UZB7414 / PILOT RESOURCES
A career built on experience.
Ranks, hours, accepted flights, landing feedback, activity rewards and all 36 company badge descriptions.
Build experience, complete meaningful journeys and use flight data to improve your technique.
Three ways to progress: operational points describe the available flight checks; career ranks use hours and accepted flights; activity bonuses recognise participation and completed journeys.
How we assess a landing
A low touchdown rate alone does not establish an excellent landing. A light contact can be appropriate; a prolonged flare, a long touchdown or excessive speed loss changes the assessment. A firmer contact must also be judged in context.
A320 family / Fenix: in stabilized conditions, Airbus describes flare initiation around 30 ft RA for the A320 and 40 ft for the A321. Conditions can require adjustment. Use progressive inputs and idle thrust by touchdown. Avoid extending the flare to chase softness; appropriate crosswind technique can include a small bank angle.
Boeing 767: Boeing’s FCTM warns against holding the aircraft off for an imperceptible touchdown. Preserve the intended touchdown point and airspeed, use appropriate flare inputs and controlled derotation, and avoid increasing pitch after touchdown.
Boeing 787: use the applicable 787 and add-on guidance. This rollout introduces no manufacturer “perfect FPM” target, pitch limit or G threshold for the 787. Aircraft geometry, implementation and telemetry must be considered separately. The review did not establish a verified current Fenix or 787-specific perfect-FPM target.
The automatic operational score is a limited procedural indicator. A complete landing grade requires evidence of the approach, target IAS relative to VAPP/VREF, touchdown position, aircraft handling and conditions. Groundspeed cannot substitute for IAS when assessing speed against VAPP/VREF.
Optional staff feedback: a VA review scale
The following weights and classes are our feedback policy, not manufacturer limits. A review uses only supported observations. If any category lacks adequate evidence, record not assessable and do not issue a complete numerical landing grade.
Observed category | Maximum |
|---|---|
Approach stability and decisions | 25 |
Target IAS and energy management | 20 |
Touchdown zone and alignment | 25 |
Flare, main-gear contact and appropriate handling | 20 |
Controlled derotation and deceleration | 10 |
For each category: full credit for correct handling, half for a minor corrected deviation, zero for a significant unresolved deviation. With complete evidence: 90–100 Excellent · 75–89 Good · 60–74 Needs improvement · below 60 Unsatisfactory. A significant safety issue overrides the arithmetic and requires an unsatisfactory assessment and review. A correctly flown go-around is good judgement.
The native review list now includes type-specific touchdown-rate and G overrides. Read the current scoring page for the displayed thresholds. These are VA review settings, not manufacturer maintenance-inspection criteria.Current review settings →
Career: experience and completed flights
Meet both the hours and accepted-PIREP requirements. Regular points and bonus points are not promotion requirements. Honorary staff ranks remain separate.
Rank | Hours | Accepted flights |
|---|---|---|
Second Officer | 10 | 5 |
Junior First Officer | 25 | 10 |
First Officer | 75 | 15 |
Senior First Officer | 150 | 25 |
Captain | 300 | 40 |
Senior Captain | 600 | 60 |
Veteran Captain | 1,000 | 100 |
Curated journeys: a completion worth recognising
These 14 Curated Rosters award the following bonus once, on completion of the whole activity. Register and follow the published itinerary, aircraft, time-window and eligibility conditions. Tours, events and community activities retain their own published award rules.
Curated Roster | Completion bonus |
|---|---|
A320 Fergana & Pamir | 200 |
Express Steppe Shuttle | 150 |
Cargo Silk Road Freighter | 250 |
ATR Regional Line Check | 200 |
H125 Tian Shan Workload | 125 |
PC-24 Mountain Executive | 250 |
A320neo Tropical Endurance | 300 |
A321LR London Rotation | 250 |
B787 New York Command | 350 |
B767 Red Sea Heavy | 200 |
L-410 Zaamin Precision | 150 |
H130 Mountain Charter | 125 |
A320 Africa Grand Tour | 1,000 |
A320 Southern Cross Grand Tour | 1,250 |
Bonus points show the journeys and community activities you have completed. Career progression uses the hours and accepted flights shown above. Compare achievements in their published context; a community hours challenge is a different measure from landing technique.
Your next objectives
Get established: earn Humo Wings with your first accepted flight and work toward Central Asia Qualified through four accepted Induction-tagged flights.
Choose your operation: start a mainline rotation, a regional line check, a cargo mission, an executive mountain itinerary or a helicopter assignment. Every division has a Curated completion reward.
Build a long-term achievement: progress through a Grand Tour or the published rotation and Caspian Elite badge conditions.
Division crew badges
These automatic milestones count accepted/complete PIREPs on any network. Counts are cumulative across the fleets named in each row.
Badge | Accepted flights | Eligible fleet |
|---|---|---|
Silk Avia Regional Crew | 20 | ATR 72-600 and L-410 combined |
Uzbekistan Cargo Crew | 10 | Boeing 767-300BCF cargo |
Executive Mountain Crew | 10 | Pilatus PC-24 |
Uzbekistan Rotor Crew | 15 | H125 and H130 combined |
Requesting a badge that needs staff verification
Some rotation, Caspian Elite and expedition awards need manual verification. Use Pilot Support and provide your pilot ID, the badge name, accepted PIREP IDs and evidence matching the published conditions. Rotation claims need matching outbound and return sectors; FIR claims need the required actual crossings and direction, not only a planned route. Staff record the evidence, decision and award reference and check for an existing award before issuing one. Missing evidence remains pending.
Manual-award check · clarified 28 October 2026. vAMSYS permits repeated manual awards. Staff must check both the badge's current recipient list and the claim record before confirming an award, even when the pilot appears in the selector. If the pilot already holds the award, pause the claim for review instead of confirming another award. Record the reviewer, accepted PIREP IDs, evidence, decision, check time and award reference.
Automatic badges are evaluated when PIREPs are processed. The demanding Caspian Elite conditions remain in place. Badge ownership does not create a permanent per-flight points multiplier in this configuration.
References and scope
Airbus: A Focus on the Landing Flare · Airbus: crosswind and runway alignment · Boeing 767 FCTM excerpt, 30 June 2023, published by NTSB · vAMSYS scoring-rule capabilities.
Landing-feedback policy and reward guidance dated 27 October 2026; career and badge catalogue cross-checked 1 November 2026. Scoring weights are presented separately in the current assigned-group reference.
Every badge. The actual conditions.
All 36 published descriptions were read on 1 November 2026. Recipient names, personal progress and leaderboards remain in Phoenix. The conditions below are cumulative only where the description says so; activity-specific eligibility still applies.
Milestones
Humo Wings
Complete your first flight with Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Tashkent Line Crew
Complete 10 flights with Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Silk Road Aviator
Complete 50 flights with Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Uzbekistan Centurion
Complete 100 flights with Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Fleet
Airbus Silk Road Crew
Complete 25 flights across our Airbus A320ceo, A320neo and A321neo fleets, including Uzbekistan Express. Qualifying flights are counted together across all four fleets.
Uzbek Dreamliner Crew
Complete 10 flights in our Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner fleet.
Silk Avia Regional Crew
Complete 20 accepted flights across our Silk Avia ATR 72-600 and L-410 fleets. Qualifying flights are counted together across both fleets, on any network.
Uzbekistan Cargo Crew
Complete 10 accepted flights in our Boeing 767-300BCF cargo fleet, on any network. Passenger 767 flights do not count toward this badge.
Executive Mountain Crew
Complete 10 accepted flights in our Pilatus PC-24 business aviation fleet, on any network.
Uzbekistan Rotor Crew
Complete 15 accepted flights across our Airbus H125 and H130 helicopter fleets. Qualifying flights are counted together across both fleets, on any network.
Operations
Beyond the Silk Road
Complete one flight lasting at least 6 hours and less than 18 hours.
Tashkent Regular
Complete 25 arrivals at Tashkent International Airport, our home base.
Destination Passports
Silk Road Heritage
Land at Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Urgench, the gateway to Khiva. Visit all four destinations to earn this badge.
Silk Road to Italy
Complete three arrivals at Milan Malpensa (LIMC) with Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Silk Road to Germany
Land at both Frankfurt (EDDF) and Munich (EDDM) with Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Silk Road to Japan
Complete two arrivals at Tokyo Narita (RJAA) in our Boeing 767-300ER, 767-300BCF or 787-8 fleet. Only flights recorded in one of these fleets qualify.
Community
Uzbek Skies Online
Complete 20 accepted flights connected to VATSIM or IVAO, using any fleet across Uzbekistan Airways Virtual.
Founding Crew
Awarded for contributing at least one qualifying flight to our launch community goal during the activity period. Automatically awarded through the goal participation reward.
Launch 25
Awarded to contributing pilots when the launch community goal reaches 25 qualifying flights within its activity period.
Fleet Face-Off Participant
Awarded for a qualifying contribution to the published Fleet Face-Off community challenge.
Fleet Face-Off Winner
Awarded to pilots who contributed to the winning fleet when the community challenge ends, provided the winning team has reached its target.
Route Connections
Silk Road to New York
Complete 3 full return rotations from Tashkent (UZTT) to New York JFK (KJFK) and back. Each rotation requires an accepted outbound sector followed by an accepted return sector. 6 qualifying sectors in total. Staff verification is required. Count each accepted sector once only; pair a UZTT outbound flight with a later return from the same destination to UZTT. Unrelated arrivals or departures do not qualify.
Silk Road to Dubai
Complete 5 full return rotations from Tashkent (UZTT) to Dubai International (OMDB) and back. Each rotation requires an accepted outbound sector followed by an accepted return sector. 10 qualifying sectors in total. Staff verification is required. Count each accepted sector once only; pair a UZTT outbound flight with a later return from the same destination to UZTT. Unrelated arrivals or departures do not qualify.
Bosphorus Connection
Complete 10 full return rotations from Tashkent (UZTT) to Istanbul (LTFM) and back. Each rotation requires an accepted outbound sector followed by an accepted return sector. 20 qualifying sectors in total. Staff verification is required. Count each accepted sector once only; pair a UZTT outbound flight with a later return from the same destination to UZTT. Unrelated arrivals or departures do not qualify.
Silk Road to Seoul
Complete 3 full return rotations from Tashkent (UZTT) to Seoul Incheon (RKSI) and back. Each rotation requires an accepted outbound sector followed by an accepted return sector. 6 qualifying sectors in total. Staff verification is required. Count each accepted sector once only; pair a UZTT outbound flight with a later return from the same destination to UZTT. Unrelated arrivals or departures do not qualify.
Silk Road to Bangkok
Complete 3 full return rotations from Tashkent (UZTT) to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (VTBS) and back. Each rotation requires an accepted outbound sector followed by an accepted return sector. 6 qualifying sectors in total. Staff verification is required. Count each accepted sector once only; pair a UZTT outbound flight with a later return from the same destination to UZTT. Unrelated arrivals or departures do not qualify.
Silk Road to London
Complete 3 full return rotations from Tashkent (UZTT) to London Heathrow (EGLL) and back. Each rotation requires an accepted outbound sector followed by an accepted return sector. 6 qualifying sectors in total. Staff verification is required. Count each accepted sector once only; pair a UZTT outbound flight with a later return from the same destination to UZTT. Unrelated arrivals or departures do not qualify.
Caspian Elite
Caspian Pathfinder
Complete 10 verified Baku FIR crossings, including at least 5 eastbound and 5 westbound. Only accepted VA PIREPs departing from or arriving in Uzbekistan qualify. The recorded flown track must enter and leave Baku FIR (UBBA). Maximum one crossing per PIREP. Milestones are cumulative; staff verification is required. Follow the planned operational route and ATC instructions; do not detour to earn a badge.
Silk Road Navigator
Complete 25 verified Baku FIR crossings, including at least 8 eastbound and 8 westbound, serving at least 3 distinct airports outside Uzbekistan. Only accepted VA PIREPs departing from or arriving in Uzbekistan qualify. The recorded flown track must enter and leave Baku FIR (UBBA). Maximum one crossing per PIREP. Milestones are cumulative; staff verification is required. Follow the planned operational route and ATC instructions; do not detour to earn a badge.
Caucasus Vanguard
Complete 50 verified Baku FIR crossings, including at least 15 eastbound and 15 westbound, serving at least 6 distinct airports outside Uzbekistan. Only accepted VA PIREPs departing from or arriving in Uzbekistan qualify. The recorded flown track must enter and leave Baku FIR (UBBA). Maximum one crossing per PIREP. Milestones are cumulative; staff verification is required. Follow the planned operational route and ATC instructions; do not detour to earn a badge.
Ulugh Beg Aviator
Complete 100 verified Baku FIR crossings, including at least 30 eastbound and 30 westbound, serving at least 10 distinct airports outside Uzbekistan. Only accepted VA PIREPs departing from or arriving in Uzbekistan qualify. The recorded flown track must enter and leave Baku FIR (UBBA). Maximum one crossing per PIREP. Milestones are cumulative; staff verification is required. Follow the planned operational route and ATC instructions; do not detour to earn a badge.
Guardian of the Silk Road
Complete 200 verified Baku FIR crossings, including at least 60 eastbound and 60 westbound, serving at least 12 distinct airports outside Uzbekistan. Only accepted VA PIREPs departing from or arriving in Uzbekistan qualify. The recorded flown track must enter and leave Baku FIR (UBBA). Maximum one crossing per PIREP. Milestones are cumulative; staff verification is required. Follow the planned operational route and ATC instructions; do not detour to earn a badge.
Events
Silk Road Sundays
Awarded for completing a qualifying flight during a Silk Road Sundays event.
Tashkent Takeover
Awarded for completing a qualifying flight to or from Tashkent during a Tashkent Takeover event.
Tours
Silk Road Explorer
Awarded after staff verification that the pilot has completed every leg of the Silk Road Uncovered tour in the published order during the activity period. Register before the first flight and complete all six legs.
Pilot Development
Central Asia Qualified
Complete 4 Accepted/Complete PIREPs on routes tagged Central Asia Induction, with departure and arrival within Central Asia. Qualification is awarded automatically when an eligible PIREP is processed. No additional staff approval is required.