Its amazing how many failed aircraft succeed in AWS
swiftus27:
Im talking abouy having fleet commonality across all lines.
Airbus, I can use A330/340 in one group, A320 series in a second, and A300 in third. That way you are Airbus across the board. You can add an A380 if you want.
MD only has the 80/90/DC10/11.
I mentioned MT2... I am in the game Modern Times 2. The DC 10 is available but the MD 11 was already cancelled. The MD 81, MD 90, and the B717 are all available right now (even though all 3 were really built on the same line)
filipebravo:
I use 737 instead of MD-90 because of the range. I'm based in Lisbon and with 737 I can cross the Atlantic. A320 also offers a better range when compared to MD-90.
alexgv1:
Somebody already mentioned the Dash 8 Q400. I'll be the first to say it isn't a failed aircraft.
Although it did receive bad press when SAS dropped the type after several incidents involving gear collapse on landing.
However in most game worlds I've experienced there are over 1000 worldwide and a massive backlog on production.
I'm sure this is much larger than how many are in the real world. I am only aware of a few major operators - FlyBE, and a few regionals in Canada and USA.
I'd say this is one aircraft which has done a lot better in AWS than it would in the world.
GDK:
Quote from: alexgv1 on July 30, 2010, 08:50:19 AM
Although it did receive bad press when SAS dropped the type after several incidents involving gear collapse on landing.
Have you ever got an accident on any of your plane in AWS? Maybe that's another reason why failed birds in real success in AWS.
meiru:
Quote from: swiftus27 on July 29, 2010, 04:31:02 PM
Im talking abouy having fleet commonality across all lines.
I mentioned MT2... I am in the game Modern Times 2. The DC 10 is available but the MD 11 was already cancelled. The MD 81, MD 90, and the B717 are all available right now (even though all 3 were really built on the same line)
Ok, but with large fleets it doesn't make such a big difference, if all are Airbus or not (in the game). The range is an argument against the MD80/90s. But for the DC-10 the argument for me seems to be the comparable or lower fuel burn and the standard seating config. In DC-10 you get more seats than in the MD-11 because they used only standard C/F and it seems, that many don't calculate that far, so that they could see, that a full MD-11 brings more money than a full DC-10 ... on the other side, it's true... an empty DC-10 costs less than an empty MD-11 on the same route... ok, it's difficult... and sometimes the models are extremely close to each other... (and without cargo even closer... I remember, that Swissair once made the decision for the MD-11, because it was able to fly the DC-10-30er routes without restrictions and more cargo ... so, there is not a big difference...)
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