4.12 Historic Fleet

vAAirlines is proud to honor the true legacy of American Airlines and the fleet types that were the workhorses of the route network leading up to where we are today. We currently offer a historic fleet ranging all of the way back to the very first aircraft and flight schedules which include many classic aircraft. We have also included the airlines that were merged into American Airlines with their approximate fleets at the time of merging. These aircraft can be found in section 4.1 above and are still to be flown in accordance with any rank restrictions as well as SOPPHB restrictions for flights flown. This means that a pilot may not operate any of the historic fleet located in any group unless they have earned the associated type rating. Even after promotion to a higher group, a pilot may continue to utilize any type rating earned from a lower group for flights. Historic flights are now designated normally on the website but associated with their respective airlines (American Airlines historic flights are listed as AAH and have the old logo but should still be flown as AAL on VATSIM). Historic flights flown now do count towards promotion total flight counts.