Point System

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Points are awarded for each completed flight receiving an ‘Approved’ designation.

The number of points you earn will depend on several factors – as you can see from the categories and points awards in the chart below.

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.

How Points Work

At Walker Air Transport, points measure how well you fly, not how long your route was or which aircraft you happened to pick. Every hour in the air is worth the same fair rate, and how well you fly that hour is what sets pilots apart.

One fair rate, every flight

A 30-minute hop and a 12-hour long-haul earn the same points per hour. A light trainer and a widebody earn the same points per hour. Route length and aircraft choice no longer decide your progression, so you’re free to fly whatever you enjoy, wherever you like, without gaming your rank.

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Landing flaps are determined by log entry 'Flaps set to' that occur after the log entry 'Approaching'. The 'Approaching' log entry will not occur if you are not properly in cruise phase. Please read note above regarding MSFS 2020 and/or ensure you know how to properly use the ACARS application to set your correct cruise level.

Exceed 250kts under 10,000 ft for more than 2 minutes

Only applicable when aircraft MTOW is less than 300,000lbs (136,077kgs).

-5 Aircraft that have an MTOW less than 300,000lbs (136,077kgs). You can view the MTOW of our fleet by visiting Company > Fleet in CrewOps and viewing the MTOW column.

Overspeed 

Only deducted once regardless of number of instances of overspeeding

-2 Log indicates 'Overspeed'.

Time Compression

 

Log indicates 'Simulation rate set to'.

 

A 15% penalty will be assessed against the total number of points earned for that flight.

EXAMPLE:

46 points earned – 7 point penalty (.15 × 46) = 39 points awarded.

Bonus Multiplier

  The bonus multiplier helps equalize flights in all Fleet aircraft regardless of distance flown and/or cruising speed by using a proprietary algorithm and applying it to those with cruise speeds of 250kts or less and cruise speeds between 251kts and 400kts.

Pilots Home Airport

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You departed from or arrived at your Hub airport.

The MTOWappropriately for the aircraft youyou’re flying.

A good landing for your aircraft (see below). Clean airmanship no overspeeds or busted speed limits.

You don’t need to be perfect. A normal, competently flown flight earns the standard rate. The adjustments are flyingthere canto reward genuine skill and to gently discourage careless flying.

Landings are judged for your aircraft

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Helicopters are graded on their own curve and are never penalised for things that don’t apply to them.

And yes, the valueBUTTER welanding tradition lives on. Grease it on and you still earn the bonus and the badge. Some things are sacred.

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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!

What no longer awards points

To keep progression fair and consistent, some things that used to hand out bonus points no longer do:

Tours, awards, and exploration (new airports, aircraft, countries, and so on) are now collectible badges on your profile. Keep flying them, they’re there for the fun and the flex, not to shortcut your rank. Historical event bonuses that inflated certain flights have been retired.

None of this takes anything away from your flying. It stops over-rewarding particular styles of it, so every pilot earns the same honest rate for the real flying they do.

A note on the fine print

We don’t publish the exact scoring formula, partly to keep it simple, and partly so the system stays fair and can’t be gamed. What matters is the principle above: fly, fly well, and it counts; any route, any aircraft, any time.

Here are some examples illustrating how these category points factor into each completed flight.

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If you think your flight was graded incorrectly – or – you'd like to ask a question, submit a Help Ticket.