Pilot Job - The Basic and The Advanced [Outdated]

[8sianRednek]

Pilot Job Guide

Purpose of this guide:
The reason why this topic exist is to replace the old guide written by LawlietPay. Sorry if I offended you but the newbies needed a new one that contains the most up to date information. This guide also has a second part which contains some of the best tips and tricks to help you fly safer and as real as possible. If you found some mistakes and errors in this guide or have some extra tips and tricks. Please, please, please let me know. I would so damn glad to fix or add them.

Part One: The Basic

In-Game Pilot Panel Description:

The purpose of the pilot is to transport people and cargo to various locations through the air. Tasks of pilots include flying passengers or cargo via airplanes to the three surrounding airports, flying passengers and cargo using large commercial jets or cargo planes to airports across the world, and flying passengers and cargo using helicopters to locations in San Andreas. In order to begin your job, you must enter a plane. Depending on your job class and the plane you entered, you will have to first pickup passengers or cargo. Once you load your passengers or cargo, you will be given a location to fly to. When you arrive at your destination, you will need to unload your passengers or cargo. Pilots should expect to spend most of their time in the skies, and should also expect to wait patiently when on the ground as passengers and cargo are loaded and unloaded from the plane.

In-Game F1 Panel Description:

The purpose of the pilot is to transport people and cargo to various locations by air. Tasks of pilots include flying passengers or cargo to the three surrounding airports, and flying passengers and cargo using helicopters to locations in San Andreas.

In order to begin your job, you must enter a plane. Depending on your job class and the plane you entered, you will asked to pickup passengers or cargo. Once your passenger boards, or cargo loaded, you will be given a destination to fly to. Upon arriving, you will be paid and been given a new task to complete.

Summary:
Your job as a pilot is to transport the imaginary passengers and cargo to various destinations in San Andreas. Depending on the aircraft type you are flying, you will be given a specific location. The payment of the pilot job varies by the rank (or level), aircraft type, destination, and either VIP or no VIP.


Job Locations:
In order to work as a pilot you need to be employed as a pilot (duh). So how do you get this job in CIT? There are three different locations for you to get the job depends on where you are:

• If you are in Los Santos, you can just go straight to Los Santos International (aka LSA). But wait, wait, wait, don't go into the airport yet! The job location in LSA is actually outside of the airport. From the entrance, turn right and head to the control tower, and you should see the interior marker on the side of it. Right here
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• The same in San Fierro, head to the control tower inside the airport (yeah, inside ). You should see the marker next to the KLM base. Right here
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• In Verdant Meadows, you will have to go the office instead. And you will see a big old fat marker right in front of the desk.
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  If you can't see this marker... sorry, go get another job.

Once you stepped into the marker, you will be teleported into the airport interior (pretty nice, huh?), though the Verdant Meadows Airfield doesn't have this

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Then proceed to the big old fat ass marker right in front of you (hey, there's only one marker in the interior. Oh you're talking about that blue one on the other side? That's for KLM Employees only)

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Once you stepped inside that marker, a GUI will appear on your screen. Just select a job skin then click on 'Have Job'

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After that, you will be informed by a text appears on top of your screen saying "You are now employed as a Pilot!" (Yay!!!)

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Now I am a Pilot. But how do I work? You ask. Well, go to one of those markers around the airport and spawn an aircraft. However, before you proceed to spawning one. I got something to remind you first.


Aircraft Types:
To work as a pilot, you will need to spawn an airplane. And guess what? You have a wide variety amount of aircraft to choose from. They are (ready for this?):

General Aviation Dodo Show content Show content Advantages: Good stability (behind the Beagle) and engine power making it an excellent choice for beginners. It's not a fast plane but not slow, either. Good glide ratio making it more reliable when out of fuel in mid-air. Small wing pan, fits good for tight spaces. Short takeoff distance. Decent climb speed. Disadvantages: Not suitable for impatience pilots. The faster it is on the ground, the more unstable it will become. Beagle Show content Show content Advantages: Excellent stability thus making the landing a lot easier. Acceptable handling. Short takeoff distance. Fair glide ratio when out of fuel in mid-air. Disadvantages: Its engine power is insufficient for high speed flights. Slow climb speed. It has a long wing span making it difficult to fly in tight areas. Stuntplane Show content Show content Advantages: Its incredible maneuvering capabilities making it one of the best and most agile planes in the whole game, even better than the Hydra and Rustler. Faster than the Dodo and Beagle. Best aircraft for performing aerobatics. Has an amazingly short takeoff distance. Disadvantages: Not much to say about its sensitive control. Not recommended for beginners. Even the professionals can be over correcting which can get worse. She will stall if not careful when executing extreme tight turns due to its slow speed. Landing could be a bit tricky due it being a tail-wheel plane. Has a slow climb speed. Poor glide ratio when out of fuel in mid-air. Shamal Show content Show content Advantages: It has a great handling. Excellent choice for pilots who are just learning to fly jets. Sufficient engine power, suitable for high speed flights. Great climbing speed. Excellent glide ratio when out of fuel in mid-air. Able to carry an unlimited amount of passengers (yup, unlimited). Disadvantages: High fuel consumption. Due to its long wing span and high speed. Extreme caution should be executed when flying in tight areas. Its wings are relatively low to the ground. The pilot should pay extra care when landing, otherwise he/she can scrape one side of the wings on the runway.

Commercial Andromada Show content Show content Advantages: Excellent glide ratio when out of fuel in mid-air. Excellent climb speed. Sufficient engine power, excellent for high speed flights. Able to carry an unlimited amount of passengers. However, it can only transport a few vehicles. No questions on its popularity in parachute drop events. Disadvantages: Because of its size and speed. Landing takes some skills. Once it has gained some speed on the ground, it will be hard to stop. Sluggish controls. High fuel consumption. AT-400 Show content Show content Advantages: Sufficient engine power, excellent for high speed flights. Great climb speed. Excellent glide ratio when out of fuel in mid-air. Able to carry an unlimited amount of passengers. Slightly higher payment than the Andromada. Disadvantages: High fuel consumption. When it comes to landing, this bitch is a no joke for the professionals and a disaster for amateurs. It takes some serious skills to land perfectly. Sluggish response on the ground. Extra care should be taken because once she has gain the speed, it will be really hard to stop. The original AT-400 has a tendency of having tail-strike on takeoff and landing unless using mods.

Helicopters Leviathan Show content Show content Advantages: Able to land on water. Pretty stable. Disadvantages: Slow, sluggish, and heavy. Not suitable for tight spaces. Maverick Show content Show content The Maverick in the picture above is the GTA IV Maverick mod in /vehmods Advantages: Decent speed. Good choice for transport. Decent lift off speed. Disadvantages: A bit fragile. It can only take several crashes and a small amount of bullets before it begins to smoke and break down. Stability is not that great. Raindance Show content Show content Advantages: Acceptable speed. Good stability and handling. Able to carry an unlimited amount of passengers. Disadvantages: It is slow and sluggish sometimes. Sparrow Show content Show content Advantages: Although it is slower than the Maverick. The Sparrow is still fast enough for an air transport. Decent stability and handling. Disadvantages: Too fragile, a few shots can drop it. As a trade off for its speed, it will lose the altitude quickly.

Job Ranks:
Did you know that the Pilot job has a ranking or leveling system? Yes, it does. The ranking system is there to help determine your payments. Otherwise, the AT-400 pilot would be ragequit if he gets the payment of the Dodo, and the Dodo pilot would exploit the shit out of those AT-400 ones, ok just kidding . But seriously, the ranking system helps determine your payments. The higher the rank, the more you will get paid. However, to be able to achieve the higher ranks, there are also some requirements that you need to meet before touching those big cheesy payments. Below is the list of ranks and some features for some of them plus the requirements:

• Level 0 - Student Pilot | Required: 0 Miles.
• Level 1 - Aviator | Required: 35 Miles.
• Level 2 - Licensed Aviator | Required: 105 Miles.
• Level 3 - Advanced Aviator | Required: 315 Miles. Unlock: Shamal
• Level 4 - Flight Engineer | Required: 700 Miles.
• Level 5 - Flight Officer | Required: 1,400 Miles. Unlocks: Andromada, AT-400
• Level 6 - Co-Captain | Required: 2,100 Miles.
• Level 7 - Captain | Required: 2,800 Miles.
• Level 8 - Executive | Required: 3,500 Miles.
• Level 9 - Chief Executive | Required: 4,200 Miles.
• Level 10 - God Of The Skies | Required: 5,250 Miles. Unlock: /go pilot (you will be able to start working as a pilot anytime, anywhere)

Note: Did I mention the payment will vary if VIP or no VIP? I did? Ok, well if you're working as a pilot with VIP, each of your payment will be increased by 20% regardless of rank, aircraft type and destination. So if you're an L10 pilot, flying AT-400 to a long destination, and now with VIP

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Job Procedures:
Ok, enough theories. Let's get to the action!

So in order to spawn an airplane, head to one of those hangars and you will a marker in front of them. Step in the marker, and a GUI will appear for you to choose an aircraft.

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After you've picked an aircraft and spawned. Look up on the top of your screen. There will be a text telling you to pickup either passengers or cargo.

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Now look on your minimap, do you see this sucker? Follow it until you see the big old fat marker. That's for you to pickup the niggas, I mean the passengers.

Now, except for the AT-400, Andromada and Shamal. When picking up the passengers, your screen will fade to black then back again. Indicates that your passengers have boarded. Now look up on top of your screen again, you have been given a destination.

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Again, follow this sucker on your minimap until you reached your destination. After you have landed, just taxi to the marker and receive your payment. Congratulations! You have completed your first flight in CIT. Oh wait a minute, I am being asked to pickup another passenger. That's right! After you have completed the previous flight, you will be asked to pickup another passenger for the next flight. This process will continue on until you leave your aircraft.

Oh, one more thing: Anytime you receive an "Undesignated Landing Area" (for Dodo, Beagle, and Stuntplane only)

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Before you takeoff, open your F11 map and check to see where that sucker is. Don't worry too much about it, all it is is just a destination outside of those boring airports (yup, time for some adventures!). Those destinations will only be at one of those domestic locations listed below for general aviation with a spoiler next to it. Check them out!


Destinations:
Ok, I have listed all of the destinations in the San Andreas so you can expect where you will eventually fly to.


General Aviation
1. Domestic:

• Los Santos International.
• Easter Bay Airport (aka SFA).
• Verdant Meadows Desert Airfield.
• Bayside Marina
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• Valle Ocultado
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• Tierra Robada
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• Fort Carson
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• Los Santos Inlet
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• Hankypanky Point
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• Red County
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• Red County (near Law Farm)
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2. International (Shamal only):

• Chicago, Illinois, US.
• Seattle, Washington, US.
• Mexico City, Mexico.
• Vice City, Florida, US.
• Toronto, Canada.
• Houston, Texas, US.
• Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
• Washington, D.C., US.
• Montreal, Canada.
• Liberty City, New York, US.

What? No pictures? Well, about these locations. They are just a blank point on the map. You just fly there then return back.

3. Special (thanks to LawlietPay for the list and the images):

• Mount Chilliad
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• The beach next to Los Santos International
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• West side beach of San Fierro
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• On the side of the highway in East Los Santos
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• Next to Hunter Quarry
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• On the farm in Flint Range
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• On the farm in Blueberry Acres
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• On the pier in Verona Beach, Los Santos
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4. Miscellaneous:

• Redirected flights: your passengers changed their mind, they want you to take them to a different airport.
• Timed flights: looks like you have a passenger who overslept and rushed to the airport. Now they need you to take them to their destination so they can catch their next flight. Hurry!

Commercial
1. Domestic:

• Los Santos International.
• Easter Bay Airport.

2. International:

• Chicago, Illinois, US.
• Seattle, Washington, US.
• Mexico City, Mexico.
• Vice City, Florida, US.
• Toronto, Canada.
• Houston, Texas, US.
• Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
• Washington, D.C., US.
• Montreal, Canada.
• Liberty City, New York, US.

3. Special:

• Engine failure: You are either cruising in the air or just took off, and your engines just quit on you. Now your objective is to return back to either LSA or SFA depending on the text that appears on top of your screen.
• Aileron failure: The same as engine failure. Instead it's your ailerons that have been damaged.
• Elevator failure: Same thing.
• Rudder failure: Same.

4. Miscellaneous:

• Redirected flights.

Helicopters
1. Maverick and Sparrow:

- Domestic:

• Los Santos International
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• Commerce, Los Santos
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• Glen Park, Los Santos
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• Vinewood, Los Santos
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• Muholland, Los Santos
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• Richman, Los Santos
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• Market, Los Santos
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• Santa Marina Beach, Los Santos
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• Easter Bay Airport
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• Palisades, San Fierro
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• Garcia, San Fierro
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• Avispa Country Club, San Fierro
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• Ocean Flats, San Fierro
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• Battery Point, San Fierro
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• Financial, San Fierro
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• Tierra Robada, Tierra Robada (Mike Toreno's Ranch)
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• 'The Big Ear', Bone County
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• Valle Ocultado, Tierra Robada
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• Bayside Marina, Tierra Robada
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• Verdant Meadows Desert Airfield
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• Redirected flights.
• Timed flights.
• Five requested destinations on radar. Much more like a helicopter tour
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3. Leviathan and Raindance:

- Domestic:

• Los Santos International
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• Playa del Seville, Los Santos (Leviathan only)
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• Ocean Docks, Los Santos (Leviathan only)
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• Ocean Docks, Los Santos
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• Ocean Docks, Los Santos
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• Santa Marina Beach, Los Santos (Leviathan only)
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• Easter Bay Airport
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• Palisades, San Fierro
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• Foster Valley, San Fierro
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• Esplanade North, San Fierro
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• Fisher's Lagoon, Red County (Leviathan only)
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• Blueberry, Blueberry Acres, Red County
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• Tierra Robada, Tierra Robada (next to Mike Toreno's Ranch, Leviathan only)
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• Whetstone, Whetstone (in Angel Pine Junkyard)
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• Whetstone, Whetstone (next to Angel Pine)
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• Verdant Meadows Desert Airfield
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• Tierra Robada, Tierra Robada (in Bayside Marina, Leviathan only)
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• Hunter Quarry, Bone County
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• Sherman Reservoir, Bone County (Leviathan only)
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• Tierra Robada, Tierra Robada (next to Valle Ocultado, Leviathan only)
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• Green Palms, Bone County
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- Special:

• Redirected flights.
• Timed flights.

Phew! That was a long ass list, wasn't it? But hey, it helps the newbies to expect where they will be asked to go instead of just guessing.

Alright folks, that's it for part one! I hope the information helps you a lot especially for newbies and beginners. You may have noticed that I didn't list the locations of the vehicle spawners. Well, in that case, you have to find out yourself, it's really easy. In case you are still interested, feel free to dig into the part two of this guide which is still in the progress because it is really long and requires a lot of brains to understand . Nah, just kidding, it's not that hard.

Part Two: The Advanced

In Progress...

[Hamza.]

Nice one.
Keep it up!

[hEr0t0]

I wonder which is better AT-400 or Andromada or Shamal;
and Maverick or Raindance

[Rexion]

I wonder which is better AT-400 or Andromada or Shamal;
and Maverick or Raindance

AT-400, Andromada& Shamal is Plane.
And Maverick and Raindance is Helicopter. So, in case of plane, Shamel is better its size is perfect and can be controlled nicely as well passengers are well carried inside.
For the Helicopter, I will tell you that Maverick is only good for sited peoples with the function "G" and if you want many people on your helicopter such as the function "Glue" then Raindance is better, but it isn't well controllable, I suggest you to use New Copper in case of you want people to glue. @hEr0t0 
@Sabfas The creator is Banned in the Forums. Decide whether to keep this topic open or close.

[guest69348]

Spectacular guide ! but if you add how much money you can earn with which plane/helicopter it will be more effective and helpful.
Regardless good job !
Oh i didn't see that he is banned :'(

[8sianRednek]

Since Brian changed the whole system in this particular job. I wonder if I should update the first part or replace the whole thing with the second part which is the advanced.

[Rexion]

Since Brian changed the whole system in this particular job. I wonder if I should update the first part or replace the whole thing with the second part which is the advanced.

Its better you update the whole thing, to the current system of the Pilot job.

[Serious]

Ayy nice guide! Do you have any suggestions on realistic mods for AT-400 / Andromada that look ok in first person view? @KhoaBui

[8sianRednek]

Ayy nice guide! Do you have any suggestions on realistic mods for AT-400 / Andromada that look ok in first person view? @KhoaBui

Here.

And the mod in action in first person

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[Serious]

Sweet! Thanks

[guest71720]

I'm interested in pilot job right now 

[Freska]

@KhoaBui good tut
and now I can use andromeda and I am level 3

[AbDoOo]

I love the work but in cit buildings is hidden if me take the job I died every time

[Rexion]

I love the work but in cit buildings is hidden if me take the job I died every time

Your issue is not cleary said, can you explain it well that what problem you face when you take the pilot job? It might be a bug as you said you get died for some reason you can re-connect and always re-take the job, but it will be more helpful to give you advise if you state the issue more clearly.