Income Multiplyer & Repair Costs

[VH-028 - Sergio]

The default income multiplyer is set to x50 so I set mine to x1 to be as real as possible, but as I found out later when I had to repair my
747 after 25hrs. I had only made $1,000,000 from the two 12.5hr flights that I had done and the repair cost was $3,000,000.

Is the repair cost boosted to suit the x50 income multiplyer and if so how can it be changed?

Cheers, if you can help me out, Sergio!

[Ceemosp]

That would be interesting to know indeed.

Depending on which check it was that could very well be the normal price.

Just some figures about checks on 747.

"A" Checks
The "A" check is more detailed than the "PS" check. "A" checks are performed roughly once a week (approximately 60 flight hours). The "A"
check is performed at one of 40 stations around American’s system. It averages 10 - 20 man-hours.

"B" Checks
The "B" check is an even more thorough maintenance check. The "B" check is done approximately once a month (roughly 300 - 500 flight
hours). Besides specific service performed on the aircraft, a detailed series of systems and operational checks are performed. American
always performs "B" checks inside one of its hangars at seven different cities around its system. A "B" check requires approximately 100
man-hours on narrowbody aircraft (those with only one aisle) and approximately 200 - 300 man-hours on widebody aircraft (those with
two aisles).

"C" Checks
The "C" check is the most thorough type of maintenance work performed by American. The airframe - virtually the entire aircraft - goes
through an exhaustive series of checks, inspections and overhaul work. It is performed at either of American’s heavy maintenance and
engineering centers in Tulsa, Oklahoma or the Alliance Maintenance Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. There are different levels of "C" checks
depending on the type of aircraft. These include:

Narrowbody "C" Checks
American does two types of "C" checks on its narrowbody planes. The first is a "Light C" check, which occurs approximately once a year. It
requires approximately 2,100 man-hours and three days to accomplish. Every fourth "Light C" check becomes a "Heavy C" check. This
check requires 20,000 - 30,000 man-hours and takes from three to five weeks to accomplish.

Widebody "C" Checks
Because of the complexity of widebody aircraft, all "C" checks are "Heavy C" checks. The complete airframe inspection and service is
done every 15 - 18 months. It takes approximately 10,000 man-hours and from two to four weeks to accomplish a widebody "C" check.


D-CHECK: 60.000 to 70.000 manhours


Greetz Carsten