My friend over at BA got offered a move from the 777 to Concorde last year, but declined because he thought that it would increase his chance of losing his job when the aircraft was retired.

I’m a part time professional software developer for FS so I’ll have to get FS2004.

The ATC hasn’t been dramatically improved but IFR flight plans can now be started in flight, you can request an alternative airport and yes they finally have sorted out the single runway problem and multiple runways will now be used without having to install extra AFCAD files.

They aren’t yet using real world liveries, but you can either purchase an AI Aircraft add on, the best being Ultimate Traffic from http://www.flight1.com or if you aren’t too phased by learning to use a few simple tools you can use freeware AI which uses real liveries and real timetables. I now have my simulator running about 80% of the worlds flights as they are flown in the real world to the correct schedules. Check out http://www.projectai.com for the freeware stuff….it is endless almost every airline is available via freeware and I would recommend this over purchasing payware traffic.

All AI is compatible with both FS2002 and FS2004!

The main improvement in FS2004 is the weather engine which has finally been brought up to scratch and now offers a very realistic atmosphere which really has a dramatic effect on your flying. This new engine alone makes it worth buying.

Well that’s my two pence on it 🙂

Yep I got upgraded with Alitalia earlier this year, but I’ll always try to avoid them…not a great experience.

1) Concorde and short haul fleet captain at BA
2) Pilot with any other airline! (getting there!! 🙂 )
3) CEO of my own airline!

1. Eastern Airways
2. BA
3. Excalibur (if they were still around)
4. Buzz (Again if they were still around)

I got upgraded from World Traveller to World Traveller Plus twice on one trip. On the way out to Philadelphia we travelled to Heathrow with a friend of mine who works on the 777 with BA, he had a word a check in and got us upgraded.

On the return flight they were asking people to come off the flight as they had overbooked. Myself and three friends opted for this and we were rewarded with $200, free meals for the next 24 hours, a stay in a really nice 5 star hotel and yet another upgrade to World Travellet Plus.

To top it all off we had paid only 2 thirds of the price of an economy ticket!!! One of my friends actually made a £30 profit from the holiday!