Debt Piling Up And A Suggestion

[MattNW]

Not sure how I'm ever going to get my Pacific Island bush flying service out of debt. I purchased an old beat up Beaver for $34,021 and
flew three flights. On my fourth the flaps malfunctioned and I had to make a landing without flaps. Luckily the airplane was an amphibian
so I just set her down on the water without flaps. The repair cost was over $500,000 however and there wasn't an option to just fix the
flaps. I had to totally restore the airplane. Just wondering if a "repair what's broke" option would be useful for us "shoe string" operators
and how hard that would be to impliment.

[dtinc155]

I also notice that the "multiplier" factor is enacted on both bonuses and penalties. Thus a small $350 fine of some penalty is multiplied
by x50 or so. (Depending what your multiplier is set to) Repair costs multiplied by the same factor as is income and fleet bonus.

Thus I don't know what purpose the "multiplier" is supposed to serve if all bonus, income, costs, and fines are all multiplied by the same
factor. It seems as if the multiplier dosn't exist as it cancels itself out? Or am I missing something?

[SWAFO]

The multiplier serves the express purpose of creating "semi-realistic" operating losses and gains. Keep in mind that while you may be
flying 1-10 flights a week, an airline is flying thousands of flights a day. Thus, you're not going to be able to make (or lose, depending on
what airline you're representing... lol) nearly as much money as a real airline does with a default multiplier set. To be honest, a multiplier
of around 3,000x would be more realistic (if you fly one flight a day, and simulate Southwest Airlines).

I hope I cleared up the issue for you Don. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.

[MattNW]

What then would be realistic for a one airplane operation?

Lucky thing I didn't start at the lowest level or I'd be bankrupt now. Maybe I should liquidate everything in this company, transfer my assets
off shore and into someone else's name then declare bankruptcy. That worked for an employer I had once so it should work for me.

[SaVas]

MattNW wrote:
What then would be realistic for a one airplane operation?

Lucky thing I didn't start at the lowest level or I'd be bankrupt now. Maybe I should liquidate everything in this company, transfer my assets
off shore and into someone else's name then declare bankruptcy. That worked for an employer I had once so it should work for me.

For one plane, 1x multiplier

I started with the lowest dollar amount (it was something like $50,000 or $100,000) and with 650 hours I have a fleet of 15 aircraft, with
the largest having been (now sold) the 747 and the A380. I have aobut 180 million in the "bank" now, and am buying up a fleet of C-130s
(using the Captain Sim C-130) for Humanitarian cargo and personnel runs. I dont make much money now, but enough to make due

[Sovek]

I hate you :P , Im stuck with a cheap 757 that might fail at any time. (bought it for seven mill, made repairs for 5.5 mill), a 727 that may fail at
any time, A private supersonic jet, a whole fleet of cessnas. But not near enough to buy a 747-400 for brand new.

[MattNW]

I finally settled on 3X since I can't fly full time. If this were my real (full time) job I'd be able to make several flights a day even with one
airplane. Most of my flights run from 30 min. to 2 hrs. I figure I could make three or four a day (including loading and baby sitting
passengers) so I took the lower estimate and set the multiplier to that. Might have to change that if I ever manage to pick up a longer
range aircraft but for now I'm limited to Frech Polynesia and Cook Islands for destinations. Any farther and I'd have to rig up some ferry
tanks and carry fuel only.

[dtinc155]

Got it. Thanks guys.