Rules

General rules for tours :

• Those general rules for tours are applicable to all French division pilot's tours. Are excluded ATC tours and Special Operations tours. 
• Some tours might have specific rules. In case of conflict, specific rules overrule general rules. 
• All flight must be performed online on IVAO network, with real weather. They have to be accomplished in real time rate (simulation rate x1 only, accelerated mode prohibited) 
• Legs must be accomplished in the published order 
• Speed restrictions IAS<250kts below FL100 must be observed.
• Maximum speed in cruise is M0.85 with a maximum FL450.
• During cruise phases, a disconnection up to 20 minutes is tolerated, providing the fact that it does not disturb the network operation, especially under ATC coverage. Please report any disconnection in your pilot report. 
• The use of UNICOM in text or voice mode, in absence of active ATC online, is MANDATORY. Legs might be rejected if not compliant. 
• All legs must be validated by sending a pilot report. It is essential to read and understand validator's comment for each leg, including if the leg is validated. We advise to not pursue the tour without validation of previous leg. 
• Pilot report must be sent within 12 days following the flight date. Any leg sent outside the window will be rejected. 
• Pilot report must include list of ATC contacted during the flight, and procedures performed during the flight. 
• A 'Direct to' is allowed, only with ATC instruction. Please mention any direct obtained in the pilot report. 
• It is mandatory to disconnect from the network at the end of each flight. 
• Pilots will be particularly aware of:
• In IFR:
• Parity Odd/Even
• Minimum and maximum airways altitudes
• Published procedures when ATC is offline
• In VFR:
• VFR circuit integration
• Avoid P zones, as well as R zone when activated (Special Operations link)
• Take a really good care of your flight plan:
• Flight plan with wrong or misspelled airports will be rejected
• Filled equipment must be compatible with the aircraft
• Prevailing flight plan will be the active one during take off
• Operate the flights under military or any other Special Operation type is not allowed. Type of flight must only be G, S or N. 
• The use of military aircrafts as described in 10.1 of the Special Operations Rules is prohibited on civilian tour.
• It is requested to be connected on the network at least 2 minutes before take off, and stay connected at least 2 minutes after landing. This will allow the tracker to save your flight entirely. 
• An IFR route, IFPS compliant at the time it is published, might be proposed on some legs. It is only a suggestion, you can perfectly fly your own route. 
• One flight can only be reported once, for one leg on one tour, even if the leg can fit for 2 tours or more.
• Flight as a crew of two pilots, with shared cockpit functionality, is permitted on division's tours. However, only the pilot "master" of the connection is allowed to fill a pirep. The second pilot, connected as an observer, will not be allowed to fill a report based on this flight. 
• Should there is any follow-up or contestation after a leg validation, everything has to be sent only to you validator email. Supported languages are English or French. They have to be sent no later than 7 days after leg validation.
• The use of the IVAO France Tracker is optional on all tours, except Skills.

Specific rules to the The postman's Tour tour :

• You may fly online using the trigram: ODY/Odyssey (Optional).
• The legs will open in groups of 6 on May 1st, August 1st, November 1st 2024, and February 1st 2025. Once a group of legs is open, it can be completed at any time until the end of the tour on July 31st 2025.
• Legs 16 and 17 are optional. If they are not completed, leg 18 becomes mandatory. If legs 16 and 17 are completed, then leg 18 is not required.
• All flights must be performed under IFR only. VFR, Y, or Z flights are not accepted.
• At the end of the 25 legs, pilots will be awarded the Cargo Division Tour badge:

List of legs

Legs	Distance	Status	Actions
1. LFML - EGNX	622 NM	-	Details
2. EGNX - ESSA	758 NM	-	Details
3. ESSA - LFQQ	743 NM	-	Details
4. LFQQ - LIRF	648 NM	-	Details
5. LIRF - LKPR	505 NM	-	Details
6. LKPR - LFBP	725 NM	-	Details
7. LFBP - EBLG	497 NM	-	Details
8. EBLG - LHBP	576 NM	-	Details
9. LHBP - LFRS	848 NM	-	Details
10. LFRS - LJLJ	663 NM	-	Details
11. LJLJ - LEVT	761 NM	-	Details
12. LEVT - LFSB	517 NM	-	Details
13. LFSB - EKBI	493 NM	-	Details
14. EKBI - EPKT	477 NM	-	Details
15. EPKT - LFPG	646 NM	-	Details
16. LFPG - KCVG (optional leg)	3605 NM	-	Details
17. KCVG - LEMD (optional leg)	3604 NM	-	Details
18. LFPG - LEMD (optional leg)	574 NM	-	Details
19. LEMD - LFLL	492 NM	-	Details
20. LFLL - EDDP	445 NM	-	Details
21. EDDP - LROP	691 NM	-	Details
22. LROP - LFRN	1167 NM	-	Details
23. LFRN - LIPZ	598 NM	-	Details
24. LIPZ - LFBD	554 NM	-	Details
25. LFBD - LFKB	463 NM	-	Details