How to Update Your Settings
Change your name, avatar, and privacy preferences in Phoenix.
vAMSYS gives you two places to manage your settings: Pilot Preferences in Phoenix (per-airline) and Global Preferences in your vAMSYS Account (across all airlines). This guide covers both.
Where to Find Your Settings
Pilot Preferences — Go to My Profile → Settings. These settings apply only to the Virtual Airline you are currently viewing.
Privacy and Account Preferences — Click the user dropdown in the top-right corner, then My vAMSYS Account → Preferences. These settings apply across all your Virtual Airlines. You will need to confirm your password.
Pilot Preferences
These settings are specific to each Virtual Airline. If you fly with multiple airlines, you can configure them independently.
Use Imperial Units — When enabled, all weights are shown in pounds instead of kilograms.
Prefer Honorary Rank — If your VA has awarded you an honorary rank, enabling this displays it instead of your regular pilot rank in flight lists, leaderboards, and elsewhere.
Preferred Network — Sets the default online network selected when you dispatch a flight. Options include Offline, VATSIM, IVAO, POSCON, APOC, PilotEdge, FSCloud, SayIntentions, and Other. VATSIM, IVAO, POSCON, and APOC only appear if you have linked those network IDs to your vAMSYS account.
SimBrief OFP Format — Chooses which OFP layout SimBrief uses when generating your flight plan. Some Virtual Airlines lock this to a specific format, in which case you will not be able to change it.
Marketing Communications — Allows the Virtual Airline to contact you with news, events, and promotions. Your first name, last name, and email are shared with the VA for marketing purposes. You can unsubscribe at any time. This option only appears if the VA has enabled marketing.
After changing any pilot preferences, click Submit to save.
Missing a Network Option?
If you don't see VATSIM, IVAO, POSCON, or APOC in the Preferred Network dropdown, you need to link that network to your vAMSYS account first. Click the Missing Network? hint next to the dropdown for a direct link to your account settings.
Privacy Settings
Privacy settings are global, meaning they apply across every Virtual Airline you belong to. You will find them under My vAMSYS Account → Preferences → Privacy.
Public Profile — When enabled, other pilots in your Virtual Airlines can view your profile page. When disabled, your profile is hidden from everyone except yourself and VA staff.
Public PIREPs — When enabled, other pilots in the same Virtual Airline can see your PIREPs. This toggle works independently of Public Profile: each PIREP has its own page, so it stays readable even when your profile is hidden. When disabled, only you and VA staff can open your PIREPs.
Show in Flight Map, Lists and Leaderboards — Controls whether your name appears in leaderboard rankings, the live flight map, and pilot lists. When disabled, your name is obfuscated in these views.
Allow Friend Requests — Controls whether other pilots can send you friend requests. Disabling this does not remove existing friends.
Privacy changes are not saved until you click Submit at the bottom of the page. If you flip a toggle and navigate away without submitting, the change is discarded and your previous setting stays in force. Wait for the Global Preferences Updated confirmation before you leave the page.
These Two Toggles Are Independent
Turning off Public Profile hides your profile page, but it does not hide your PIREPs. Other pilots in the same Virtual Airline can still open them from links elsewhere in Phoenix, such as an activity completion table, or from a direct PIREP link. If you want your flights private, turn off Public PIREPs as well.
vAMSYS Experience Settings
Also found under My vAMSYS Account → Preferences, these options let you customise your overall vAMSYS experience.
Enable Beta Features — Opts you into the beta channel so you can try new features before they roll out to everyone.
Bypass Explicit Aircraft Selection — Some Virtual Airlines require you to manually confirm the aircraft variant when dispatching. This toggle skips that step, overriding the VA setting.
Related
How to Book Holidays — Pause your activity requirements while you take time off.
Account Management — Merge accounts, reset pilot data, or delete your account.
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