Voice ATC
Natural push-to-talk requests, readbacks, clearances, handoffs, holds and operational questions.
Premium console flight deck · Live Network ready
SkyDeck ATC for console pilots.
Premium voice ATC, cabin realism and Live Network radio for Microsoft Flight Simulator pilots on Xbox and PlayStation. Import SimBrief, hold to talk, fly gate-to-gate, and connect to Pilot Network when you want the frequency to come alive.
● Console-first companion
● Voice ATC + readbacks
● Live Network / Pilot Network
● Cabin, crew and flight flow
Live Network
Pilot Network rooms
Nearby pilots, room status and guarded sharing.
Console ready
No PC-only maze
Phone, tablet and desktop companion workflows.
SkyDeck Live Network online
ATCVoice + guarded readbacks
NetworkPilot Network + nearby pilots
ConsoleXbox · PlayStation · companion
Private betaBuilt for serious console pilots who want a more alive flight deck.
VoiceNatural PTT
GroundMapped taxi routing
CabinOptional airline-style layer
New: Live Network / Pilot Network
Make the frequency feel alive.
Connect with other SkyDeck pilots, share real pilot voice and let SkyDeck ATC responses play across the room when you are connected. It gives console sim flying a premium radio layer without handing control of your flight to the crowd.
01Connect to shareLocal-only until you deliberately join the room.
02Use normal ATC PTTNo two-button finger circus. Talk to ATC and share when connected.
03Frequency guardBusy protection, cooldown and room status reduce radio soup.
04Ambience only inboundIncoming Pilot Network never controls your ATC state, taxi, TOD, cabin or phase logic.
Built for console pilots
No plug-ins. No PC-only maze. Just a better flight deck.
SkyDeck is designed for MSFS pilots flying from Xbox or PlayStation with a companion device beside them. It uses SimBrief, your voice and your live pilot reports to create a guarded flow that feels operational without pretending console telemetry exists.
Xbox Series X|S ready
PlayStation companion workflow
Phone, tablet and desktop layouts
Controller-friendly cockpit logic
Everything in your flight deck
One premium companion. ATC, crew, cabin and network.
SkyDeck is built as a full cockpit companion, not a loose stack of buttons. Every feature is designed to keep the flight believable, guarded and easy to use while you fly the aircraft.
SimBrief flight model
Route, procedures, cruise, timings and planned descent context shape the flight.
Gate-to-gate brain
Clearance, push, taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, landing and taxi-in stay connected.
Live Network
Pilot Network rooms, nearby pilots, presence, shared ATC responses and real mic sharing when connected.
Frequency guard
Busy state, cooldown logic and clear room status help prevent double transmissions.
Mapped taxi routing
Stand-to-runway and runway-to-stand routes use mapped airport geometry where available.
First Officer
Supportive callouts, workload cues, TOD prompts and flight-deck companionship.
Cabin crew
Cabin manager, service flow, boarding, arrival, chimes, announcements and airline-style atmosphere.
Device companion
Desktop, phone and tablet views designed around real cockpit workload and console flying.
SkyDeck Membership
Full SkyDeck membership for £6.99 per month.
SkyDeck is currently in controlled beta while the public launch runway is prepared. Start with a free 24-hour trial through Stripe checkout, or use a tester access code if you are part of the private beta.
£6.99per monthFree 24-hour trial
This is the main paid SkyDeck membership route. Donations remain optional and separate from membership access.
Controlled beta, launch-ready membership.
One clear monthly plan keeps the setup simple while selected testers continue validating the product before wider release.
£6.99/monthClear recurring monthly membership.
24-hour trialTry the flight deck before the paid period begins.
Stripe checkoutHosted billing. No cards stored by SkyDeck.
Beta bridgeAccess codes stay alive during the migration.
Payments handled by StripeMonthly subscription link active
Current status
Private beta · selected testers only
SkyDeck is being validated through real console flights before wider release.
Built for
PS5 · Xbox · phone · tablet
No simulator plug-in, no PC-only setup, no pretend console telemetry.
Core promise
Voice ATC that remembers the flight
Clearances, handoffs and readbacks stay inside a guarded operating flow.
Watch the experience
Hear the flight deck come alive.
See how a SimBrief plan becomes a spoken gate-to-gate sequence, with natural push-to-talk, mapped ground routing and a protected operating flow that remembers what has actually been cleared.
01Real SkyDeck interface and flight workflow.
02Console-first design for PlayStation and Xbox pilots.
03Voiceover, music and captions included.
SkyDeck cinematic demo
39 seconds · Sound on
Tip: use headphones or speakers for the full radio-and-music mix.
Flight-simulation entertainment only.
Captured during a complete test flight
Real exchanges from a real route.
These are live SkyDeck interactions from a complete test flight. Start with the music-backed highlights film, then choose any full exchange from the chapter deck.
Real pilot · Real ATC · Unscripted flight
Real-flight operations reelSound on · Choose a chapter
Real-flight highlights
A music-backed showcase of clearance, mapped taxi, takeoff, conversational ATC and landing.
Highlights film: subtle cinematic music sits underneath the live radio and ducks during speech.The five individual chapters preserve the clean original flight audio.
Live validation · Seattle to Portland
Validated from descent planning to stand.
A full Seattle to Portland flight put SkyDeck through a real gate-to-gate sequence. The system used SimBrief descent planning, waited for pilot evidence, protected the terminal phase and completed the flight through Approach, Tower and mapped taxi to stand.
Successful continuous test flight
Pilot evidence moved the descent
The aircraft reported near KRATR at 12,500 feet. SkyDeck confirmed the route-linked gate and issued the next planned level, rather than silently assuming the aircraft had descended.
Arrival gates stayed attached to the route
The Flight Brain progressed from KRATR at 12,000 feet to BOOSR at 6,500 feet, then waited for the Approach-entry conditions before going lower.
Approach was a real state change
SkyDeck transferred to Approach, continued via the KRATR3 arrival and BUWZO transition, then issued 4,000 feet and later 3,000 feet until established.
The Flight Brain remained locked after landing
Runway 28L, Ground on 121.700 and a high-confidence route to stand D10 completed the test without reopening departure logic.
SkyDeck is still in private beta. Test flights like this help prove the system across different aircraft, airports and real console setups before wider public access.
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Optional immersive cabin layer
The frequency has a controller. The cabin has a voice.
Choose an airline style and let SkyDeck build route-aware announcements from the SimBrief plan. Original cabin music, gentle chimes and phase-aware announcements sit alongside guarded cabin-crew intercom requests and low-workload cruise information.
✦Airline-tailored delivery. British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2, TUI, Wizz, United, Lufthansa, Emirates, Qatar and a neutral SkyDeck style.
⌁Aircraft and journey intelligence. Airline, flight number, aircraft type, route, cruise level, destination and planned duration are drawn from SimBrief.
◈Living cabin intercom. Cabin crew can make well-timed service, passenger and arrival requests, while cruise announcements explain aircraft details and honestly signpost any Wi-Fi, streaming, moving-map or entertainment information available in the loaded profile.
◉Clean audio priority. Cabin voice, music and crew calls duck instantly for pilot transmissions and ATC clearances.
Immersive CabinAutomatic + contextual info · armed
Airline styleUnited
FlightUAL250 · EGSS → EGCC
Welcome
Safety
Aircraft info
Voice reply
Arrival
Sample experienceWelcome aboard · Aurora lounge
24-second natural voice, two-note chime and cabin-music preview.
ATC priority · music ducked
Original briefing · route-aware
New experience layers
More than ATC: a fuller flight-deck world.
While the protected Flight Brain keeps authority over ATC, SkyDeck can now surround the flight with optional advisory layers: a right-seat monitor, airline style packs, ground crew flow and a cleaner preflight briefing desk.
First Officer
Phase-aware checklist prompts and optional spoken right-seat briefs sit beside ATC without ever changing a clearance, handoff or route decision.
Airline experience packs
Auto mode can infer the operating style from SimBrief and cabin context, shaping briefing tone, right-seat hints and turnaround presentation.
Ground crew
Spoken ramp updates for boarding, doors, tug, push readiness, ramp clear, arrival stand and parking give the flight a living airport feel.
Flight briefing desk
A SimBrief-aware operational summary turns route, runway, cruise, descent and stand information into a clean preflight brief.
The companion system
Everything in one guarded flight flow.
SkyDeck is not a pile of loose buttons. The ATC channel, SimBrief plan, ground routing, cabin layer and pilot reports all feed one protected operating sequence.
Gate-to-gate Flight Brain
IFR clearance, pushback, taxi, hold short, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, Tower, landing and taxi-in remain one protected chain of authority.
Natural push-to-talk ATC
Speak aviation naturally. SkyDeck understands readbacks, altitude reports, TOD calls, approach requests, frequencies, operational questions and emergencies.
119.575Departure
Deep SimBrief model
Route, procedures, cruise, timings, waypoints, fuel, weather and navigation data shape the planned flight.
Mapped ground routing
Stand-to-runway and runway-to-stand routes use mapped airport geometry where coverage permits, with visible confidence.
Hands-on COM radio
Tune active and standby frequencies, use rapid direct entry or accelerated controls, transfer the channel and complete controller handoffs before the Flight Brain accepts your next check-in.
Ask questions without breaking the flight
Request weather, runway information, vectors, frequencies, bird reports, approach changes or altitude amendments. Operational readbacks always outrank conversational questions, and vector arrivals now progress from pilot check-in and intercept evidence rather than timer assumptions.
Honest timing
Exact SimBrief TOD stays locked until live pilot evidence, while the progress strip, countdown and next-fix display share one authoritative flight clock.
Authority before conversation
The Flight Brain keeps the frequency sane.
Conversational AI is useful only when it cannot casually rewrite the flight. SkyDeck separates interpretation from authority, preserving the exact phase, clearance and pending readback unless the protected Flight Brain approves a change.
●Questions can be answered while a clearance remains awaiting readback.
●Unsupported approach, direct-to and altitude changes are denied rather than invented.
●Pilot altitude, TOD, established and runway-vacated reports become live truth.
●Tower handoff, landing clearance and taxi-in cannot fall back into departure logic.
SimBrief planRoute, procedures, cruise and timing gates.
Pilot live truthAltitude, TOD, established, landed and vacated.
Conversation routerIntent, request type and structured proposal.
Weather + groundMETAR context, expected runway and mapped routing.
Flight Brain
Sole clearance authority
From briefing to shutdown
Four steps to an active frequency.
Import
Load the current SimBrief plan and build the route, climb, cruise, timing and arrival model.
Brief
Enter stand or gate details, build mapped taxi routes and review expected weather and approach.
Transmit
Transmit to ATC and work the frequency naturally, with readbacks and operational questions handled in context.
Report
Tell SkyDeck what the aircraft is actually doing so the honest clock and Flight Brain follow the live flight.
Console reality, stated plainly
Built honestly for console pilots.
SkyDeck does not claim to receive live aircraft position or simulator-state telemetry directly from a PS5 or Xbox. It combines the SimBrief plan, an honest flight clock and your spoken reports, then shows that limitation clearly rather than hiding it behind a fake radar screen.
PLAN SimBrief supplies the intended flight and operational context.
LIVE Pilot reports override estimates and rebase future timings.
SAFE Requests requiring live separation or position data are denied cleanly.
GROUND Taxi routes are mapped and plausible, not guaranteed current ATC instructions.
Membership and independent support
Join SkyDeck for
£6.99/month.
SkyDeck Membership is the main paid launch route: £6.99 per month with a free 24-hour trial, handled securely by Stripe. During controlled beta, selected testers can still use access codes while the public experience is polished.
Stripe handles billing. SkyDeck does not store card details. Beta access codes remain active while account-linked membership access is phased in.
Cabin speech now Netlify-readyDirect premium Cabin PA with the current Apps Script path retained as automatic fallback.
Private beta stewardshipAnonymous tester activity helps confirm that invited pilots are completing real gate-to-gate validation flights.
Launch foundationFuture identity and entitlement architecture remains dormant backstage until it is ready for public use.
Private beta intake
Help shape SkyDeck before wider release.
SkyDeck is selecting console pilots for structured real-flight testing. The goal is simple: complete gate-to-gate flights, report anything confusing, and help prove the experience across aircraft, routes, phones and tablets.
Applications open · access remains invite-only
01Selected testers will receive an individual access code rather than a public shared token.
02Access is controlled while reliability, running costs and unusual flight scenarios are measured.
03Useful testers complete real flights and report failed phrases, broken states and confusing instructions.
04Selection is not first-come-first-served. We want a useful mixture of consoles, aircraft, routes and experience levels.
Test-pilot application
Tell us how you fly
Approx. 3 minutes
Already selected for testing?
Already invited?
Selected test pilots can enter their individual access code here. New applicants should use the form above.
Tester loginFlight-deck briefing
Questions before takeoff.
Does SkyDeck connect directly to my console?
No. SkyDeck runs beside the simulator and uses SimBrief, an honest timing model and your spoken reports rather than claiming direct console telemetry.
What device runs the companion?
A modern phone, tablet or laptop with a microphone and current browser. HTTPS is required for microphone access.
Does mapped taxi routing always match real ATC?
No. It uses mapped airport geometry and a confidence system. Temporary closures, local procedures and live Ground instructions may differ.
Why is access currently controlled?
The private beta allows reliability, operating cost and unusual flight scenarios to be measured before wider subscriptions or entitlements open.
Is SkyDeck real-world aviation software?
No. SkyDeck is an entertainment and flight-simulation companion. It must never be used for real-world aviation navigation, instruction or operational decision-making.
Will there be accounts and subscriptions?
The protected shell is designed to evolve into proper per-user authentication, access levels, usage quotas and subscription entitlements.