Interesting Idea

[Charles King]

We all know that Bill Gates has more money than anyone could ever spend in three lifetimes. We all know that FsP is the best add-on for FS9 and soon
to be for FSX. So how about Bill Gates pays us to flight sim. Use of FsPassengers would be required. Everytime you make a flight, you send your
flight report to Bill. Each week, he sends you a check for the amount you earned on your report. The amount will be the "real amount" not the
multipler amount. This will finally give Bill something to do with all that money under his pillow. Bill and Dan can work out the partnership details
as long we get the weekly check.

[gronji2004]

Ha! I wish

[crowebird]

where do you sign up? lol

[Valoran]

I'm in. Wouldn't miss this!

[Canada_Boy]

Actually, when you think about it...Flight simulator/ FSP purchases would go off the chart, could you imagine how many people would buy it.
Everybody would quite there job and just buy a MSFS who cares if they don't like it, 100,000$ a day will really get people addicted.

"Honey.....Get on your damn computer now!! I don't need you to watch Oprah with me anymore, and no need to come up for dinner either"

P.S. Even Bill gates would go broke in no time if he did that, ha ha.

P.S.S. Did you know Bill Gates isn't the richest person anymore?

[Charles King]

I forgot about the ones who fly the airlines. I am just a small humble family run charter service. I just make just enough to turn a profit. I fly
with the multiplier at 1x. I fly the Cessna 210P and have three used Cessna 140's for a little boost from fleet income. Even then I do not average
more than $700 per flight.

There would have to some strict rules involved with it of course. And not everyone could be accepted as part of "Get Paid to Flight Sim Program".
Would have to have some way of putting in an application like a real job.

Of course Dan would become amazingly rich because everyone would buy FS and FsP to learn how to fly and practice to try and get accepted into the "Get
Paid to Flight Sim Program".

Anyway, I know this won't ever happen, but one can dream.

[fruitfly]

Charles King wrote:


Anyway, I know this won't ever happen, but one can dream.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. And it leaves a lot to the imagination.

[Mac]

I don't think this is a brilliant idea...
When we're all rich from earning £500,000 a week, inevitably we're going to want to fly real aircraft (In our spare time, of course, gotta keep the
monies flowing ) So we're going to take flying lessons and buy ACJ's and BBJ's and stuff. Maybe the more geeky ones among us can afford an
A380 or something
That's good news for us, Airbus and Boeing. But think of the environmentalists! They'll go bonkers!
...hang on..
They're already going bonkers! This idea would make it worse!

[Charles King]

How would this idea make environmentalists worse? Aircraft put out less pollution than automobiles. Think about it; 300 people on one aircraft vs 300
cars on the road. Not everyone would want to fly the real airliners so those people would be buying tickets to ride on the airplanes. You would make
money. Grant it, it would be the airline industry even more competitve and a lot of people would go bankrupt real quick.

[JanniCash]

Unless you get at least 3 people into a car, any modern aircraft will likely outperform it with respect to the gas mileage per person.

The only way I can get from Philly to Toronto with a smaller carbon dioxide footprint than flying is by riding 10 hours on my scooter each way.

I love it, and it isn't what people usually think if they hear "scooter". It is actually a water cooled 250cc 4-stroke with an automatic tranny that
cruises comfortably at 70 MPH, doing 80 occasionally, and giving me 60 miles to the gallon. I still put 48 cents per mile on my expense report, but
only pay some 50 bucks for gas roundtrip, so I make about $400 every time I visit our office in Toronto (belt, brake pads and everything factored in).

But I think only the hardcore environmentalists would consider that as a means of transportation. Most of them usually don't thinking at all. They
just have some stupid sicker on the back of their gas guzzling SUV.


Jan

[FsP Dennis]

Count me in!

P.S.S. Did you know Bill Gates isn't the richest person anymore?

Who is then ?

[Canada_Boy]

Dennis, Its a man called Carlos Slim Helú, he has surpassed Bill Gates by over a billion dollars, his net worth is 59 Billion $ and
climbing. By the looks of it he seems to be gaining money quite a-bit faster then Bill Gates too.

[the_nick]

ok I've readed all the posts and everyone is very positive , but what if happens to you like the guy on a previous thread that he had to pay
203.0000 dollar for his broken plane to repair. so I think this will be a huge bug in the soup if you have to pay it back for real ( sorry to spoil
the great dream )



Post Edited ( 08-31-07 20:23 )

[Sakakawea]

money money money, must be funny, in the rich man's world... money money money, always sunny, in the rich man's world *sing*

[Charles King]