Pilot Ranks As a New Hire with Pacific Airways, your First Rank will be a First Officer. The ranking system is based on hours flown and Experience Points. For promotions, see the chart below:   Rank Hours First officer - GA Certified 0-19 No XP Captain 20hrs + 50XP ATP First Officer 40hrs + 150XP ATP Captain 80hrs + 300XP   ATP Senior Captain 300hrs + 500XP ATP Commander 600 hrs + 750XP ATP Senior Commander - Elite Pilot 1000hrs + 1050XP        Pacific Lifetime Member  3000hrs + 3050XP When you make your flights, you earn both flight hours and Experience points. Each flight has a maximum of 10 experience points available. Depending on how you fly, your experience points are deducted accordingly. A perfect performance score of 100% earns all 10 experience points. Flight errors, crashes etc decrease your performance score. 50% performance earns 5 XP etc.