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General Chat / How long is....

« on: June 07, 2008, 12:20:00 am »

Will [World 4, for example] start again?  Or will there be new worlds?

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Bugs / Removed from Alliance

« on: May 11, 2008, 07:25:55 pm »

One more thing...could you  put me as CEO again?  Right now there isn't one in the alliance...

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General Chat / Less Planes More $$$ For Maintenance

« on: May 10, 2008, 08:37:33 pm »

oh...my bad.  thanks!

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General Chat / Less Planes More $$$ For Maintenance

« on: May 10, 2008, 08:33:28 pm »

There is no economies of scale built in.

The number of Engineers is the fleet size divided by 3. It was going to be per aircraft type, but that only makes a difference (of 1) where the number is not dividable by 3, but the sum of the entire fleet is. So if you lets say had 5 A320s and 7 737s. That means you have 2 A320 Engineers and 3 737 Engineers. Bringing the total to 5. However when its based off entire fleet that makes 4 engineers required (12 planes). Simply adding an extra A320 or 737 will bring the number of Engineers on the sumed fleet basis up to 5, equal to that of Engineers per aircraft type. The cost of having more engineers as you have less commonality is only noticeable if you have a large number of fleet types. Each Engineer is on an annualised salary of €42,000. I have see Ads for A320 Engineers/Mechanics in Shannon for €50 an hour, with a 40 hour week and standard 48 week year that works out at €92,000. The AM Monthly cost for an Engineer is 3,500. Due to the cost of running multiple bases, the cost of Engineers are multiplied by the number of bases, divided by 2. (6 bases, 3 times the Engineer Cost)

For Tech Services staff, its the fleet size divided by 3, and a monthly pay of €2,500. There is no penalty for multiple bases, as these staff are in the HQ and not in the Line Station/Base.

One question...are different versions of planes counted differently?  (e.g. CRJ-100 and CRJ-100 LR)

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Bugs / Removed from Alliance

« on: May 10, 2008, 12:33:23 am »

thanks!!!

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Bugs / Removed from Alliance

« on: May 08, 2008, 11:47:58 pm »

My info...

World:  4
Airline:  PenguinAirways.com
ID:  3816
Alliance:  Tradewinds (I'm also the founder)

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General Chat / .5x qusetion

« on: May 08, 2008, 09:50:19 pm »

...I'm really lost.  Can someone explain the .5 rule in as simple of language as possible?  Thanks!

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Bugs / Removed from Alliance

« on: May 08, 2008, 01:48:49 am »

I've been removed from my alliance twice, and another member has been removed before twice.  This wasn't being kicked out or anything...just I suddenly disappear from the alliance.

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General Chat / An airline having ridiculous frequency on same route

« on: May 06, 2008, 12:44:37 am »

One thing to remember about the frequency thing...smaller airlines have smaller planes.  On a lot of routes to/from Atlanta and Chicago O'Hare, there are 767s being used along with 737s, ATRs, CASA 212s, etc.  And of course, one 767 roundtrip equals about three 737 roundtrips.

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General Chat / What was your starting airport?

« on: May 01, 2008, 12:33:09 am »

Minneapolis/ST PAUL

Then...Cleveland, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Halifax...

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General Chat / Leases

« on: April 13, 2008, 08:03:40 pm »

If I "return the aircraft to owner" on a lease, do I still have to pay monthly fees?

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General Chat / Show your colors - The Liveries Topic

« on: April 11, 2008, 09:43:03 pm »

haha i used paint too. I use paint for everything

Actually it wasn't paint...it's this really crappy freeware thing for mac called "Paintbrush".  Paint is a lot better.  Does anyone know anything for mac that's like it?

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General Chat / Show your colors - The Liveries Topic

« on: April 11, 2008, 04:38:08 am »

Here goes my first paint attempt...

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Alliances / [AW]..::NetWorld Alliance::.., we're EVERYWHERE!!!

« on: April 11, 2008, 04:00:25 am »

I would if they weren't repeated about 10 times a day by people at my school.

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General Chat / Where are the players come from

« on: April 10, 2008, 10:57:28 pm »

I'm from suburban Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.  About a block from NWA headquarters.