Hi Joe
Thanks for all your great efforts in enhancing the game for all of us, much appreciated. I've been watching your videos on YT for a long while now but only just bought the sim for myself. Very addictive sim especially with the add ons and these real life schedules!
A couple of things, I don't know if the schedule dictates what's already on the ground when you start playing but if I start an very early stint at LAX, 5am for example, there are a number of aircraft on the TBIT I would not expect to see at that time of the day...a number of Asian heavies etc. Are aircraft on stand at start up something you can dictate with the schedules at all as TBIT would be largely deserted at 5am? This blocks up stands that maybe needed later and many of these aircraft should be arriving later on anyway to then depart as per the schedule. One example is an Asiana A380 that is always parked on TBIT at 5am, in reality this should arrive at 0840 as AAR202 and departs again at 11am. I've not played the game long enough during this period to see if another Asiana A380 arrives at the proper time, so what happens to the extra one already on stand?
Another thing is cargo, there are some Cargo flights, KAL214 and CAL5155 are two off the top of my head, that always push back from TBIT as well. I'm guessing this is because these airlines have pax flights as well and you cant have one airline operating from two different airport locations??
I really hope the developers can move this sim forward, there is so much potential, and I have a few things on a wish list I would like to see, one example being aircraft parked remotely on maintenance ramps that will be required to be moved onto stand, or vice versa, aircraft on stand that require a tow to a remote stand or maintenance. I realise from your vids and from my own limited gameplay that there are a number of basic issues to be ironed out first by the developers, some of the aircraft parking is not good, larger jets using stands clearly not suitable for that particular type etc., so enhancements my have to wait!
Keep up the fine work
Pete