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[Russ]

the advantage of feeder airlines can be reduced by making more difficult to gain economic advantage from flipping the starter aircraft. The vast majority of the used sales are the starter aircraft. (which makes sense if you want to graduate from the noobies)

Take the J-31 and Beech out of the used aircraft sales. Allow them to be used as a credit for a larger aircraft but not direct used sales. Only one plane can be used as credit on a larger one. That would prevent an immediate flip of both for a larger aircraft.

This wouldn't prevent feeders but it would mean that the game would have to be played for a while before they could gain any benefit. Make them work for it.

Also, if the above was instituted, prevent an airline from selling ANY aircraft in their first year of existence.

And/Or cannot sell until they have $5M (choose a figure) in profits.

Again, the objective is to make it harder to get immediate econmic gain with no effort.

[VC-10]

But what is wrong with selling one to buy a new plane now? Perhaps someone should investigate airlines that only sell planes and then are abandoned.

[LeipeLimbo]

hm and what will this "investigation" of those airlines bring you think ?? he's suggesting a way to (try) prevent this from happening in the first place . And not all empty airlines are/were feeders ..

[Russ]

But what is wrong with selling one to buy a new plane now? Perhaps someone should investigate airlines that only sell planes and then are abandoned.

My idea is to allow the trade in of the aircraft for a new one. Limit the used aircraft market to larger aircraft. It simply prevents the flipping of starter aircraft for $. And I have yet to see any bargains on the used aircrat site.

Not that it couldn't be done with the larger aircraft, but it would require more time and effort, therefore reducing it.