Why My Flight Disqualified?¶

A flight you have started may get cancelled for many reasons, such as;

• When opening the menu of FS, the FS will stop running, which means your plane will suddenly be frozen in the air. VATSIM does not allow the occurrence of this and therefore will only allow the FDR menu on for a short period of time. If the menu is not shut and FS flight carried on in the next one minute; the flight will result as DISQUALIFIED.

• Fuel planning must be done correctly. If you come across a situation where the fuel is not enough; there are many options to choose from in order to reach the destination. We advise that the plane lands to the nearest appropriate ground instead of giving fuel whilst in the air. This is because FDR is constantly checking the start fuel and leftover fuel. Within the smallest unreasonable fuel change, your flight may become cancelled.

• Within VATSIM you should always fly online. If you do not have a reasonable flight plan to send to VATSIM or you are not flying online; FDR will be sending a warning alert by sound/text every 5 minutes about the fact that a flight plan is not found, and that your flight may be disqualified. After the fifth warning, (25 minutes later) you will be disqualified. FDR will constantly be checking with VATSIM servers of your flight plan and if you are online. When starting the flight, by sending a correct flight plan and actually starting the flight, if suddenly an Ooppss did we send our flight plan? alert appears, immediately re-send the flight plan as there may be an error within the servers. If after sending your plan an error is still shown; through the program you are connected to VATSIM (through squawkbox, FSInn or VPilot), change the connection server and re-send a plan. The problem will be fixed.

• If you land OUT of THE RUNWAY, the flight will be cancelled.

• Departure / Destination airport ICAO codes on Vatsim flight plan are WRITTEN INCORRECTLY, unlike the routes selected in FDR and not being aware of this.

• If the pilots Vatsim ID connected to Vatsim is DIFFERENT than in the Turkish Virtual database, the FDR will not allow this and the flight will be disqualified.

• FDR does not allow for offline flights. From the moment Pushback begins, if you cannot connect to the VATSIM servers or if you do connect but cannot obtain a valid flight plan every 5 minutes, you will receive a warning, on the 5th warning; your flight will be disqualified. Only being connected to Vatsim and just sending any flight plan is not enough. Callsign must begin with THY (For example: THY1234 or THY2AB). Your flight plan will not be accepted if you have received a Callsign that does not start with THY. Your flight plan must have at least 3 words. Your departure location's ICAO code and destination ICAO codes must be the same as the flight you have selected. If the plan cannot be found 'plan not found', and if found but has errors 'error on flight plan' warning will be received. Throughout the flight duration, you must ensure that there is connection available for both your aircraft's internet connection and Vatsim connection. The Vatsim connection can be checked by clicking the refresh button below the Vatsim menu. However, as of the pushback if a plan is not found each time after a refresh; the tolerance of 5 amounts would be reduced by one.

• The use of SLEW MODE is strictly forbidden. If you must use slew to get to a gate before departure, do so before starting the recording. Otherwise, your flght will be disqualified without warning.

• Connecting to Vatsim but FORGETTING to send flight plan will result the disqualify.

• If you PAUSE your simulator more than 60 seconds, FDR will disqualify your flight.

• If your aircraft had an OVERSPEED for 30 seconds, your flight will be disqualified due to overstress.

If there is a problem during your flight, FDR will detect it and your flight information will turn red on the website (home page) where the flight information is located. When you see this, you should understand that there is a problem with your flight.

Click on your own flight to see the reason for the problem. On the new page that opens, FDR will show you the type of problem and why there was a problem with your flight, including an explanation as to what caused the issue. Then you can fix the problem before getting disqualified.