Airline Virtual for Flight Simulator, Online Flying and Flight Simulator FSX FS2004

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About making an attractive web site for your airline virtual.
The most important aspect of a airline virtual is its website. It is impossible to create a airline virtual without a website. How you create your airline virtuals we site it is up to you. Besides the homepage, you�ll want six sections. Pilot Registration should show future pilots requirements and the information that you think that you should know about them before joining your airline virtual. Aircraft Fleet where pilots may download planes with the correct paint scheme of your airline virtual. News, this is where pilots can find quick info on the airline virtual, such as expansion, virtual stocks, etc. Roster this is another required page for your airline virtual�s website, it should be updated frequently and will show pilots how many total hours they have shown and what their status and or rank is.

Making your airline virtual’s web site easy to use and user friendly.
Your airline virtual�s website should be easy to navigate and be pleasant looking. Many times newcomer pilots will judge your airline virtual on your webpage alone and is their first impression of your airline virtual. The main page should show potential pilots your base of operation, what kind of airline virtual you are and some information about where your airline virtual flies.

Making your airline virtual web site welcoming.
You could create a “welcoming” page, which will give new pilots a summary of your airline virtual, and then a link to the actual site itself. This is a very affective method, and one way to jazz it up is to create an airline virtual logo, using a .GIF animator You may also take pictures of your airline virtual�s fleet in action, which really attracts pilots. Simply use the photo option in the flight simulator menu, take the picture of your airline virtual�s aircraft and put it on your web site.

Using frames in your airline virtual’s web site.
The easiest way to get to the five major sections of the site is using a frame. However, if you make a frameset, you should also make a version of your site without frames, as some pilot�s browser will not be able to read the HTML code. Now let�s talk about when your airline virtual gets a lot of pilots. The more pilots you get, the more chances you may have pilots from different countries who speak different languages, this means, you�ll have to hire a more staff for your airline virtual and that can speak different languages.

How to attract pilots to your airline virtual.
Attracting pilots to your airline virtual may be the hardest part. Hundreds of new CEOs have given up with their airline virtual because they couldn�t attract any pilots. Take Great Lakes Express airline virtuals, they started out very little, and now have over 300 members. That�s a lot for a airline virtual. If things start out slow for your airline virtual don�t get let down. You may also want to create banners with a banner exchange program for your airline virtual (type in free advertising or banners in any search browser). You can usually make custom banners easily and then they will be advertised for free on other relevant sites. It is extremely important to advertise your airline virtual on web sites that are related and relevant but not in direct or indirect competition.

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