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| Aircraft Type Flown | Flight Time | Flight Distance | Landing Rate | Points Awarded | Flight Status (Approved; Rejected; Diverted) |
*Hours and points do not reset on promotion. They carry over as you progress towards your next rank.*
| **Rank | Title** | **Insignia** | **Minimum Hours** | **Minimum Points** | **Pay Rate (Hourly)** |
| **Flight Student** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456445376.png) | 0 | 0 | $15.00 |
| **First Officer** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456466547.png) | 25 | 300 | $35.00 |
| **Senior First Officer** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456479788.png) | 75 | 900 | $45.00 |
| **Captain** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456491667.png) | 100 | 1,200 | $65.00 |
| **Flight Captain** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456503699.png) | 300 | 3,600 | $85.00 |
| **Senior Flight Captain** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456514845.png) | 500 | 6,000 | $105.00 |
| **Chief Pilot I** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456526639.png) | 1,000 | 12,000 | $115.00 |
| **Chief Pilot II** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456540325.png) | 2,500 | 30,000 | $135.00 |
| **Chief Pilot III** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456554321.png) | 5,000 | 60,000 | $165.00 |
| **Senior Chief Pilot I** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456572277.png) | 7,500 | 90,000 | $192.00 |
| **Senior Chief Pilot II** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456585921.png) | 10,000 | 120,000 | $225.00 |
| **Senior Chief Pilot III** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-12/image-1638456600978.png) | 15,000 | 180,000 | $255.00 |
| **Walker Emeritus** | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2024-05/image-1717025183873.png) | 50,000 | 300,000 | $300.00 |
| **Approved** | **Rejected** | **Diverted** |
| The criteria for an **Approved** flight are: - You completed a flight from your planned *departure* airport to your planned *arrival* airport; and, - The Company’s *Landing Rate Standard – a landing rate equal to or softer than -800 fpm* was **achieved**. All points, flight hours and pay are awarded. The PIREP is posted to your Logbook as being Completed | **Approved**. | The criteria for a **Rejected** flight are: - The Company’s *Landing Rate Standard – a landing rate equal to or softer than -801 fpm* was **exceeded**; and/or, - The total points awarded for your flight equals -15 or more. - Your flight time was 00:00 hours (premature landing); and/or, - You used more fuel than you left the airport with (in-flight refueling); and/or, - You did **not** fly with a *Walker Air Transport* livery. No points, flight hours or pay are awarded. The PIREP is posted to the your Logbook as being Completed | **Rejected**. | The criteria for a **Diverted** flight are:
- You completed a flight from your planned *departure* airport to an *unplanned arrival* airport;
- The Company’s *Landing Rate Standard – a landing rate equal to or softer than -800 fpm* was **achieved**.
All points, flight hours and pay are awarded.
*If this occurs when flying a **Tour** leg, you will **not** be advanced to the next leg. The leg will have to be reflown.* The PIREP is posted to your Logbook as being Completed | **Diverted**. |
*Points are calculated based on log entries from the ACARS client. If your client fails to record all the entries we require you may lose out on points. Flight Operations is unable to modify your log file.*
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has a habit of not registering pilots in 'Cruise' phase due to how their altitude is determined. This will impact your log record, [please click here to read our FAQ item on this in order to ensure you get proper points awarded.](https://docs.walkerair.us/books/3-help/page/flight-operations#bkmrk-i-just-checked-my-ac)
| **Category** | **Points** | **How is it determined?** |
| **Per Hour of Flight** | **+1** | Awarded for each hour of completed flight time. |
| **Per 50 Nautical Miles of Flight** | **+1** | Awarded for every 50 nautical miles flown. |
| **Completed 20-Minute Pre-Flight** | **+3** | *Calculated between the log entries "Now boarding" and "Pushing back".* |
| **Flaps Position Set – Takeoff** | **+1** | *Log entry "Flaps set to" detected before "Taking off".* |
| **Flaps Position Set – Landing** | **+1** | *Log entry "Flaps set to" detected after "Approaching".* |
| **Warmup Time** *Requires at least 3 minutes between engine start and take off.* | **+1** | *Calculated using engine start and departure timestamps.* |
| **Cooldown Time** *Requires at least 3 minutes between landing and engine shutdown.* | **+1** | *Calculated using landing and engine shutdown timestamps.* |
| **Exceed 250kts under 10,000 ft** *Only applicable to aircraft with MTOW less than 300,000lbs (136,077kgs).* | **-5** | *Penalty applied if aircraft exceeds 250kts below 10,000 ft for more than 2 minutes.* |
| **Overspeed** *Only deducted once regardless of number of overspeed events.* | **-2** | *Log indicates "Overspeed".* |
| **Time Compression** | **Variable** | *Points are awarded based on actual real flight time flown.* ***Example:** An 8-hour flight completed in 2 real hours using time compression will only receive 25% of the normal flight time points.* |
| **Bonus Multiplier** | **1.75x / 1.5x** | *Aircraft cruising below 250kts receive a 1.75x multiplier. Aircraft cruising between 251kts and 400kts receive a 1.5x multiplier.* |
| **Online ATC Bonus** | **1.5x** | *Flight must be connected to a supported online ATC network for at least 80% of the flight and use a valid WAT callsign.* |
| **Event Bonus** | **2.0x** | *Pilot must be signed up for the event, fly the assigned event route/network, and remain connected online for at least 80% of the flight.* |
| **Assignment Completion Bonus** | **+1 per hour** | *Additional bonus points awarded for completed assignment flights.* |
| **Tour Completion Bonus** | **+5 per leg** | *Bonus points awarded upon completion of an entire tour. Total points awarded are calculated as 5 points multiplied by the total number of legs in the tour.* |
*Discovery bonuses are awarded one time only when completing your first qualifying flight.*
| **Discovery Type** | **Points** | **Requirement** |
| **Airport Discovery** | **+1** | First completed flight into an airport. |
| **Country Discovery** | **+1** | First completed flight into a country. |
| **Airline Discovery** | **+1** | First completed flight for an airline. |
| **Type Rated** | **+1** | First completed flight using an aircraft type. |
| **Manufacturer Discovery** | **+1** | First completed flight using an aircraft manufacturer. |
|  | *If you happen to be lucky enough to land the illustrious -150fpm. You will be awarded with our super special "BUTTER!" badge and 100 points! Now, we must state for legal reasons that a -150fpm is not the holy grail landing you need to aim for in every single aircraft. Doing this can result in gear breakage, spoilers not activating, autobrakes sitting around, and well, the plane not working right. We warned you!* |
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*A flight is classified as being Completed when it was: (1) flown from a departure airport to an arrival airport, and, (2) documented by our ACARS-based Flight Data System.*
*The Company’s Landing Rate Standard is -800 fpm or softer.*
| **Approved** | **Rejected** | **Diverted** |
| [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-11/image-1637597338960.png) | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-11/image-1637597313025.png) | [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2021-11/image-1637597502956.png) |
| **Approved** | **Rejected** | **Diverted** |
| The criteria for an **Approved** flight are: - You completed a flight from your planned *departure* airport to your planned *arrival* airport; and, - The Company’s *Landing Rate Standard – a landing rate equal to or softer than -800 fpm* was **achieved**. All points, flight hours and pay are awarded. The PIREP is posted to your Logbook as being Completed | **Approved**. | The criteria for a **Rejected** flight are: - The Company’s *Landing Rate Standard – a landing rate equal to or softer than -800 fpm* was **exceeded**; and/or, - Your flight time was 00:00 hours (premature landing); and/or, - You used more fuel than you left the airport with (in-flight refueling) - You did **not** fly with a *Walker Air Transport* livery. ([Patreon](https://docs.walkerair.us/books/2-training/page/pilot-profile-patreon) program members excluded) - You used slew mode while not on the ground No points, flight hours or pay are awarded. The PIREP is posted to the your Logbook as being Completed | **Rejected**. | The criteria for a **Diverted** flight are:
- You completed a flight from your planned *departure* airport to an *unplanned arrival* airport; and,
- The Company’s *Landing Rate Standard – a landing rate equal to or softer than -800 fpm* was **achieved**.
All points, flight hours and pay are awarded.
*If this occurs when flying a **Tour** leg, you will **not** be advanced to the next leg. The leg will have to be reflown.* The PIREP is posted to your Logbook as being Completed | **Diverted**. |
| **Worldwide Persistence** | **If You Stop ACARS and Submit PIREP** | **If You Do Not Stop ACARS** | ||
| **Divert to Departure Airport** | ||||
| Cancel your flight and re-start it. | ||||
| **Divert to Any Other Airport** | ||||
| **Disabled** | Your flight will be classified as **Diverted**. The Starting point for the next flight: - **Cargo** *and* **Scheduled** flights: The nearest airport to where you landed having Cargo and/or Scheduled flights. If, however, the airport at which you landed *has* those flights available, you’ll remain there. - **Charter** flights: Pilot discretion. --- The flight’s hours, distance and points will be calculated from your Departure airport to *this* airport – **not** the Arrival airport noted in your Bid. **EXAMPLE:** *If you fly from KJAX to KDAL and land at KATL, you’ll only get hours, distance and points for KJAX to KATL.* |
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| **Enabled** | Your flight will be classified as **Diverted.** The Starting point for the next flight: **Cargo**, **Charter** *and* **Scheduled** flights: The airport to which you diverted. **EXAMPLE:** *If you fly from KJAX to KDAL and land at KATL, the departure airport for your next flight will be KATL.* | |||
| **If Log Entries appear...** | **Action Step** |
| **Normal** | Submit the PIREP. As noted above, if your landing has **not** exceeded the Company’s *Landing Rate Standard* and meets all other **[flight-related criteria](https://docs.walkerair.us/books/2-training/page/completing-your-flight)**, it’ll be automatically approved. |
| **Not Normal** | Click **Cancel**. ***Manual PIREPS are not allowed under any conditions.*** |
| **PIREP REVIEWS:** *We certainly sympathize with you if something appears abnormal in your PIREP. However, we do not have any control over the operation and functionality of your computer, the stability of your flight simulator and addons, the performance of your Internet connection or any other operational factors affecting how data is collected and transmitted to us. As a result, we must trust the data your flight simulator generates and transmits to us via ACARS to be an accurate representation of what occurred during your flight. After that transmission occurs, we do not have the ability to change or alter any flight data nor will we ever do so.* |
*Make it a habit to check your Flight Log immediately before and after takeoff – and regularly throughout your flight – in order to avoid time-wasting instances like this resulting in rejected PIREPS.*
# Sim Crashes --- If entries in your **Flight Log** file are determined to be improperly sequenced as a result of a SIM crash, the PIREP will be removed from your **Logbook**. ***Manual changes cannot and will not be made***. # PIREP Flight Time 00:00 Entry --- If you see a **Flight Time 00:00** entry in your PIREP, then, to ACARS, it means you triggered a landing *before* you took off. It can happen in a number of ways while flight logging is taking place – for instance, by moving the plane or rolling across bad airport mesh during your taxi to the runway or on takeoff. If you see this entry, the PIREP will be automatically **rejected**. **Manual changes cannot and will not be made**. # ‘The Flight May Now Be Ended’ Line Entry In ACARS --- It’s wise to monitor your **Flight Log** periodically throughout your flight to ensure its data is being logged/recorded *and* transmitted correctly. If, at any time ***before*** you land and taxi to a stop at the end of your flight, you see the entry below in your **Flight Log**, your PIREP will be **Rejected**. \[xx:xx:xx\] The flight may now be ended **No hours, distance or points will be awarded – and we will not be able to fix it**. # Unlimited Fuel, Mid-Air Refueling, and Enroute Fueling #### **Unlimited Fuel** The use of *unlimited fuel* – a PIREP indicating no fuel was consumed during a flight – is **not** permitted. If the use of unlimited fuel is detected, your PIREP will be **Rejected**. **No hours, distance or points will be awarded – and it will not be overridden**. --- You can identify that unlimited fuel has been recorded by reviewing the log file and your PIREP. Click on the Financials tab of your PIREP [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/image-1722693909715.png) You will see Fuel Used is 0 [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/image-1722693927704.png) Click on the Log tab of your PIREP [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/image-1722693953066.png) Look at the following lines in your log and you will see that each fuel amount is the same as the previous. This indicates that your simulator has unlimited fuel turned on and it must be disabled. - Taking off: with 42375lbs - Climbing: with 42375 lbs - Touched Down: fuel remaining 42375 lbs --- #### **Mid-Air Refueling** The use of *mid-air refueling* – manually adding fuel to your aircraft while in flight to extend its range – is **not** permitted. If the use of mid-air refueling is detected, your PIREP will be **Rejected**. **No hours, distance or points will be awarded – and we will not fix it.** --- #### **Enroute Fueling** The use of *enroute refueling* – landing at an airport not noted in your Bid and refueling to extend the range of your aircraft – is **not** permitted. You will be required to submit your flight and it will be treated as a diverted flight. You can read more about the diversion system by [clicking here](https://docs.walkerair.us/books/1-policies-procedures/page/diversions-emergencies "Diversions & Emergencies").*smartCARS 3 and FlightTrackerXP does not support the ability to conduct enroute refueling and is the reason we do not allow it. You will be forced to submit your flight by the application.*
# Aircraft Substitutions --- Our flight modules are built in a way substituting aircraft isn’t necessary. Therefore, substitutions are not accepted. If a PIREP log documents a *different* aircraft than what was bidded, it will be **Rejected**. **No exceptions**.FlightTrackerXP and smartCARS 3 provides the ability for us to see what aircraft and ICAO you used in the simulator and cross reference it with our liveries and bids
**How do I know this is wrong?** Open the PIREP report up. Click on the [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2025-10/image-1760462219890.png) to open the Information panel. Look at the Aircraft; this is the *aircraft* that was on your **bid**, it is not the plane you flew in the simulator. [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2025-10/image-1760462274719.png) Click on the [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2025-10/image-1760462294732.png) to open your ACARS log. Look at the 1st few lines and you will see the log entries from smartCARS 3. *This is the information that your simulator sends to the ACARS application. If this is not correct, then you need to contact TFDi and raise a ticket. We have no control over what your computer sends to the application.* [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2025-10/image-1760462381468.png) If these 2 things do not match, your flight will get rejected. Your aircraft must match the one you bid on. # Virtual Money --- When you complete a flight and it’s **Approved**, you’re compensated in virtual currency – what's referred to as our *Virtual Money*. The amount you make per hour – and subsequently, for each *completed* flight – depends on the Pilot Rank you hold. Your *Virtual Money* can be used for:| **1** | **2** | **3** |
| Purchasing Jumpseat Tickets when you wish to move from one location to another for **Cargo** and **Scheduled** flights. Purchasing a Jumpseat for **Charter** flights if *Worldwide Persistence* is **Enabled**. | Changing your **Home**. | Re-Flying a **Tour** you've already completed. |
*Any virtual money you earn with us has no real world value. As such, it can’t be redeemed, exchanged or otherwise used.*
# IVAO, PilotEdge & VATSIM --- While we do **not** require you to fly online, it’s strongly encouraged. To assist you in doing so, we’ve partnered with *PilotEdge* and *VATSIM*.You can fly on the IVAO network, however Walker Air Transport is not partnered with this company nor will we be due to their unnecessary requirements.
Whenever flying online, enter the following information in the remarks section of your pre-file. **CALLSIGN = WALKER // VISIT US AT HTTPS://WALKERAIR.US**| **Unlike other Virtual Airlines, when flying for us, your Callsign will *always* be your *Walker Air Transport* Pilot ID.** |
| **EXAMPLE:** *If your Company-assigned Pilot ID is WAT 300...* | |
| *Your call sign is **WAT300**.* | *Depending on your Region of the world, when making radio calls, you say **Walker 300** or **Walker Three Hundred** or **Walker Three-Zero-Zero*** |
*Unlike **time compression, slew mode** is not allowed in flight for all flights, regardless if tour or not.*
--- You can identify that slew mode has been recorded by reviewing the log file in your PIREP. Click on the Log tab of your PIREP [](https://docs.walkerair.us/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/image-1722693953066.png) Look for the *Slew mode entered* and *Slew mode left* lines between the *Taking off* and *Touched down* lines. # PIREP Accepted With Erroneous Data With SmartCars3 now featuring autosubmit, as well as its new detection system, it is possible to have a PIREP submitted with incorrect information. These may include erroneous locations, distances travelled and so on. If the data sent to the Walker system is far from the reality, then we request pilots to come clean and delete these PIREP's on their own accord. You may **[click here](https://docs.walkerair.us/books/3-help/page/deleting-a-pirep)** to see how this may be done. The Business Office reserves the right to reject PIREPs seen with highly erroneous data logged. # Extended Route Distances While real life routes do not strictly follow direct distances, we expect pilots to fly their routes within an acceptable and realistic flown distance with reference to their departure and arrival airports. The system will automatically block any flights that exceed an proprietary Walker calculation, taking into account geopolitical concerns, overfly restrictions, reasonable holding time, VFR/sightseeing flights, base training flights, and other similar factors. If you believe your flight was rejected in error, please raise a ticket on the website for the BO to review.