New maintenance system

Post by **Konny** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:24 pm

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%.

BigQ · Post by **BigQ** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:36 pm

Yes! realism! great idea konny!

Post by **cmdrnmartin** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:38 pm

Ooo, this will be interesting... (Begins to ferry aircraft to destinations to set up chains...)

BigQ · Post by **BigQ** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:44 pm

Idea to further this: when the "official hub" idea is implemented, maybe we could have it so that aircraft for certain airlines can only be repaired at those afore-mentioned hubs...

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:02 pm

I like it!!!!

Post by **cmdrnmartin** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:08 pm

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.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:11 pm

well maybe to inplement Q's idea. Have a head Quaters

So like easyjet head quarters is Luton, and that can be where there aircraft are fixed etc

so maybe we can only have them repaired at the airlines HQ

BigQ · Post by **BigQ** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:18 pm

an HQ is a better idea, yes...

FsNovice · Post by **FsNovice** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:20 pm

that would make it more realistic i think. It would make people less careless.

caphawk · Post by **caphawk** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:44 pm

ANOTHER STEP UP, KONNY!

I LIKE IT!

Post by **Konny** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:00 pm

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.

Post by **Quantum** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:18 pm

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

ricchio · Post by **ricchio** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:50 pm

YES!!! more realism

Ciao,
Aaron

Post by **Konny** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:07 pm

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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