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Hey so me and my friend play necrons and tyranids respectively. I have doom scythes and he has flyrants. My question is do flying monstrous creatures have the skyfire special rule? I couldn't find anything in the rulebook stating that they do. I did however see that "Flyers" specifically, under vehicles section, have the skyfire special rule which is optional and must be declared before used. I saw a few posts who said that FMC also have this applied to them but then it made me wonder if thats true then why FMC dont have to start in reserves like flyers do. We're new to flyers and aware that the rules are about to change anyways but any help would be appreciated, thank you!. Feel free to post the new rule changes regarding this if you know them, I couldnt find much other than the white dwarf info.

They didn't have Skyfire, but the FAQ gave it to them in the same manner as flyers do.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/Downloads/Product/PDF/Warhammer-40k/40K-RULEBOOK.pdf

FMC's don't have to start in reserves because they don't have any rules saying they do.

It was errata'd in the Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Flyers are entitled to choose whether or not to use the Skyfire
special rule at the start of each Shooting phase. Can Swooping
Flying Monstrous Creatures also do this? (p49)
A: Yes

As for having to start in reserve, having the Skyfire Special Rule has nothing to do with reserves.

Ahhhh ok. Damn flyrants! Thanks for the clarification.

Flying monsters don't have to start the game in reserves, but if they start the game on the board they're on the ground. they can take off at the start of their movement phase, but if you go first against them you can shoot them without needing snapshots until they get airborne.