Ms. Dale R. Carlson recommends flying for a virtual airline. Above that - you should consider flying for Noble Air. Here are Dale's 30 reasons to consider flying for a virtual airline and joining Noble Air.


1. Over 50 different aircraft that you can download with the Noble Air
livery. I really like their paint scheme.
2. Advance in rank by accumulating flight hours.
3. Fly scheduled routes, flight hours are based on time from push back
at the gate to engine shut down with tires chocked.
4. Sense of community.
5. Multiplayer flights.
6. Flexibility to add your own other flights after flying bidded flights.
7. Capability of transferring to different hubs. You can also fly any
other hubs schedules after completing any flight on your bid.
8. Noble Air is pretty laid back and friendly.
9. Earn your RTW certificate for completing a global "Round The World"
flight. A "G" for global is added to your pilot number after completion.
10. Pilots lounge for discussing anything aviation or FS related
including problem solving.
11. EditVoicepack call signs for Noble Air. ATC doesn't just identify
you as "1123".
12. Cool patch / insignia for each rank you earn.
13. Scenery add on for Noble Air buildings and gates at a number of
different airports for FS2002.
14. It is absolutely free. No cost at all except if you want to add
payware aircraft that have been painted with the Noble Air livery.
15. Noble Air - "Virtually the Worlds Favorite Airline".
16. Nine U. S. hubs with additional hubs in Europe, Asia, Australia, and
South America for a total of 18 world wide hubs.
17. Each hub has different styles of operation and has certain autonomy.
18. Noble Air has been around for over ten years and isn't going anywhere.
19. Large selection of scheduled flights.
20. You can fly passenger or cargo flights
21. Almost every aircraft in the Noble Air hangar is freeware.
22. Flight schedule categories include: international, domestic,
regional, commuter, business shuttle and air taxi.
23. Several "classic" aircraft you can download.
24. Aircraft offered include passenger jets, cargo, express, and helicopter.
25. Special purpose aircraft for bush flying and amphibians.
26. Aircraft downloads include the new Airbus A-380 and Boeing 787 (7e7).
27. New aircraft are added all the time.
28. Most planes work in FS2002 and FS2004.
29. Hub and Air-Ops manuals.
30. Do you really need any more reasons to join?