Airline Pilots is a flight simulator released for Sega NAOMI arcade hardware in 1999 The game simulates flying a Boeing 777 aircraft, and was developed with the input of engineers and pilots from Japan Airlines Two different cabinet models were manufactured
The default type is a typical sit down cabinet with one monitor, while the "DX type" cabinet features three side-by-side 29" monitors, which surround the player to create a "cockpit"
The extreme difficulty of "Airline Pilots", combined with a lack of interest in realistic flight simulators, led Sega to manufacture a conversion kit which allowed owners to convert the units into the more popular Sega Strike Fighter As a result, Airline Pilots cabinets are relatively rare
