23 replies to this topic

[jackthestrip]

Is anyone else of the opinion that the current order backlogs are beyond the joke?

8 months for a boeing is ludicrass!!!!!

[Pacific]

Ludacris? Move B****!!! Get out the way!!! Get out the B****, get out the way!!!

[Edited on 10/25/2005 by Pacific]

[jackthestrip]

Move what?!

[Salomon]

Last game, Airbus's order went up to 39 months I think. Can someone confirm?

[QUEPASO?]

i remember 28 months! so if i was you i wouldnt be complaining.

[WSHNationals]

35 months i remember... and i never got my A320-200 i ordered at the end of last game

[jackthestrip]

its not moaning, im just stating the bloody obvious. I think we need to be sensible and not loose track...... its after all, is only a game. Lets treat it that way, there are more airlines than ever now, with more airlines comes more competition, but if ever there has been a time to increase the manufacturers capacity then now is it.

[Pacific]

I cannot find the word "ludicrass" in my dictionary.

Do you mean Ludacris the singer?

or...ludicrous?

[Edited on 10/25/2005 by Pacific]

[jackthestrip]

I mean ludicrous. Quite a comedian arn't we Pacific.

[Timsher]

8 months for a boeing is ludicrass!!!!!

Yes, but remember that the aircraft delivered every month = 20 +10% of the backlog. So taking 162/36 = 4.5 month max waiting time, assuming the line stays close to the same length.

[AirKevin]

Yeah. Kind of difficult to judge when you get your plane. You can easily take an estimate of whether you get your plane that month or not, but it's hard to judge the exact month.

[Mexicana757]

8 months is nothing to what it was in the first version of AE. If i remember right there were 50 months wait on Airbus and same for Boeing. It took two weeks just to get an airplane.

[Scalpel4]

Yep! I welcome 10 months versus the 30 it was when I first started over a year ago. God, has this game sucked up that much of my life already?!?!?!

[DevilSquad]

Look, I think that the size of the manufacturor should be taken into account; Airbus produces a lot more planes per year than let's say Bombardier. So let Airbus deliver more aircraft a month.

[jackthestrip]

Thats a good suggestion Devil.

[StephenM]

Well at least its realistic. How many aircraft manufacturers deliver your orders 1 month after placing them?

[Anthony13]

Originally posted by DevilSquad
Look, I think that the size of the manufacturor should be taken into account; Airbus produces a lot more planes per year than let's say Bombardier. So let Airbus deliver more aircraft a month.

I like this idea a lot!

[MadMax183]

Yeah, Scalpel...it's been that long. if don't come to the site at least once a day it's like having drug withdrawals. Not that I've experienced one.

[highspeed]

Originally posted by DevilSquad
Look, I think that the size of the manufacturor should be taken into account; Airbus produces a lot more planes per year than let's say Bombardier. So let Airbus deliver more aircraft a month.

Not in this game's reality. It's about the same. Now compare it to, for instance, Saab. Saab delivers a lot less aircraft a month. (20 against 40).

In other words: in this game, Airbus and Bombardier are about the same size; Saab is much smaller. AE does take the size into account.

[galapagapop]

Originally posted by jackthestrip
its not moaning, im just stating the bloody obvious. I think we need to be sensible and not loose track...... its after all, is only a game. Lets treat it that way, there are more airlines than ever now, with more airlines comes more competition, but if ever there has been a time to increase the manufacturers capacity then now is it.

Last I checked backlog for a 737 is 24+ months at the moment and thats with 24 made each month and doesn't include the other models. Take a chill pill. The only thing is maybe miller could up it slightly from 20 to 25 for Boeing (more than all models together still a month) and 26 for Airbus (still short as well)

[Edited on 10/30/2005 by galapagapop]