Classic Boarding Method¶

Passenger loading is done with this method for all flight options not planned with SimBrief and have not started with SimBrief Options. For flights that begin with SimBrief Options and start by selecting the Classic Boarding option, The Classic Boarding method includes the following points:

• (a) The weight (payload) of the aircraft must be increased before the flight begins.

• (b) Regardless of which flight type is selected, before starting the flight, FDR checks the aircraft's weight and calculates how many passengers this weight corresponds to the passenger weight defined for it.

• (c) FDR; does not allow the flight to start if it detects that the minimum number of passengers is not at the required weight for different flight types, such as passenger flights, IFR/VFR aircraft, and cargo flights. This situation will be reported to you as a missing item in the "Final Pre-Flight Checklist Menu," which will be explained below. The menu describes the situation with explanations on the help buttons “?” and next to the missing issue line. It will ask you to increase the aircraft's weight.

• (d) In this method, the plane is already filled (with a specific payload weight), but FDR simulates the gradual loading of passengers/cargo onto the aircraft. It creates the appearance as if the plane is slowly getting heavier.

• (e) It calculates the number of passengers and baggage this weight will constitute by dividing the current total weight by the "weight of one passenger" and "weight of one luggage bag" defined for it at the beginning. It informs you about this at the final check at the start of the flight.

• (f) If the aircraft weight is changed by more than a specific rate after the flight has commenced and the FDR begins simulating passenger and cargo pickup, the flight will be disqualified. Therefore, if various software or the aircraft itself can simulate boarding and change the plane's weight while doing this, if you want to use this feature, wait for the other programs or the aircraft to finish their boarding processes first and apply the FDR Classic Boarding option last.

• (g) The aircraft's deboarding process (passenger/cargo unloading) is not simulated using this method. After the engine is turned off, the parking brake is applied at the end of the flight, the necessary shutdown procedures are completed, the doors are opened, a direct flight report is sent, and the flight is completed.