accomplishment when finishing a difficult trip. It’d also be fun to check out other aspects of the industry, like helo flying. 

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

Only Marketplace bought aircraft will be compatible.

For me the wording in that stream wasn't quite clear if they have to be purchased through the marketplace or if the plane has to be available on the marketplace but also works if purchased elsewhere. I'm hoping for the latter.

11 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

It has something to do with the verification process to make sure they work 

The default aircraft in the same area all very high quality, so I’m not sure why it makes it useless.

In one of the streams there was some discussion among the speakers about third party aircraft purchased outside the marketplace being available for missions/career as long as they were also present in the marketplace. Unfortunately they did not outright guarantee it.

It would be a shame. Even though the default aircraft are much more advanced and closer to "study level" than ever before, there are a lot of third party aircraft I'd like to use in a  career. I would buy more aircraft from the marketplace if they weren't fully encrypted so I can make some changes, but that's perhaps the very reason for the restriction; at least they can be sure aircraft haven't been tampered with to influence the outcome of a mission.

4 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Zero interest.

I thought you used a career add-on in 2020?

I’m gonna give it a shot. It’s much like a pilots life with more interactivity. Granted we didn’t get to see any of the larger aircraft missions.

still think it will give us something to do to change things up. I’m very interested in the company tab we never got a preview of. 
 

Would have been amazing if they could have linked VAs to that.

I'm looking very forward to it. I think I'm in the minority when I say I'm happy the missions are locked behind the career. I kind of like having obligatory hurdles to get to something I want. I do understand why many others will feel differently, though. 

I tried neofly for a while and enjoyed it well enough, but it felt too empty and tacked on. I think the way they're planning careers here will be more fulfilling, and I have no doubt in 2-3 years we'll have some great 3rd party additions, as well.

7 hours ago, jcomm said:

The new career mode looks interesting, but I wonder how many will use it with MSFS 2024...

This confirms my assessment that this product is a game not a flight simulator!!!

Career mode is a "maybe" for me, but not likely.  I just don't see myself being that interested in it unless it's really neat.

6 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

This confirms my assessment that this product is a game not a flight simulator!!!

How in god's name does it do that?

Can you please buzz off somewhere else, you're getting really annoying.

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Probably will give it a once over. If its something interesting ill dabble in it a little bit. On the days i want to do my regular tubeliner ops ill simply pick free flight and be on my merry way.

All about the options.

2 hours ago, St Mawgan said:

Personally, I try to keep it as simple and as realistic as possible - pretending to fly an aircraft I could conceivably fly if I could afford it, to all the places I could conceivably fly it to. Some may find that limiting but I would feel very uncomfortable stretching the fantasy too much further than that.

Precisely this....

They just released an article talking about the Career mode

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/11/15/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024-creating-career-mode-for-all-players/

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It doesn’t seem very appealing from what I’ve seen during my brief look at the videos. I wish they had invested in something like the King’s School lessons from the FS2002/4 days.

With the growing MSFS customer base leading to more traffic online, it would have been incredibly helpful, especially for those of us who enjoy network flying and expect a certain level of knowledge and professionalism.

Nowadays, it feels like driving in traffic—just assume everyone else got their license from a cereal box, and you’ll be better prepared.