I am using Career Mode now and then. It has certainly improved a lot over time and I think it is actually fun to fly now.
And yet, while I understand their approach of allowing only “certified” planes and “forcing” you to use in-build ATC in order to measure your performance inside the sim, for me personal, it´s almost a bit too dedicated. Those limitations are ok when you want the full scope including the building of a company, unlocking,buying,selling, maintaining planes, aquiring licenses and skill pointrs, hiring AI pilots and so on.
But especially for quick jobs as employee, for me personally, it really would be enough to load into the sim with a plane and airport of your choosing and f.e. add a tab next to Airport Activity like “Pending Jobs”, which would just show you random missions for the selected plane/location.
Just give me a start, a destination, a briefing of what is expected, the amount of cargo/pax if required and then leave it up to me, how to bring it there. They could still measure how long you need to get there, if you fly carefully / within the limits of the missiong requirements, your landing rate and so on, but leave flight planning, ATC up to me as a pilot. Quick and dirty, basically what third party apps like OnAir or Neofly offer as freelancer mission.
And I would also like to have an option in free flight to choose (or even “own”) a plane subject to wear and tear over time. These are two of those things I really like in Career Mode and which I would love to see added to Free Flight Mode similar to what you can get f.e. with Black Square of A2A planes.
