Dear Sami,
Under the current rules, an aircraft can only flies for circa 35 years before it will be automatically scrapped. With the implementation of aircraft conversions / mods, this has significantly lengthened the usable life of certain aircrafts (mostly those in the early jet ages, such as dc-8, cv-240/340/440, 727) beyond the current hard limit set by the game.
Even without the said mods, certain planes have been able to fly in 1st tier airlines well into their 40s (most notably Northwest with their DC-9-30s) or at least late 30s (example: 757s / MD-80s at Delta). This is even more true for cargo airlines (e.g. UPS kept their DC-8-70s well into 2009, when the last DC-8 was produced over 37 years ago, Fedex has a fleet of MD-10s aged over 40 years old, etc)
I therefore wonder if it is possible for the game engine to cope with unlimited aircraft age, so as to better reflect the reality that old planes may still have economic life left in them that may be exploited?
Thanks
