Airline Tutorial

Join the Airline
Create Your Account
All pilot registrations are handled via:
👉 FS Airlines
https://www.fsairlines.net/en/home
What to do:
Open the website
Click Register and create your account
We recomend to select EDNY as starting airport
Log in after registration
Join BlueLake Airways
After Log in go into the Crew Center
Below Virtual Airline you can search for: BlueLake Airways
Apply to join the airline
Wait for approval
Once accepted, you are officially part of the airline ✅
Join BlueLake Airways Discord
Join the discord
Read the Rules
Especially Point 11 for the discord Name rule
Select your Role via the Channel & Role option
Say Hallo to other pilots :)

Documentation and Type Rating
Read the Documentation 
👉 Knowledgebase
https://kb.bluelakeairways.com/books
Before continuing, read:
Airline SOP
Aircraft Handbook
After reading this both parts, you can continue with the next part.
Complete Your Type Rating 
After reading the Aircraft Handbook for the Aircraft you want to fly, you can go to the Training website.
👉 Trainingcenter
https://training.bluelakeairways.com/?redirect=0
Required steps:
Open the Website
register on the website and login after
Select your aircraft course
Study the related Handbook
You must have 90% correct answers
Complete the exam
Pass the test
✅ Only after passing, you are allowed to fly that aircraft
❗You have 3 attempts on every Type Rating exam, if you fail it on all attempts, read the Plan B part below!
ℹ️ Note: For a faster assignment, go in our Discord and Post a screenshot of your successful attempt.
 
Plan B, the training flight 
❗ This part is only for pilots who failed the Type Rating exam three times!
Text a Staff member in the discord and ask for a training flight
Send him links to your three attempts
He will review your tries and give you a feedback either if he let you pass (can happen if you have between 80% and 90%)
If he can't do that, you must do a Training flight with an staff member in discord voice and stream
arrange a date for the flight
 
The training flight
you setup your simulator for a short training flight
This can be either a IFR traffic pattern or a short flight between two airports.
During this flight you will do all parts of the flight according to the Airline SOP and Aircraft Handbook.
If he see that you can handle the aircraft as we imagine it, and you're confident in it, he will give you the type rating
✅ Only after passing, you are allowed to fly that aircraft

Booking & Flight Preparation
Book Your First Flight
In FS Airlines:
Go to Book Flight
Select a flight
Via our Website
Open the Routes Page
Click on the "Book a flight" button
Select a flight
Booking Process:
Press on the Blue and White "book flight" button
Choose Aircraft
Must match your type rating
Cofirm Flight details (dont change the Limits)
Press on Submit
Optional: Select Packages
Optional cargo for additional revenue
Open Briefing Document
Right side of the screen or if you skipped Point 4, then on "continue" 
Go to Simbrief 
Scroll down
Click SimBrief
Own Airframes
Select our own Airframe variant
You can download them in the Fleet Part of the Knowledgebase
Generate the Flighplan
No more edits needed with the custom Airframe
Just Generate your Flight Plan
👉 This will generate your operational flight plan
Install ACARS
Go to Downloads in FS Airlines
Download the ACARS client
Install it
Log in with your FS Airlines account
Select your simulator
Install Aircraft Livery 
According to the SOP:
You must use the official BlueLake Airways livery
The correct aircraft registration must match
Where to get it:
👉 Livery Downloads
⚠️ Important:
Wrong livery = incorrect aircraft assignment
This can invalidate your flight

First Flight
Start Your Flight
Start your simulator and prepare the flight
Open the Acars when ready for pushback and/or engine start
Start the Acars tracking
Click on "Fly!"
Click on "Fuel Up!
Click on "Fly!"
During the Acars Setup (Point 3) no inputs needed
Don*t start the flight in the Acars before you fueled up the Aircraft in the Sim!
Start pushback and/or engine start
taxi out and get airborne
During the Flight
ACARS runs automatically
No manual input required
IF you are doing a high speed descent/approach, select "high speed approved" in the Acars
Trouble inflight and you need to divert? Press "Divert!" in the Acars
👉 Follow all procedures from the Handbook
End Your Flight
After parking:
Open ACARS
Click End Flight
Your flight will be logged automatically ✅

Aditional Information
Callsign vs Pilot ID 
Pilot ID
→ Automatically assigned by FS Airlines
→ Used internally only
Callsign
→ Comes from your booked flight
→ Used in:
Simulator
ATC
ACARS
⚠️ Always use the flight callsign, NOT your Pilot ID
Important Rules
❗ ACARS tracking is mandatory
❗ Correct callsign required
❗ Official livery required
❗ VATSIM usage is mandatory
Need Help?
Check the Knowledgebase
Ask via Discord