Virtual Cargo International

Passion & Commitment

We share all the same hobby. When you find someone who is interested in the same thing that you are that's sharing a common interest, be nice and make our passion even better.

Frequently Asked Questions

A first advice we want to give you, read our pages carefully and create your own opinion about us and what we can offer to you. It might also helpful for the application process you have to pass if you know what is written on our website. We strive to offer the best balance between realism and flexibility within a friendly and helpful community. Offering an hours based rank structure along with a range of aircraft to fly on our expansive network of schedules we cater for both casual and serious simmers.

Just a view basic information what we want to say befor you join us

Leave the pause button alone and do not refuel your aircraft inflight.
I have no time. Then do not fly! Keep your sim rate 1x.
Holdings to circumnavigate time rules for stretch and collect flight hours. Just do not do it!
We make no difference between B748/B744 or A332/A333, fly the based aircraft.

01. Simulator pause or time compression

If you have time for a one hour flight, then pick a one hour flight. Within reasonable limits you may pause your simulator when using our smartCARS ACARS system. Our staff will check your PIREP.

02. Can PIREPS be rejected

If you send a correctly tracked flight, you will timely receive your logged hours after a staff member reviewed your flight. Please keep in mind that all PIREPs with a landing rate of more than -650 ft/min will automatically be rejected!

03. Can I fly any routes besides scheduled

No, we provide a large network of flights. Change the routes nearly every 3 months and try to match the schedules of the real world flights for all our provided airlines. We also offer a big variety of VIP jobs, legacy flights, charters and priority cargo freights.

04. Transfer hours from another VA

If you are a VATSIM pilot you can transfer 100% of your VATSIM pilot hours. Transferred hours from another virtual airline could be displayed on your public profile page. Notice though that transferred hours are not taken into account for rank progress.

05. How often do I need to file a PIREP

You have 14 days to complete your first flight and initial PIREP before your account will be deleted without any notification. After your first flight you will have to file a PIREP once every 30 days to stay active. After 90 days of beeing inactive your account will be deleted, but you are able to file a LoA.

06. What ACARS program do we use

Virtual Cargo International uses smartCARS 2.0 developed by TFDi to automatically record your flight to make it easy.

07. Not able to make a flight

You can secure your account from deleting by activating your Leave of Absence, when not able to do a flight within 30 days. The Leave of Absence is a period when the pilot is to be considered on leave.

08. Do I have to fly online

We want to include as many people as possible to this great hobby, therefore we let you decide to fly online or offline. If you want to fly online though, we will support you to fly on VATSIM. IVAO, Poscon, PilotEdge or FSCloud are also possible options to fly in a network.

09. Training and Instructions

You know how to fly but want to fly on an even more realistic level? We provide a lot of training courses, scratchpads, up-to-date checklists and liveries.

10. Bidding all flights at once

Relax and do not bid and block every flight we have in our schedule and be a nice pilot, every bid will be automatically deleted if your flights are not flown within 48 hours after bidding!

A few iBase2Go Center insights what you can expect as our pilot

Your first steps

On one page you will find a complete overview of our services, which you can expect as a guideline to find your way around.

Airport Information

The ability to get information about every airport with just one click including VATSIM ATC Status.

Integrated Simbrief

If you have a simbrief account, you benefit directly from all simbrief functions without leaving our system.

Booking Center

The most important area for you where you can search through our schedules and find the current airac cycle.

Flight Tracking Overview

Our personal Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting - System for our flights and hubs.

Flight Academy

Visit our flight academy, this is a great place to increase your knowledge and skills in flying.

Tour Center

We created a series of tours for each aircraft class which will take you on a journey discovering different parts of the world.

Detailed Reports

For every flight we offer a detailed log and flight analytic page with times, points and your routing.

Bank Transaction

Income and Outcome for you as a pilot including your payments, salaries and course fees.

Official VATSIM Partner

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