Chapter 27

Operational Checklists and Learning Paths

A. Before accepting work

Confirm the company, world and personal/VA context.
Read all legs, quantities, passenger classes, deadline and penalty.
Identify a suitable aircraft and available qualified crew.
Check departure location, fuel access and maintenance allowance.
Budget repositioning, operating costs and recurring commitments.
Accept only the quantity and work you can actually perform.

A. Before departure

Verify aircraft registration, route and alternate.
Recheck crew, selected cargo/passengers and destination.
Check fuel, total weight and payload limits together.
Read each simulator tracking condition and correct failures.
Start the intended operation once and verify the resulting status.

A. After arrival

Finish tracking and register the actual flight.
Verify job or contract progress, including all remaining legs.
Check whether industrial goods require unloading/deboarding.
Read aircraft and crew location, status and next availability.
Reconcile actual payment and charges before repeating the plan.

A. Before leaving the company

Note upcoming deadlines, scheduled departures and deliveries.
Check fuel, rations, production inputs and ownership kits.
Record maintenance/construction ETAs and unresolved blockers.
Close or resolve open confirmations and save intended edits.

B. Troubleshooting by symptom

Symptom	First checks	Return to
No suitable jobs visible	Source, airport, filters, range and weight assumptions	Chapters 4, 8, 13
Aircraft cannot start	Status, maintenance, crew, route, fuel and weight	Chapters 8–10
Work order waits	Required payload at departure, aircraft/crew availability	Chapter 14
Route occurrence missing	Saved/active state, operating day and UTC timing	Chapter 15
Goods owned but unavailable	Actual airport, aboard/transit status, unloading	Chapters 19, 21
Machine will not build	Local materials and construction IP	Chapter 18
Machine will not produce	Built state, recipe, staff, food, inputs, connections, output space	Chapters 18, 19, 22
Contract payment missing	Correct goods on the ground at the contract airport, progress and deadline	Chapter 20
Cash falls despite revenue	Acquisition, recurring commitments, operating charges, period selection	Chapters 11, 26
Airport ownership at risk	Kits at that airport and next payment/arrears	Chapter 23
VA asset cannot be used	Operating context, role and asset/job permissions	Chapter 24
Tracking cannot begin	Individual tracking-condition messages	Chapters 3, 25

C. Working glossary

Term	Meaning in this manual
Freelance	Flying supplied work before managing the full company operation
Advanced / Career	Company-management mode with its assets and commitments
Company Job	Work accepted for the company to operate with its resources
FBO query	Saved criteria used to generate offers; not an accepted mission
Work order	Ordered legs and loading actions for one aircraft, with player/AI behaviour subject to world rules
Regular route	Repeating service definition that generates scheduled occurrences
Dispatch	Preparation of the aircraft, crew, route, fuel and load
Registration	Submission and acceptance of the actual flight result
IP	Industry Points; construction uses points and production can earn or consume them
Supply	Goods offered for purchase at a location
Demand	A buyer's funded request for delivery
Contract	A signed obligation to deliver a quantity by a deadline
FBO	Facility at an airport; assets and services need their own configuration
Basecamp	Deployed size-0 operating location created with the appropriate kit
VA	Virtual Airline, with shared resources and role-based permissions
UTC	The common time reference used to compare schedules and deadlines

D. Choose the next learning path

Objective	Sequence
Learn simulator-linked flying	Chapters 2–3, then 4–5
Operate a small company	Chapters 6–11, completing a real first job before expanding
Build repeatable flying	Chapters 12–16
Start industry	Chapters 17–19, then 20–22 as supply and transport require
Support remote operations	Chapter 23 after proving supply and aircraft suitability
Cooperate with other operators	Chapter 24 after learning personal-company dispatch
Add special activities	Chapter 25 after a normal flight can be completed reliably
Maintain the whole operation	Chapter 26 and Appendix A at each session

Screenshots containing dates, prices, registrations or company figures record an observed example. Recheck live values when following the lesson. A labelled screenshot placeholder describes evidence still to be captured and must not be read as an action already completed.