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#32929 Mexico Legalises Drugs...

Posted by Russ on 29 April 2006 - 03:55 PM in Off Topic

reverse immigration; bring the gringos south.


#31158 atr vs 328

Posted by Russ on 14 March 2006 - 01:10 AM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Perhaps someone with experince could update the strategy guide


#31125 atr vs 328

Posted by Russ on 12 March 2006 - 06:20 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Reading the Strat Manual, the recommended short haul aircraft is the atr-42, but there never seems to be any for resale. the brokers sell the 328.

What are the comparative advantages of each plane? Why is the 328 so popular?


#31146 atr vs 328

Posted by Russ on 13 March 2006 - 04:34 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

The ATR-42 is a great aircraft for short hops as it has the capacity...however at this point in the game I would say the 328 because short hops are all covered although you can still make a tiny profit.
The 328 has less capacity, but its faster and has more range so you can go one step further...but we are talking about aircraft a newbie would use after a few days if the airline was profitable enough...when I just use 328s for holding gates atm so I can expand in the future, and the small profit they make helps me pay the gates monthly without loosing anything

It really all depends on the distance of the route and if its crowded!..if its under 900m the ATR-42 is the aircraft you want, although if you already have 328 with hours available then 328!


I can understand the use of a 328 as a gate filler, I use my ATR-42 in the same role now. Use 'em if you got 'em. But I don't understand; why buy a 328 for a longer range route rather than a Q400. The cost difference isn't that much but the increase in seats and potential profits per route are much larger.

I figure there must be a reason that the brokers are selling 328's and not ATR-42's (and people buying them) I just don't see it.


#31442 Gate Costs

Posted by Russ on 23 March 2006 - 10:56 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Is there an cost to holding a gate and letting the monthly audit remove the excess gate rather than manually dropping it?

Do I pay a prorated gate cost if I manually drop it or pay the monthly cost and then lose it if I let the system audit do the dirty work?


#28543 Idle Slot Fees

Posted by Russ on 26 January 2006 - 08:30 PM in Suggestions and Feature Requests

Charge for unused slots at an airport. If you use one or 5 slots, it still represents one gate. And a lot of gates are being used for only one slot, thereby consuming the availible number of gates at popular airports.

There are numerous ways to institute this depending on what the objective is. For example, if you want to affect feeder airlines, then there will be an economic cost to owning a gate an not flying it.

One scenario, allow one idle slot but charge for any more idle slots.

Charge on a sliding scale, no charge for airports with more than 10 availble gates, a small charge for airports with 0-10 and a large charge for airports with 0 (maybe sliding with the gate fee).

The objective is to pay for idle resources in a scarcity environment.


#30705 Some players are loosing sight of what this is about

Posted by Russ on 27 February 2006 - 11:37 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

as a business tactic, this is acceptable although annoying for those on the recieving end. (that is the whole point)

as spite, it is simply childish


#30646 Dead airlines

Posted by Russ on 26 February 2006 - 07:16 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

Now that this round has been going for a while, what to do about the dead airlines, those who haven't been playing for a few weeks and are just ocuppying space.

(self interest note: I am interested in the gates they are sitting on).

What has been done in past rounds?


#31485 Expanding terminals and hubs

Posted by Russ on 29 March 2006 - 07:51 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

I know that you have to reset routes if you build a terminal on a hub. But do you have to do that if you expand an existing terminal?


#32206 Gate Rental

Posted by Russ on 19 April 2006 - 05:59 PM in Bugs

Not sure if it is a bug or new functionality, but the gate rental did not happen last month but was posted to my current month in the financials.

I don't care strongly whether it is BOM or EOM (actually prefer BOM).


#29937 Question

Posted by Russ on 11 February 2006 - 05:36 PM in Game Discussion (SIM2)

It is free, but starting now has you at a serious disadvantage. Alot of airlines are well established and there are no more gates available, well you get 5 when you start but that's it ;-)

You wont make any money.


That's not strictly true, if you choose other than NA or
EUR gates are availble but the ranges are so long, it is hard to make any money with small planes.

But I would suggest playing the game so that you understand some of the strategy behind the game play. You may not break the top 100 but you will be in a much better position to be a palyer in the next round.


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