Vector Flight Crew Alpha

A first officer who reads the switch back.

Vector Flight Crew puts a second pilot in your Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 cockpit. You talk, he answers, runs his flows, and never tells you something is set until the aircraft confirms it.

In alpha on the FlyByWire A32NX. This page says exactly how far each part has got.

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Exterior lights

Captain calls, first officer sets and reads back

  • Beaconon
  • Nav and logoon
  • Strobeauto
  • Nose lighttaxi
  • Landing lightson

These five switches were moved and read back in a real FlyByWire A32NX on 8 November 2026. The green tick appears only after the aircraft reports the new position.

What works today, and what has not flown yet

An alpha should not read like a finished product. Each button below is one part of the crew, lit by how far it has really got. Choose a state to pick out its buttons.

LIVE
Simulator connectionConnects to MSFS 2024 and recognises the A32NX from its own variables.
LIVE
Exterior lightsAll five switches set and read back.
BUILT
Free conversationAsk him anything about the flight. Heard in the sim once; the voice is still too robotic.
BUILT
Flows and checklistsGate to gate, by flight phase.
BUILT
Go-around and handovers“I have control”, and he means it.
BUILT
Shared logbookHours you have flown together.
BUILT
Cabin crewCalls from the cabin, service, coffee to the flight deck.
IN WORK
A pilot in the right seatA 3D first officer whose hands reach the switches.
IN WORK
A human voiceCalm in conversation, brisk on callouts.
IN WORK
MCDU entryHe types the flight plan for you.
IN WORK
Ground servicesWorking alongside GSX.
LATER
More airlinersFenix, PMDG and others.
LATER
ACARSDatalink messages and clearances.
LATER
Flight instructorA casual right-seater for light aircraft.

Good at the job, and human about it

A real first officer has opinions and long days. This one suggests who flies which leg, calls a go-around when the approach is not stable, and sometimes works the sidestick a little too hard in a gusty flare.

His flaws stop at the checks. He can be tired; he cannot tell you the gear is down when it is not.

  • I’ll take the landing this time. You take off.Before the briefing
  • Unstable. Go around, flaps.At 500 feet, too fast and too high
  • Long day. Did they say anything about coffee?In the cruise, when nothing else needs saying

How a spoken command becomes a moved switch

The language model only chooses from a fixed list of cockpit actions. It never touches the aircraft directly.

  1. You say it

    “Flaps one.” Plain speech, no fixed phrases to memorise.

  2. He checks it makes sense

    Right phase, right speed. Gear up on the ground gets a question, not an action.

  3. He moves the control

    Through the aircraft’s own inputs, the way your mouse would.

  4. He reads it back

    A fresh reading from the aircraft. Only then does he say it is set.

The route from here

Four legs, flown in order. We are still parked at the gate, with the first leg in work.

1 2 3 4

  1. At the gate

    Alpha

    We are here
    • Simulator connection and exterior lights proven in the real aircraft
    • Hearing you through the cloud, so your PC stays free for the simulator
    • Small human habits for every phase of the flight
    • Getting along with GSX and other voice add-ons

    Leaves the gate whenone complete flight is flown with him and written up.

  2. Take-off

    Private beta

    • A small group of testers, no installer yet
    • A voice that sounds like a pilot
    • A first officer you can see in the right seat
    • He types the flight plan into the MCDU
    • He can fly a leg, and hands it back the moment you ask

    Opens wheneach item above has been shown working in the real simulator.

  3. Top of climb

    Version 1.0

    • A proper installer and updates
    • More airliners beyond the A32NX
    • ACARS messages and clearances
    • Full MCDU support on each aircraft

    Opens whenbeta testers can fly gate to gate without our help.

  4. Step climb

    Version 2.0

    • Your own likeness in the seat, only if you choose to
    • Cabin crew you can see walking the aisle
    • Passengers boarding through GSX
    • A casual instructor for light aircraft

    Opens whenversion 1.0 is stable.

There are no dates on this route. A leg is finished when there is evidence from the real simulator, not when a calendar says so.

Ask for a seat in the private beta

The beta opens once the first complete flight has been flown with him in the real simulator. Leave your email and we will write to you once, when it does.

  • What you will need

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on Windows
  • The free FlyByWire A32NX
  • A microphone, and an internet connection for his thinking and hearing