6. Help
Website operation guides can be accessed via this book.
- Submitting Manual PIREP
- Jumpseating
- Account Settings
- Dispatching Flights
- Tours & Events
- Fleet
- Leave Of Absence
Submitting Manual PIREP
To submit a manual PIREP you click on the avatar on the top right of the website & then you click on Manual PIREP.
You can then fill in the various fields within the page to submit your PIREP.
Jumpseating
As a pilot within Pacific Airways you have the ability to change location by using our Jump Seat system.
To access the Jump Seat area you click on the avatar on the top right of the website and select Jumpseat.
You select the airport ICAO that you wish to jumpseat to and if you have the funds available you can then click on Confirm Jumpseat button.
Jumpseat is a set price that can be changed at any time by our staff without warning.
Ensure you select the correct location before submitting as this is non-refundable.
Account Settings
You are able to modify anything to do with your account within Pacific Airways
To access your Account Settings you click on the avatar on the top right of the website and select Settings.
You can update various parts of your account:
- Country
- Discord ID
- Vatsim ID
- Upload Avatar
Dispatching Flights
Scheduled Flights
We have over 3000+ scheduled flights for our pilots to choose from, visit Dispatch Center and click on Find Scheduled Flights.
Note: you can only depart from your current virtual location, you can click on your current ICAO location to show flights departing from it.
To select a flight you click on the Flight No. of the route you wish to take
This will then load up the flight information, once you have determined that you wish to fly the route you have selected you can click on Dispatch Flight.
Once you click on Dispatch Flight button the flight will then be assigned to you.
You can now click on the Dispatch Center button or click on Dispatch Center on the left man navigation bar, an alert will also show up on the Dashboard indicating that you have an active flight.
You can now fly this route via our ACARS software, but you can also Dispatch via Simbrief this will allow you to create a full flight plan through SimBrief.
Just click on the Dispatch via Simbrief button and fill in the appropriate information required to create a full flight plan, you do not have to visit SimBrief as you can do it via our website, but that's entirely up to you.
If you choose to no longer fly the route you can click on the Cancel Flight button and this will terminate the job.
You will not be deducted any credits for cancelling a flight.
Charter Flights
Our pilots have the option to generate a Charter flight via our Dispatch Center and click on Dispatch Charter Flight.
Note: you can only depart from your current virtual location, your departure location will automatically be added to the flight plan.
This system uses our SimBiref integration tool, which will submit a flight plan through simbrief and will give you the option to pre-file via vatsim.
You just fill the * required fields and any additional fields you wish to fill then click on Dispatch Flight.
This will then open a SimBrief pop-up window showing the flight plan being generated, once it has been generated, the website will then redirect you to the generated plan as shown below.