Worldwide Persistence

What is Worldwide Persistence?

Worldwide Persistence (WWP) is a location tracking system used across Walker Air Transport.
When WWP is enabled for a flight type, your next flight must depart from the airport where you last arrived.

Cargo and Scheduled flights always use Worldwide Persistence. Your location updates automatically when those flights are completed.

Charter, Assignments, Events, and Tours can optionally use Worldwide Persistence. You can enable or disable it for each module in your settings.

How it works

When Worldwide Persistence is enabled for a flight type:

Your next flight must depart from your last arrival airport.
Your location updates after any completed flight or Jumpseat.
Departure fields may be restricted or pre-filled based on your current location.

Charter flights

You must depart from your current location for all Charter flights.
The departure airport field is locked and displays your current airport.
The Find a Flight departure field is disabled.
Jumpseat access expands to all airports in the system.

Assignments

Departures are locked to your current location.
You cannot disable WWP until this assignment is cancelled or completed.
Available to Freedom to Fly subscribers only.

Events

Departures are locked to your current location when applicable.
For Fly-Out and Specific events, bidding may be restricted if you are not at a valid departure airport.

Tours

Each tour leg must begin from your current location.
A lockout is shown when your current airport does not match the required departure airport.

Configuration

Each module can be enabled or disabled independently in your settings.

Enable or Disable Worldwide Persistence – Within Pilot Settings

You can manage Worldwide Persistence in your pilot settings:

~~Profile~~Crew Ops (click top right on your name) > Settings > Worldwide Persistence

Use the toggle to enable or disable Worldwide Persistence, then click Save Settings to apply your changes.

If you do not click Save Settings, your changes will not be applied.

What happens when enabled

When Worldwide Persistence is enabled for a module:

Your location updates after completing a flight or using Jumpseat.
Your next flight in that module must depart from your current location.
Departure fields may be locked or restricted based on your location.

When disabled:

Flights in that module can depart from any valid airport.

Module control

Worldwide Persistence can be enabled or disabled for each module individually:

Charter
Assignments
Events
Tours

Each module follows its own setting.

Important

If you have an active flight, assignment, event, or tour that is using Worldwide Persistence, you may not be able to disable it.

In this case:

The toggle will be disabled
A message will explain why the setting cannot be changed
You must complete or remove the active item before changing the setting

Enabling Worldwide Persistence

Worldwide Persistence can only be enabled when you are not actively flying a bid.

When you enable Worldwide Persistence or its modules:

You must not be in an active flight
Existing bids may be cleared to enforce a single active flight
You will be limited to one active WWP flight at a time across enabled modules

Disabling Worldwide Persistence

When you disable Worldwide Persistence or one of its modules:

Any active bids that are not currently in flight will have Worldwide Persistence removed
Flights already in progress will continue under their current rules until completed

Bid Lockout

When Worldwide Persistence (WWP) is enabled, you can only have one active WWP flight at a time across all enabled modules.

If you already have an active WWP flight, you will be unable to start another flight in any module that also has WWP enabled.

To continue, you must either:

Complete your current flight
Cancel your current flight or bid

This restriction applies based on your enabled modules. For example, if WWP is enabled for both Charter and Assignments, an active Charter flight will prevent you from starting an Assignment, and vice versa.