Flight plans must be created by importing a plan from either FSX or an outside flight-planning program, and then adjusted AND converted for use by ProFlight. The add-on relies on two different programs: the much-acclaimed ProFlight 2000 from previous versions of FS, and the ProFlight Emulator which interfaces PF2000 and FSX. ProFlight emulator was my favorite ATC add-on, but also the most frustrating. These two things were probably my biggest knocks against Pro-ATC/X. In addition to the limited voice sets, Pro-ATC appears to have no means of supporting user voice control, which is a feature I tend to enjoy. In other words, you will hear the same few pilot and controller voices over and over. On the flipside, while the recorded voices sounded less mechanical than other options, the total number of voice sets is somewhat limited. This means that newer pilots could setup the copilot to handle frequencies, communications, AND autopilot navigation, allowing the user to focus only on the manual portions of the flight while still enjoying a professional experience all around. The copilot can be set to handle a variety of tasks, including flying via autopilot.

Aside from one or two problems with being forgotten by controllers, and a few poorly vectored approaches, Pro-ATC provided a very smooth flight. In general I found this to be the most polished program, with the smoothest built-in flight-planning and FSX interfacing, and the most intuitive user interface. Pro-ATC is the most recently released ATC add-on and appears to be the only one that has true ongoing development and support. Yes, I either demo'ed or paid for every major ATC add-on for FSX, and came away with the following conclusions.

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