A first officer who reads the switch back.
Vector Flight Crew puts a second pilot in your cockpit. You talk, he answers, runs his flows, and never tells you something is set until the aircraft confirms it.
Before taxi
Captain calls, first officer sets and reads back
- Beaconon
- Nav and logoon
- Strobeauto
- Nose lighttaxi
- Landing lightson
Not a mock-up of a promise. These five switches were moved and read back in a real FlyByWire A32NX on 8 November 2026.
Good at the job, and human about it.
A real first officer has opinions and long days. This one has both, and his flaws stop at the checks. He can be tired; he cannot tell you the gear is down when it is not.
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.
- You say it“Flaps one.” Plain speech, no fixed phrases to memorise.
- He checks itRight phase, right speed. Gear up on the ground gets a question.
- He moves itThrough the aircraft’s own inputs, the way your mouse would.
- He reads it backA fresh reading from the aircraft. Only then is it set.
5/5
Switches proven in the real aircraft
Everything else on this page is labelled by how far it has really got.
He talks like crew
He 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.
I’ll take the landing this time. You take off.
Before the briefingUnstable. Go around, flaps.
At 500 feet, too fast and too highLong day. Did they say anything about coffee?
In the cruise, when nothing else needs saying
2,500
Automated tests on a mock aircraft
Flows, checklists, go-arounds, handovers, cabin calls and the shared logbook all pass them. A test is not a flight, so those parts are marked “Built”, not “Live”, until they have flown.
What works today, and what has not flown yet.
An alpha should not read like a finished product. Every part of the crew sits in the column it has earned.
Live
2Done and read back in the real simulator.
- Simulator connectionConnects to MSFS 2024 and recognises the A32NX from its own variables.
- Exterior lightsAll five switches set and read back.
Built
5Passes the automated tests on a mock aircraft. Not flown yet.
- Free conversationAsk him anything about the flight. Heard in the sim once; the voice is still too robotic.
- Flows and checklistsGate to gate, by flight phase.
- Go-around and handovers“I have control”, and he means it.
- Shared logbookHours you have flown together.
- Cabin crewCalls from the cabin, service, coffee to the flight deck.
In work
4Being built now.
- A pilot in the right seatA 3D first officer whose hands reach the switches.
- A human voiceCalm in conversation, brisk on callouts.
- MCDU entryHe types the flight plan for you.
- Ground servicesWorking alongside GSX.
Later
3Planned, not started.
- More airlinersFenix, PMDG and others.
- ACARSDatalink messages and clearances.
- Flight instructorA casual right-seater for light aircraft.
The route from here.
Four legs, flown in order. We are still parked at the gate, with the first leg in work.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Before you ask for a seat.
Which aircraft does he fly?
Today, only the free FlyByWire A32NX in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. More airliners come after version 1.0 work begins; none of them is promised yet.
Will it slow my simulator down?
His hearing and thinking run over the internet, so they do not compete with the simulator for your processor or graphics card. That part is built and tested, but not yet measured in a full flight.
Does it change my FlyByWire aircraft?
No. It reads the aircraft’s state and moves controls through the aircraft’s own inputs. It does not modify or replace any FlyByWire file.
What happens when a switch does not move?
He tells you. Press “Try a stuck switch” in the demonstration at the top of this page: he will not tick an item the aircraft has not confirmed.
When does the private beta open?
When one complete flight has been flown with him in the real simulator and written up. There is no date, on purpose.
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