VATSIM Basics

• Connect to the network while parked at a ramp, not on a runway or taxiway
• Communications with ATC will be brief, and will not interrupt the existing flow of communication. Specifically, no transmissions will be made while another pilot/controller is talking, or if a controller has just issued an instruction to another pilot
• Do not exceed 250kts below 10,000ft MSL
• Squawk standby while on the ground
• Squawk altitude (mode C) while in the air
• Comply with ATC instructions in a reasonably timely manner
  

Communications

• Pilot will call for taxi prior to leaving the ramp at a towered airport
• Pilot will not takeoff from a towered airport without a takeoff clearance
• Pilot will not land at a towered airport without a landing clearance