What Pilots Can Do on Air Child After Joining

Joining Air Child gives you access to a virtual airline built around scheduled flight simulation, community features, and a UNICEF-linked sponsorship system. According to the site, the platform currently lists 145 pilots, 5,602 schedules, 307 aircraft, and 26,773 hours 55 minutes flown. After registering and logging in, you can book and fly routes, track your activity, and take part in a flat-structured pilot community. The sections below cover what is available and what to expect.

Book and Fly Scheduled Routes

The core activity is flying the airline's published schedules. With 5,602 schedules and 307 aircraft in the system, there is a large pool of routes and equipment to choose from.

• Book a flight from the schedule list, then fly it in your simulator.
• Log the flight so it counts toward your record and the airline's totals.
• Choose your pace — the site explicitly welcomes both casual flyers and hardcore simmers.

The site describes the experience as covering everything "from the moment you book your flight to your final parking position," so booking and completion are both part of the intended workflow.

Track Your Flights and Statistics

Once you are flying, the platform records your activity:

• Live Map — a public page for viewing flight activity.
• Flights — your flight records and history.
• Flown hours — personal totals, reflected in the airline-wide figure of 26,773h 55m.
• Pilot profile — new members are listed publicly with their home airport and join date (for example, recent joins from Cologne Bonn and Warsaw Chopin).

These features let you see your own progress and compare it with the wider pilot base.

Join a Pilot Community

Air Child presents itself as a community first, with a deliberately flat organizational structure where "every pilot's voice counts." Practical ways to participate:

• Register and log in to become a listed pilot.
• Appear in the pilot directory alongside the existing 145 pilots.
• Interact with other members through the site's community features.
• See who is online — the site includes an online status panel, though at the time of the source page all pilots were shown as off-duty.

The stated atmosphere is "friendly, open-minded" with a "professional background," which sets expectations for how members interact.

Fly with a Purpose: The UNICEF Sponsorship System

The distinguishing feature is the sponsorship mechanism: pilots' virtual flights translate into real-world support for UNICEF. The airline describes itself as "Flying for Children since 2009" and frames membership as combining "passion with a purpose."

• Your logged flights contribute to a cause rather than only to a personal logbook.
• The site positions this as the main difference from other virtual airlines.
• The exact sponsorship terms are not detailed on the source page, so treat the mechanism as the airline's stated model rather than a published formula.

What to Check Before Joining

• Registration is required to access pilot features; the public site shows a Register and Log In option.
• No pricing information appears in the source material, so cost or membership terms are not confirmed either way.
• Activity expectations are flexible — the airline explicitly accommodates both casual and dedicated simmers.
• Your home airport matters for how you appear in the pilot list, as new members are shown with their base airport.

If you want scheduled flying, visible statistics, a flat community structure, and a charitable angle to your sim hours, Air Child's feature set matches that combination. If you need confirmed pricing or detailed sponsorship terms before committing, those details are not available on the page reviewed here and would need to be checked directly with the airline.