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Likewise with this thread. How would the OP, who is not a 777 pilot, know what the best way to hold the 777 yoke is? Sure you can use common sense, doesn't mean other ways are wrong.

Please quote where I attacked you personally.

What did I say that was false? Just like you have no business criticising a real world pilot on how they do their job. May be tiresome and annoying to you, but it's true. Unless you have gone through the same training and experiences as a real world 777 pilot, you really don't have any argument in the matter. I'm not sure if that was directed at myself but I will point out that I didn't use that argument. My argument was "you're not a pilot, you do not have the hours of training and hours of experience required to make any critical comment on any pilot". The fact of the matter is that someone with zero experience in the matter has publicly criticized a real world pilot in an open forum with no basis for their criticism. Had the OP been a real world pilot, the OP would never have made this post in the first place because there's a line between being critical in a helpful way (professional) and downright rude (completely uncalled for and unprofessional). I see you've linked your LinkedIn profile. If Jim the cleaner came along and started criticising how you did your job as an engineer, how would you react? Or if you stumbled across a forum with someone criticising your work? Did you even consider the real world implications of your post? Did you consider that that person is an actual qualified pilot somewhere in the world, and that criticising him in an open forum could not only have an effect on him emotionally, but also on his career as a pilot. TL;DR you wouldn't want someone bashing how you do your job behind your back without you knowing, why do it to someone else, especially if you have zero experience on the matter.

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When did I mention in flight. An aircraft is still a potentially dangerous piece of equipment even when it's parked up with the engines off.

Yeah why do airlines not let random strangers sit at the wheel of a few hundred million dollar aircraft with potentially a few hundred other people on board. Beats me!

I'll put money on it not happening.

That accident wasn't down to the pilots not knowing how to fly a 777. They knew how to fly a 777. They know a lot more about flying a 777 than you ever will. It came down to negligence and not being completely situationally aware. The pilot flying was in the checkride stage. New to the type. Every single 777 pilot has been there done that. The captain wasn't paying enough attention and didn't have the systems knowledge required to avoid the accident. Does that mean he can't fly a 777? No. It means he hasn't sat in front of a computer reading through manuals and learning every single ins and outs. Should he have had that knowledge? Of course he should have. That does not mean he cannot fly the aircraft. I'm seeing an increasing theme with your posts. You have this idea that because you've read through the various 777 docs that you're suddenly a professional on the 777 and your opinion should be higher regarded than others, when in reality you're far from it. You are not a 777 pilot. You probably never will be. These pilots have had years of training and years of experience on that aircraft. They know it better than you or me. You have no right and no place to sit and criticise a pilot's technique when you yourself aren't even a pilot. Sure if a RW 777 pilot had come along and criticised those pilots people might think fair enough, they have a right to being on equal terms.

Not sure how this is relevant to PMDG. There's nothing wrong with asking to visit the flight deck. Whether the captain allows it or not is a different matter. It all depends how big their workload is and if they've got enough time. Post-flight is better for workload on the pilots, but worse because they just want to get home. Good luck getting to sit in the Captain's seat. Chances of that are practically zero.

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Freighter version is not modelled so the door cannot be opened.

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Rhys I think your best bet will be to submit a support ticket. You'll get better support much faster.

Aerosoft provide the updates for dvd customers. Contact their support team.

Submit a support ticket at the support website. They won't handle this here.

I believe in the drop down menu for addon manager there is a check for updates button

Hi (I'm assuming Gary? Sign all posts with your full name as per forum rules). Can you give us more details, what sim are you using? Are you using the latest version of the NGX (confirmed by Op Centre)? Audio drivers all up to date? What is your audio setup? What have you tried so far?

Different inbound courses?

Do you have any addons that use the addon manager (like FSDreamTeam, Flightbeam etc.)? If yes, make sure you've updated the addon manager.

Because ATC. I can imagine being cleared to descend at your exact FMC calculated TOD is very rare in real world.

FSX bug.

Not to mention the fuel system software modifications and the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of R&D and testing.

Full names are required in the forums. Submit a support ticket at the PMDG support website. Requires a separate registration from the store. Where did you purchase the 777? As has already been mentioned, uninstalling and reinstalling won't do anything here, just increases your chances of more issues. A reinstall isn't going to fix this issue.

You can also try http://www.pmdgsimulations.com/index.html which is where the above link should redirect in case you have a redirect issue.

Hi Connor, first off please ensure you sign all your posts with your full name as per forum rules. You can add your name to your signature like I have to save forgetting it each time. As others have mentioned the ticket system is still live. The support system is a separate account from the store so if you've never used it before you will have to register before you can login. When you selected the aircraft for the first time, did you get an activation window asking for your product key? If yes, have you checked to make sure the sim isn't paused when it loads as the aircraft will not initialize with the sim paused. Try loading a flight and hitting P once you're in the flight deck.