A rank opens once you have both the experience (XP) and the flying. Rank lets you onto heavier aircraft, and a rating onto a specific family.
Where XP comes from
XP is awarded for every completed flight: the flight score multiplied by a distance factor.
Ranks
Light and medium aircraft are open from Cadet, heavy ones (Boeing 767 and 777, Il-96 and the like) from Captain, super heavy ones (A380, An-225) from Instructor Pilot.
Ratings: families and classes
On top of the rank you need a rating, and it covers a family: “Boeing 737” opens the -700, -800 and MAX, “Airbus A320” the whole range from the A318 to the A321neo. Light aircraft up to 5,700 kg and light helicopters from the R44 to the H125 fly on a class rating, while heavy ones such as the Mi-8 need their own. Starter ratings are free and full from the start; the rest are bought in Career.
A purchased rating starts as provisional and stays valid for 3 days after your last flight on the family. After 10 hours or 5 flights on the family, whichever comes first, it becomes type rated and holds for 90 days after your last flight. Accepted flights in any airline and free flights count, including flying done before you bought it.
Pilot money
- Salary arrives every 30 days, by rank. Each airline sets its own scale; the default runs from ₽40,000 for a Cadet to ₽450,000 for a Chief Pilot.
- Flight bonus: a share of the profit the flight brought the airline, 10% by default and never above 20%. It arrives with the report.
- A one-off bonus can be paid by the head or an executive on the Personnel tab, within the airline’s bonus fund.
- Whether the airline pays for your ratings is up to management in the staff pay policy, and a rating you hold stays with you after you leave the airline.
Quality rating
Your rating is the average score of recent flights, starting at 90. It shows in the rankings, and airlines look at it when hiring.
Pilot collections
Collect 80 cards across eleven series: 25 standard aircraft cards, 24 airports, six special Beyond the horizon destinations and 25 premium Flight mastery cards. Icon chips show progress and filter the series; on mobile, swipe the strip sideways. A checkmark marks a completed series. Standard cards require an accepted tracked flight on the matching aircraft or landing at the matching airport. Your first qualifying flight grants a card and personal memory; a different departure airport gives one duplicate. Further flights add no copies. Check past flights to include earlier history. Manual reports without a track do not qualify. Artwork fills the whole card: the series appears at the top, with the name and ownership status at the bottom, directly over the image. The series distinguishes a standard aircraft from its Flight mastery version. Special cards show their position in the series; duplicates show the number of copies. Select a card to see it at full size: its printed labels stay on the artwork, while earning requirements, edition rules and your personal memory appear beside or below it. The card and its printed labels tilt together; the details and Close button stay still. Close remains available while scrolling, and Escape returns to the album. Reduced motion keeps the image still. The album shows owned cards first, followed by missing standard cards and then missing special cards. Each group follows series order, including when filtering a series or loading more cards. The separate Sky classics series features the Tu-154, Yak-40, An-24, Il-18 and Concorde. Previously completed series stay complete. Flight mastery adds premium versions of all 25 aircraft and families with new illustrations, varied settings, viewpoints, weather and times of day. Earn the first card and personal memory after 10 accepted tracked flights on the matching aircraft, and one tradeable duplicate after 20. Any flight score and departure airport qualify; further flights give no additional copies. The expanded view shows your flight progress toward the next copy. Select Check past flights to include earlier flights.
Beyond the horizon features Svalbard, Paro, Lukla, Saint Barthélemy, Gibraltar and Ushuaia. Both requirements must be met: a tracked landing at the named airport and a flight score of at least 90. These cards cannot be bought and offer no gameplay advantages. An earned card shimmers and gently tilts with your pointer, or responds to a touch on mobile; a locked one has no foil. With reduced motion enabled, the finish stays static. Open a card to see its requirements. Eligibility is checked again if the flight is rescored.
Trade duplicates through public pilot showcases. Each pilot keeps one copy; offers last 7 days and only execute when accepted. Showcases are private by default and can display up to three cards to signed-in pilots. Complete a series to unlock a cosmetic style, with no money or experience rewards. Your personal discovery memory remains after a trade.