AS 2 Tom Little Wrote:Not to say ASHA would never be resurrected though... :wink: The crew passes are a good stepping stone to a possible future if the demand was there.
I just rejoined AirSource after a many year hiatus from all flight simming. I am now eager to get back into it. AHSA was my 'home' with FS9, and at one point I was even an officer helping to set up humanitarian flights. So I add my vote to the 'demand' mentioned by Tom Little, to get AHSA back. I'm now going with FSX-SE.
I remember especially that there was a training period for AHSA pilots, and vaguely recall that 50 hours or 50 flights or some such were required before becoming a full-fledged AHSA pilot? (Don't quote me!). There were many training flights - I think one of the first was a flight down to Phoenix, or Tucson? Could a start towards revitalizing AHSA be bringing all those old training flights back in as crew passes?
At any rate, I for one would love to see AHSA revived, preferably with a restoration of all the old structure and training flights. I realize that there must have been some good reasons for shutting it down, perhaps lack of interest back then? (People like me not showing up.) Not enough volunteers to help creating flights, etc. Norm Edwards having to do everything?
No reason anyone should put much faith in me after such a long absence, but I volunteer to help out. I'm retired now, certainly have much more time to be involved.
