Lesee goes bankrupt, I get plane back and 1/2 the money.

Started by yevgeniy, September 26, 2011, 05:17:32 PM

yevgeniy

Not sure where to put this.

I noticed that when an airline goes bankrupt/closes and is leasing an airplane for you, it is treated in the same way as a canceled lease contract, and one gets 1/2 of the money back.

This does not really make sense, since in the real world one would probably get the plane back, and some sort of pennies on the dollar (depending on how high up the list of creditors the lessor is).

Also it leaves room for massive misuse. I had an A321 in MT5 leased from me by an airline for a 15yr contract. About 3 months in they go bankrupt, and I basically get the plane back and 7.5yrs worth of lease payments. While that is awesome for me, that can't possibly be realistic.

alexgv1

Well they signed a 15 year contract and they did not honour their end, so there must be insurance against this expected income to reimburse you and make sure you're not out of pocket. That is what I would imagine.

It is however not very balanced for gameplay, and I imagine that it could be abused to transfer money between players.
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Sami

If the airline goes bust, you are not getting anything but the plane. If they terminate it manually when airline is alive they must pay for it