I was planning to play through the life of an airline founded in the 90s.
I am currently buying 734 and MD-11.
With this being introduced I can scrap that plan.
A maintenance cost of 100.000 USD is ensuring no profit at all.
Also, this is making it even harder for new starters. At the beginning you have no choice but to buy some old bangers. With this it will be such a slow and difficult start that most people will loose interest.
Finally, this is not how maintenance cost works at all.
Even 25 year old aircraft have fixed maintenance costs that are guaranteed over the lifetime of the airframe.
The only thing that adds costs are bigger checks at regular intervals but they won't cause the cost to increase expenentionally.
At the airline I fly for we gave a fleet of A320 which is mostly brand new. However through a merger we inherited some very old frames.
They work just as well, use the same amount of fuel and don't need much extra care, even though some of those aircraft are back from the 90s.
I can see the argument for this change but given how the game is set up right now I think it would be overkill for new players or nostalgic players like me.
Sorry.
I am currently buying 734 and MD-11.
With this being introduced I can scrap that plan.
A maintenance cost of 100.000 USD is ensuring no profit at all.
Also, this is making it even harder for new starters. At the beginning you have no choice but to buy some old bangers. With this it will be such a slow and difficult start that most people will loose interest.
Finally, this is not how maintenance cost works at all.
Even 25 year old aircraft have fixed maintenance costs that are guaranteed over the lifetime of the airframe.
The only thing that adds costs are bigger checks at regular intervals but they won't cause the cost to increase expenentionally.
At the airline I fly for we gave a fleet of A320 which is mostly brand new. However through a merger we inherited some very old frames.
They work just as well, use the same amount of fuel and don't need much extra care, even though some of those aircraft are back from the 90s.
I can see the argument for this change but given how the game is set up right now I think it would be overkill for new players or nostalgic players like me.
Sorry.