1. Go to Flightaware, or Vataware 2. Find yourself a route you like (for example ENGM - BIKF) and get the preferred flight # (for example SAS4187) 3. Look at the route section of this sheet and use a program like FSCommander to program the given waypoints. Finally export this as a PMDG file. 4. Use a weather tool that gives you real time weather and shows you enroute winds like Active Sky 5. Jump into your cockpit, and put some imaginary PAX into your plane (to get the weight). 6. Use the FMC to load the flight plan, check and double check the LEGS and the RTE. 7. SID and STARa) offline: find out the active runway by listening to the ATIS and pick a SID and STAR of your choiceb ) online: find out the active runway by listening to ATIS and choose the SID/STAR at the flight planning stage. The rest of this is ATC communication. 8. Put everything together (route, pax, winds, SID/STARS, don't forget taxi and some 10% contingency) and program the 737 FMC to plan your fuel-burning. 9. Put the calculated amount of fuel into the bird. 10. Start boarding :)