CASS Simulator

Monitor a live cockpit display with instruments and warning systems. Memory recall is tested in the debrief — you must remember details from ATC transmissions during the mission.

Your task:

• Watch the HUD for heading, altitude, speed, and vertical speed
• Monitor gauges and warning lights (STALL / FIRE / FUEL)
• Memorise squawk codes issued by ATC — they will be tested
• Note callsigns, headings and flight levels as they are issued

Scoring: Situational awareness measured via the debrief at end of mission (+5 per correct recall).

Two simultaneous psychomotor tasks share the left panel — obstacle avoidance and attitude (horizon) tracking. Both run continuously.

Controls:

• UP ARROW — Pitch up (move plane upward)
• DOWN ARROW — Pitch down (move plane downward)
• A KEY — Roll left (recover from right bank)
• D KEY — Roll right (recover from left bank)

An artificial horizon is overlaid on the canvas. The aircraft will drift in roll; correct it back to wings-level. Maintaining attitude is critical — this is the core CASS / SkyTest psychomotor task.

Scoring:

• Obstacle collision: -5 pts per impact
• Significant off-level attitude: -2 pts per second beyond ±20° bank

Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru & Chennai ATC will issue instructions via voice synthesis. Callsigns include IndiGo, Air India, Vistara, SpiceJet, AirAsia India and Akasa flights operating in Indian FIRs.

Procedure:

• Listen to the ATC transmission (voice, en-GB)
• Note the callsign, heading, flight level and squawk code
• Dial heading and altitude using +/- buttons
• Press CONFIRM before the 20s timer expires
• The squawk code may be tested in the debrief

Scoring:

• Correct compliance: +15 pts
• Wrong heading/altitude confirmed: -5 pts
• Timeout (no confirm): -10 pts

Task 1: Arithmetic Questions

Solve mental math problems of progressively increasing difficulty across 5 tiers (simple add/subtract → multiplication → percentages → aviation calculations → multi-step).

• Correct answer: +10 pts
• Wrong or timeout: -2 pts
• Timer: 12s (tiers 1-3) / 18s (tiers 4-5)

Task 2: Aircraft & Waypoint Detection

Press the corresponding button when prompted (the button will be the active detection target). False alarms penalised.

• AIRCRAFT button: +8 pts (correct), -5 pts (false alarm)
• WAYPOINT button: +8 pts (correct), -5 pts (false alarm)

Mission controls: You can press PAUSE in the top-right of the game header to stop all timers temporarily. The mission runs for 5 minutes, then a brief debrief (5 pts per correct memory recall), then Mission 2.