Piloting

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Require job description

Getting Started

  1. Press F5 + Right Click on your Character
    1. Navigate by hovering over Jobs - Pilot - Pilot(on-duty)
    2. You can now click Toggle Status, now you'll be ready to start
  2. To purchase your vehicle
    1. If you haven't already, open the PDA by pressing the HOME key
    2. Once the PDA is open, navigate to the Store and purchase the free Mammatus or Shamal in Pilot
  3. Spawning your vehicle
    1. In the PDA navigate to the Garage, you'll see your vehicle and you can Request it.
    2. The plane will be spawned in Los Santos International Airport, you must be near the area to spawn it
  4. Your Initial Task
    1. Taxi to any Gate at the airport
    2. Press F5 + Right Click on your Plane
    3. Plane: Mammatus
      1. Navigate to Pilot-Gate(Onduty) and click Req-Survey
    4. Plane: Shamal
      1. Navigate to Pilot-Gate(Onduty) and click Req-cargo or Req-Boarding
    5. Once you have completed boarding, request pushback
  5. Take off
    1. If you haven't requested pushback, you can do this by pressing F5 + Right Click on your Plane, and then navigating to Pilot-Gate(Onduty) and click Req-pushback
    2. Taxi to the location shown on the GPS, once at the location press E when prompted
  6. Landing
    1. To request landing, you need to be within the airspace of the respected airport.
    2. Press F5 + Right Click on your Plane, navigate to Pilot-Gate(Onduty) and click Req-landing
    3. Now you can land at the mark runway

If your plane is the Mammatus and you are surveying, you will need to fly to the area and stay within it by circling the location. Once complete you can land at McKenzie Airfield to deliver the report.

Requirements

  • Must have a plane
  • Plane must be from your own garage, they can be purchased on the store in the PDA.
  • Planes are spawned at Los Santos International Airport, at the Delta Hangar.

Tiers

  • Tiers 1-8

Types

Surveying

Surveying an Area
Fly around the designated area to collect survey data, after the data us collected, go to McKenzie Airfield to deliver, return to Los Santos International Airport to request a new location.

Passenger

Boarding of Passengers

Cargo (Freight)

Cargo fright deliveries

Licenses

License Cost Requirement
Pilots License I $200,000 N/A
Pilots License II $850,000 Pilots License I
Pilots License III $1,500,000 Pilots License II
Pilots Dock License $2,500,000 Pilots License III
Pilots License V $3,500,000 Pilots License IV
Pilots License VI $6,500,000 Pilots License V
Pilots License VII $8,500,000 Pilots License VI
Pilots License VIII $16,000,000 Pilots License VII

Activities

Tier License Plane Survey Passenger Cargo
1 N/A Mammatus Yes No No
Shamal No Yes Yes
2 Pilots License I Luxor No Yes Yes
Minbus No Yes Yes
ATR No Yes Yes
MiJet No Yes Yes
3 Pilots License II Airbus 220 No Yes Yes
Airbus 319 No Yes Yes
Airbus 320 No Yes Yes
Airbus 321neo No Yes Yes
4 Pilots License III dc10 No Yes Yes
il96 No Yes Yes
Boeing 739 No Yes Yes
Boeing 788 No Yes Yes
5 Pilots License IV dc10f No No Yes
il76 No No Yes
B757f No No Yes
Boeing 737200 No Yes Yes
6 Pilots License V l1011 No Yes Yes
767300 No Yes Yes
737800 No Yes Yes
Boeing 707 No Yes Yes
Boeing 757 No Yes Yes
7 Pilots License VI Airbus a330neo No Yes Yes
Airbus 332 No Yes Yes
Airbus 333 No Yes Yes
Airbus 340 No Yes Yes
Airbus 343 No Yes Yes
8 Pilots License VII Airbus 350 No Yes Yes
Boeing 747fire No Yes Yes
Boeing 747sp No Yes Yes
Boeing 773er No Yes Yes
Boeing 779x No Yes Yes
9 Pilots License VIII Boeing 748 No Yes Yes
Airbus 380 No Yes Yes
Boeing 748f No Yes Yes
AirBus Beluga No No Yes
AirBus Beluga XL No No Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

F5 Menu Options

Right Click On Menu Option Description
Character PilotJob(Onduty) Flight Status Shows flight information and status
Character PilotJob(Onduty) Flight Plan Shows wind cruise speed, altitude, and max cruise altitude
Character PilotJob(Onduty) Toggle Status Toggle status
Character PilotJob(Onduty) Leavesjob Leaves the job.
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-Survey Request area to suvey
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-Boarding To start de/boarding passengers
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-cargo To start de/loading freight
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-refuel To refuel plane
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-repair To repair plane
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-pushback To start pushback from gate, and assigned taxi
Character Pilot-Gate(Onduty) Req-landing To request landing while in airspace or respected airport