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DVA13083
Captain, B737-800

Joined on August 07 2016
Double Century Club
B737 100 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Lake Forest Park, WA

225 legs, 504.2 hours
3 legs, 8.1 hours online
197 legs, 423.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 26 2017 14:43 ET by Nelson Beazley

With the upcoming release of P3D V4 I will be migrating to it once it is released. I was quite excited when the LevelD 767 was made compatible with V3 and was ready to purchase it to for the Stage 4 checkride and program. But, there has been no announcement about compatibility. For those of us who have our aircraft options limited due to the sim we're using, is it possible to bypass a particular stage? I know all PMDG will be ready to go shortly after release so I'm kind of hoping there was a way to move up to the 777 program on the off chance the LevelD doesn't want to update their installer. I know Aerosoft is coming out with the 330 so that would satisfy the stage 4 category but with them who knows how long I'll be waiting for the release.

Nelson Beazley

Captain, B737-800

DVA8512
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on April 11 2010
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Iron Dispatcher
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
White Pearl Accomplishment
Online Seven Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"I love to fly and it shows."
Cary, NC

1,187 legs, 3,914.1 hours
721 legs, 2,413.0 hours online
1,115 legs, 3,636.5 hours ACARS
25 legs, 104.5 hours event
746 legs dispatched, 564.5 hours

Posted onPost created on May 26 2017 16:46 ET by Elise Van De Putte

You can't skip stages. One thing you could do is download one of the fleet aircraft and use those to meet the qualifications to progress to the next stage.

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV

Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century

Charlotte, NC

1,287 legs, 1,796.9 hours
841 legs, 1,048.5 hours online
1,269 legs, 1,774.9 hours ACARS
31 legs, 49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5 hours

Posted onPost created on May 26 2017 16:59 ET by Andrew Vane

Yes Nelson. We all follow the same pathway through the stages. If you skipped a stage, you'd be the first of over 13,000 people to do so. smile

I would recommend you get to the stage you want before changing to P3D and being locked out of certain aircraft types.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on May 26 2017 17:27 ET by Nelson Beazley

I'm already using P3D V3. The problem is the fleet installers aren't all compatible with P3D. The 767 and 330 aren't Oh well.

Nelson Beazley

Captain, B737-800

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