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[Jezza.]

Hi all

 

I would like to propose aircraft certifications ie. Yakovlevs, Illyushins etc etc. being barred from US. I hate how I go to play in the US in a world and there's Yakovlevs and all those russian aircraft spamming routes. Same with other things.

 

What do you guys think?

[TNT88]

A fine line exists with this.

 

For example. The AN-2 is certed to fly here, and does, while not many other AN's (except the -148 maybe) are.

 

Same with the TU's, I think only the 204 series is certed for here.

 

IL-68M served the US for many years. 

 

SSJs are, and the MS-21 will be too. These types have an extremely high probability of being picked up by Western airlines, especially the MS-21. 

 

Having said that, no US carrier has operated these planes (or hasn't so far). I personally think if someone in the US wants to operate them, they should have a penalty. The only reason people spam them is because they are cheap, so if you put a penalty on where they cost as much as western types, but guzzle more, I bet people will stop using them. 

 

Russian/Eastern types are used a good amount in other Western Countries however, so that is a totally different story.

I don't know about cheap for sure. Penalizing airlines for using certain type of aircraft seem a bit unrealistic for realistic player like you.

[TheGreatOP]

I don't know about cheap for sure. Penalizing airlines for using certain type of aircraft seem a bit unrealistic for realistic player like you.

+1, banning random Russian planes is protectionism at its worst

[Jonny Maybin]

I think that type certification should be removed after a while because there is nothing more annoying than 45 year old bristol britannias and il-18s spamming routes 

[TNT88]

I think that type certification should be removed after a while because there is nothing more annoying than 45 year old bristol britannias and il-18s spamming routes 

That's life.