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Pathfinder is where every Skybus pilot bids their month, dispatches each leg, files with ACARS and works through training. Here's the full walk-through.

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PATHFINDER
Crew Hub
My Schedule
Bidding
NOTAMs
TechLogs
Training
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Good evening, FO Rivera

Airbus · SLC
Next flight · Thu 14 NovChecked in
KSLC→KOKC
SKB1427 · A320 · N552SXSTD 1840Z
Bids
Logbook
Stats
Downloads
Seniority
Fleet
Network
Discord
33Aircraft across 5 types
87Airports served
1,030Flights in the next 7 days
4 + PHXHubs and focus city

The layout

Four areas, two of them yours

As a line pilot you'll live in Crew and Training. Ops and Sabre are run by staff, and their work shows up in your briefs.

Every pilot

Crew

Your hub dashboard, schedule calendar, bidding, NOTAMs, aircraft tech logs, logbook, stats and seniority.

Every pilot

Training

Onboarding, assigned courses, a library, exams, checkrides and your training record.

Ops staff

Ops

The schedule, gates, aircraft and PIREP review. You'll see the result in the timetable you bid on.

Read-only for pilots

Sabre

Passenger simulation: named bookings, connections, seat maps and standby. You see it as Pax & Load on your brief.

The tour

One month on the line, start to finish

Nine stops in the order you'll meet them: bid the month, fly a leg, hand the aircraft to maintenance, see what the flight earned, log it, keep current and move up.

01 / Crew Hub

Everything about your next flight on one screen

Log in and the Crew Hub shows the flight you're holding, your recent legs and a grid of apps you can arrange to suit how you fly.

  • Your next flight with its status, from pending through checked in to filed
  • A calendar view of every trip you hold this month
  • Company NOTAMs with severity badges, and open MELs by tail number

Find it in Crew → Crew Hub and My Schedule

crew.skybusva.com/crew/schedule
PATHFINDER
Crew Hub
My Schedule
Bidding
NOTAMs
TechLogs

November 2026

Line SLC-A07 · 11 legs
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
SKB212
4
5
SKB880
6
7
8
SKB1427
9
10
11
12
SKB415
13
SKB416
14
SKB1427
15
16
17
SKB212
18
19
20
SKB733
21
22
SKB880
23
Caution KOKC RWY 17R/35R closed 0400–1000ZNOTAM C114

Illustrative. Flight numbers and dates are sample data.

02 / Bidding

Bid a monthly line, or grab Open Time

Each month you rank the lines you want. At the award, every pilot gets their highest-ranked line that's still free, in seniority order. Anything not on a line goes into Open Time, first come, first served.

  • Browse Lines, Open Time and My Bids in one place
  • Slip flights, unbid and leaving within 6 hours, show in red and pay a 50% premium
  • Legality limits modelled on FAA Part 117: 8 h flight time per duty, 10 h minimum rest

Find it in Crew → Bidding

crew.skybusva.com/crew/bidding/open-time
Browse LinesOpen TimeMy Bids
FlightRouteTypeSTDBlock
SKB1931KCMH–KBNA7382215Z1:32Slip +50%
SKB604KSLC–KPHXA3201405Z1:48Pick up
SKB617KPHX–KSLCA3201735Z1:41Pick up
SKB1288KOKC–KCMHA3191120Z2:07Pick up
SKB2214KBNA–KOKC38M0950Z1:55Extra section
This week
18.4 / 30 h
Last 28 days
61.2 / 100 h
Rest before next
14:20

Illustrative. The legality counters reflect the real limits.

03 / Dispatch

Check in and get a full dispatch brief

When it's time to fly, check in from your bid. Pathfinder builds your OFP through SimBrief and puts everything for the leg on one brief page.

  • Tabs for the OFP, Sabre Pax & Load, weather and NOTAMs
  • Payload comes from real bookings, at 245 lb per passenger and bag
  • An alternate is recommended when the destination TAF near your ETA shows low ceilings, low visibility or thunderstorms

Needs a SimBrief username on your profile

crew.skybusva.com/crew/dispatch/SKB1427
KSLC→KOKC
SKB1427 · A320-214 · N552SX · CI 5
Briefing ready
OFPPax & LoadWeatherNOTAMs
Booked
172 / 180
Connecting
38
Non-rev standby
4
Load factor95.6%
KOKC TAF 2100Z: TEMPO 1SM TSRA BKN015CBAlternate rec. KTUL

Illustrative. Passenger counts are sample data from the Sabre simulation.

04 / SKB ACARS

Fly it. ACARS records the rest.

SKB ACARS is our own Windows client. Sign in once with the key from your profile and it logs the flight for you, then files the PIREP when you park.

  • OUT, OFF, ON and IN times, landing rate, fuel and route, captured automatically
  • A cabin simulation: leave the seatbelt sign off in turbulence and satisfaction drops
  • PIREPs filed through ACARS are accepted automatically
  • Hoppie CPDLC and telex, with company messages to ops

Download from Crew → More → Downloads

SKB ACARS · SKB1427 · Cruise FL360
OUT
18:43
OFF
18:58
ON
—
IN
—
Fuel used
6,420 lb
Distance flown
482 nm
Cabin satisfaction86 / 100
19:24Z · Light chop, seatbelt sign ON · cabin settled
CPDLC · KZDV: CLIMB TO AND MAINTAIN FL380WILCO

Illustrative. Cabin seatbelt tracking works with the Fenix A320, PMDG 737 and iFly 737.

05 / Maintenance

The aircraft remembers how you flew it

Every Skybus aircraft is persistent. It stays where it lands, builds up hours and cycles, and carries its history from one crew to the next. How you treat it decides what the next pilot inherits.

  • ACARS reports exceedances such as a flap or gear overspeed, a tail strike or a hard landing, and serious ones open a write-up automatically
  • A grounded aircraft holds where it is while a technician works the job against a real clock, and ops swaps tails to keep the schedule moving
  • Minor items can be deferred under an MEL, so the aircraft keeps flying with the item placarded
  • Each flight gets a record with your touchdown figures and an event timeline. It's there to learn from and carries no penalty.

Find it in Crew → TechLogs and on each PIREP

crew.skybusva.com/crew/techlogs/N552SX
N552SX
A320-214 · at KOKC
Held · MX in work
Release estimate1:40 remaining
SKB880 KOKC–KSLC reassigned to N556SX
Write-upSourceStatus
Flaps: overspeed inspectionACARSGrounding
Cabin: aft lav door latchCrewMEL deferred
A-checkBookedDue 2 Dec
Flight record · SKB14272 events
20:31Z · Approach · Flap overspeed CONF 2
20:44Z · Touchdown · −287 fpm · 1.31 g

Illustrative. Pilots see write-ups, MELs and holds, never internal part condition.

06 / Finance

Every leg you fly moves the books

Skybus runs a full set of airline accounts. The passengers on your flight bought real fares through Sabre, and fuel is priced from the jet fuel market at each airport. When your PIREP is accepted, the flight posts to the ledger with its revenue and costs.

  • Each PIREP shows the flight's economics: passenger and baggage revenue, fuel, landing, terminal and handling costs, and the net
  • A smooth, on-time, full flight earns more. A diversion, a long hold or extra fuel shows up as a cost.
  • Your Stats page totals the revenue and net of every flight you've flown
  • Behind it, the airline tracks tickets, taxes, leases and its bank balance

Find it on each PIREP and in Crew → More → Stats

crew.skybusva.com/crew/pireps/SKB1427
KSLC→KOKC
SKB1427 · A320 · N552SX · 08 Nov
Accepted
Flight economics172 pax · 141 bags
Passenger revenue$48,920
Baggage revenue$2,840
Fuel · 11,780 lb at KSLC−$4,610
Landing fee−$1,180
Terminal · 172 pax−$1,548
Handling−$960
Net$43,462
Your flights
64
Revenue flown
$2.9M
Avg net / leg
$38.1k

Illustrative. All money is simulated, and figures are sample data.

07 / Logbook & stats

Every leg on the record

Accepted flights land in your logbook with their block times and landing rate. Your stats page totals it up: flights, hours, distance, average block time and average landing rate.

  • Landing rates are colour coded: green below −250 fpm, yellow to −400, red beyond
  • Flights from the old crew center are kept as archived entries

Find it in Crew → More → Logbook and Stats

crew.skybusva.com/crew/logbook
Flights
64
Hours
142.6
Avg landing
−168
DateFlightRouteBlockLanding
12 NovSKB415KSLC–KCMH3:41 −142
08 NovSKB1427KSLC–KOKC2:22 −287
05 NovSKB880KOKC–KSLC2:39 −96
03 NovSKB212KSLC–KPHX1:46 −201

Illustrative. Sample pilot and flights.

08 / Training Center

Courses, exams and checkrides in one place

Training starts on day one with your onboarding checklist and carries on with assigned and recurrent courses. Lessons unlock in order, and instructors review your checkrides with written notes.

  • Video lessons, PDF reading and exams, with an 80% pass mark
  • Recurrent courses and line checks keep you current
  • Certificates carry a number anyone can verify online

Find it in Training → Overview

crew.skybusva.com/training
PATHFINDER
Overview
Assigned to me
Courses
Library
My Record
Checkrides
A320 Systems RefresherDue 30 Nov
Module 3 of 5 · Hydraulics and flight controls
Winter OperationsComplete
Exam passed with 90%
Certificate of completion
Winter Operations
SKY-7Q4M-2KD8

Illustrative. Course names and certificate number are sample data.

09 / Seniority & pay

Build seniority and move to the left seat

Your seniority number comes from your hire date and sets your place in the line award. Pay is a virtual hourly rate that rises with your rank and years of service.

  • Two ranks: First Officer and Captain
  • Captain upgrade at 250 hours total, 100 hours in type and the Captain Upgrade course
  • The seniority list shows where you stand among the whole crew

Find it in Crew → More → Seniority

crew.skybusva.com/crew/seniority
Seniority number
#17
Hired
14 Mar 2026
Captain upgrade1 of 3 met
Total time 142.6 / 250 h · In type 142.6 / 100 h ✓ · Upgrade course not started
Seniority list · SLC Airbus17 of 24
#16 · FO Chen · Feb 2026
#17 · FO Rivera · Mar 2026 (you)
#18 · FO Okafor · Apr 2026

Illustrative. Sample pilot.

Getting in

From application to your first line flight

Every Skybus pilot follows the same path. Your Pathfinder account is created the moment you're accepted.

  1. Apply

    Pick an opening and tell us your VATSIM CID, hours, add-on and why you want to fly with us.

    skybusva.com/careers

  2. Written interview

    Ten questions on how you prepare, handle weather and work with a crew.

    Link valid 7 days

  3. Accepted

    Your crew center account is created and a welcome email arrives with your sign-in link.

    Link valid 7 days

  4. Onboarding

    1. Indoctrination
    2. Ground School
    Training → Onboarding

  5. Checkride

    Fly a checkride with an instructor reviewing. Pass, and you're rated and on the line.

    Departs 24 h after booking

Questions

Before you apply

Which simulators and add-ons can I use?

MSFS or X-Plane. On the Airbus side we fly the Fenix, FlyByWire, FSLabs and ToLiss. On the Boeing side, the PMDG and iFly 737. You'll also need SimBrief and Navigraph.

Do I have to fly on VATSIM?

Yes. An active VATSIM account in good standing is required for every position.

Is SKB ACARS required?

It's how most flights are filed, and flights it files are accepted automatically. It runs on Windows. Manual web PIREPs are possible and are reviewed by ops.

What if I fail my checkride?

Your hours still count, and you can book another checkride straight away. Your instructor's notes tell you what to work on.

Can I fly both Airbus and Boeing?

You start with one family, which covers every variant in it. Lines can mix variants within your family.

Where does the crew talk?

On the Skybus Discord, linked from Pathfinder's sidebar. Group flights and hub events happen there.

Your seat in Pathfinder is waiting.

We're hiring First Officers on the Airbus and the Boeing.