New maintenance system
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New maintenance system
Hey there,
We have new maintenance system. I hope you'll like it, it is a bit more realistic.
Instead of instant repairs you now have to send the aircrafts away for maintenance. How long this check needs depends on the status of the aircraft:
A-Check: 100-95% ; 1 day
B-Check: 95-75% ; 3 days
C-Check: 75-40% ; 7 days
D-Check: 40-0% ; 14 days
For the time the aircraft is in maintenance it won't be available for flying and afterwards it returns with 100%.
We have new maintenance system. I hope you'll like it, it is a bit more realistic.
Instead of instant repairs you now have to send the aircrafts away for maintenance. How long this check needs depends on the status of the aircraft:
A-Check: 100-95% ; 1 day
B-Check: 95-75% ; 3 days
C-Check: 75-40% ; 7 days
D-Check: 40-0% ; 14 days
For the time the aircraft is in maintenance it won't be available for flying and afterwards it returns with 100%.
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MMm, as much as I like Q's suggestion, wouldnt that promote people making Hubs all over? I think there should be a high price for a Hub, and maybe one of the benefits, along with preferential fuel rates, would be a jump up in maintenance time. SO if your at a Hub, 95-100% occurs instantly, 95-75% takes a day, etc.
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Thx, maybe I forgot to tell that A-,B-,C-, and D-Check have fixed prices for each type of aircraft. So you should consider not repairing the aircraft after each flight cause it costs the same as if you repair a 96% aircraft
But I think the prices are fair compared to the old ones. Just to give you a feeling, if your aircraft's status is between 97,3% and 95,0% you'll have to pay less than before.
But I think the prices are fair compared to the old ones. Just to give you a feeling, if your aircraft's status is between 97,3% and 95,0% you'll have to pay less than before.
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Hi Konny,
I'm not sure how the maintenance things is supposed to work, but it is hurting me a bit.......................
I have a Fokker 100 on lease for 4 days so I want to try and get maximum utilisation from it. When it was at @97-98% I lost number No.1 engine in the cruise, followed shortly after by No. 2 engine. No 2 was probably lost due to finger trouble but repeated attempts to relight failed so I diverted to nearest large airport with facilities for the F100. Being new to this, I thought I had better get the aircraft maintained to fix the problem. I lost the aircraft to the shop for a day and got it back at 100%. Since then, I have flown 15 sectors (14 x 100% perfect flights plus a 95% for leaving landing lights on in the climb) total flight time 18 hours 21 minutes. The aircraft is now sitting on the ramp with a status of 94.4% which means it's due a check. If I put it in for maintenance I will lose the remaining lease time. If I continue to fly, I run the risk of failure and damage to my reputation. Does the maintenance system penalise the short hauler ? 18 hours doesn't seem many hours between checks. I thought the A-check was something like each 100 hours and as the 100 hour checks progress and add up, they become B, C and D checks as the aircraft flight time builds up. Is the D check an Annual ? Perhaps the individual aircraft need a log book of flight hours/cycles etc ?
Rgds
Q
I'm not sure how the maintenance things is supposed to work, but it is hurting me a bit.......................
I have a Fokker 100 on lease for 4 days so I want to try and get maximum utilisation from it. When it was at @97-98% I lost number No.1 engine in the cruise, followed shortly after by No. 2 engine. No 2 was probably lost due to finger trouble but repeated attempts to relight failed so I diverted to nearest large airport with facilities for the F100. Being new to this, I thought I had better get the aircraft maintained to fix the problem. I lost the aircraft to the shop for a day and got it back at 100%. Since then, I have flown 15 sectors (14 x 100% perfect flights plus a 95% for leaving landing lights on in the climb) total flight time 18 hours 21 minutes. The aircraft is now sitting on the ramp with a status of 94.4% which means it's due a check. If I put it in for maintenance I will lose the remaining lease time. If I continue to fly, I run the risk of failure and damage to my reputation. Does the maintenance system penalise the short hauler ? 18 hours doesn't seem many hours between checks. I thought the A-check was something like each 100 hours and as the 100 hour checks progress and add up, they become B, C and D checks as the aircraft flight time builds up. Is the D check an Annual ? Perhaps the individual aircraft need a log book of flight hours/cycles etc ?
Rgds
Q
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Well, actually the A-Check is done between 350 and 650 hours in reality, but here on FlyNET we need to adjust the values to something reasonable. I calculated with 25 flights per A-Check which is possible if you always have a Touchdown VS below 100fpm. Maybe I should increase the number of flights to about 50, but that would be the limit.
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