Reservations

To help with planning ahead, pilots have the option to reserve missions they wish to capture. Once a mission is reserved by a pilot, it is held for a period of 48 hours, during which other pilots cannot capture it. Pilots can make reservations through the Spexi App or Explorer: reservations begin when a pilot selects a Spexigon and confirms a reservation, and are considered “complete” when the data is uploaded and verified.

You are not required to reserve a mission in order to capture it using the Spexi App, but doing so removes the chance that another pilot will arrive and capture the mission before you do.

Using RPs to Reserve Missions

In order to reserve missions, pilots first need to earn Reputation Points (RPs) from LayerDrone. RPs are part of the pilot rewards for verified missions, and some missions may be rewarded exclusively with RPs.

For every 100 RPs earned, a pilot will unlock the ability to reserve 1 mission using the Spexi Platform. The more RPs you have, the more missions you can reserve at a given time.

If you reserve missions, make sure you can get out to fly them – failure to capture a reserved mission will result in a loss of RPs and may impact your pilot rating.

Pilot Rating

The pilot rating is the last thing a pilot needs to successfully make a reservation through the Spexi App. The rating is out of 5, and that is where it starts for new pilots. As long as your rating is above 3.5, you’ll be able to use your RPs to reserve missions.

The rating will go down for only two reasons:

1. If the flights you complete fail verification.

2. If you make reservations, but then fail to complete them.

Your rating will go back up as you complete more verified missions, and continue to make and complete reservations. Remember, you don’t have to make reservations in order to fly missions – but as long as your reservation rating is above 3.5 and you have enough RPs, you’ll be able to make reservations.