Restricted Airports

[Ryanamur]

Personnally, I would much prefer variable loads depending on departure and destination and the time of day. So the architecture would
fall like this (just an exemple):

Major International HUBs (KLAX, CYYZ, CYVR, Sydney, Tokyo, Charles-de-Gaule, Heatrow, KJFK...): max between 200 - 400
International Hubs (KATL, PANC, CYUL, KMEM...): max between 200 - 300
National Hubs (CYHZ, Dublin...)max between 100 - 200
Regional Hubs (CYQB, Fort Meyers, New Orleans, Marseille...): max between 75 - 150
Small regional airports (CYHU, CYBG, CYQR, Fort McMurray..., : max between 20 - 45
Small airports (Chibougameau, The Pas ...): max between 7-35

Time Modifier based on local take-off time:
Early Morning (5:30 am - 8:00 am): +5%
Mid-Morning (8:00 am - 11:00 am): +2%
Noon (11:00 am - 2:30 pm): 0
Late-Afternoon (2:30 pm - 6:00 pm) +3.5%
Early-Evening (6:00 pm - 8:30 pm): +2.5% (oversees from West to East)
Evening (8:30 pm - 10:00 pm): -5%
Late evening (10:00 pm - 12:00 am): +3% (for red-eyes)
Night ( 12:00 am - 5:30 am): -50%

Sunday: +7.5%
Monday: +10%
Tuesday: -2%
Wednesday: -5%
Thursday: 0
Friday: +10%
Saturday: +7.5%

Let's say that you are taking a 747 out of CYYZ to CYVR (two major international hub) and that FsP randomly picks that 275 pax would be
the max for this flight. You're taking off at 6:30 am on a Monday so you get a 5% bonus for the time of day and 10% for the day. This
translates into an additional 41 pax. You now get a max of 316 pax for this flight. At this point, your reputation, ticket price... kick into gear
and you end up with a 200 pax flight.

Same example but this time you're flying from CYYZ to CYWG (one major international hub to a regional hub). Your max pax is now
between 75-150 and FsP randomly picks 125. You get another 18 pax for bonus and after your reputation, ticket price, number of times
you've flown there, you end up with only 95 pax. A 747 is now a total overkill and a A320 or a B737 would be better suited for the flight.

Now, we could also ad a twist: memory. For example, you fly from CYWG to CYYZ and you only get 25 pax. You decide to cancel this flight
because if would cost too much. Your next flight is from CYYZ to CYUL. You'd get a drop of 10% because of pissed off customers and
missed transfers. You could also get penalized for leaving pax behind because your aircraft was too small or the demand was too big.

Ideally, this would all take place BEFORE you choose the aircraft you'll fly or you could have an option like "Save Load and Switch aircraft"
that would allow you to change your aircraft and come back to reload it with the same pax load.

Just a thought!

Phil