Total Sim Income

[Leomad87]

Hi everyone,
I have a problem. When I do a long-haul flight with PMDG 747, I have no profits, I pay a high insurance for the aircraft, and I have no fleet
bonuses. This didn't happen to me before, and I haven't made any changes.
Here below, find two examples:
Hope you gimme a hand, regards.
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Flight LH506 flight report log Date May 27 2012

Flight ID: LH506
Pilot: Leonel Aparicio
Company: Lufthansa
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 Lufthansa
Flight Date: May 27 2012
Departure: 22h14 (20h14 GMT)
Arrival: 05h24 (08h25 GMT)
From: EDDF - Frankfurt Main - Germany
To: SBGR - Guarulhos - Brazil
Nbr of Passengers: 266

Report:

Flight Distance: 5,291 Nm Landing Speed: 141.90 kt
Time Airborne: 11h48:45 Landing Touchdown: -158.46 ft/m (nice)
Flight Time (block): 12h15:32 Landing Pitch: 3.65°
Time On Ground: 00h34:41 Landing Weight: 553638 lbs
Average Speed: 447.69 kt Total Fuel Used: 321554 lbs
Max. Altitude: FL 380 Fuel Not Used: 42569 lbs
Climb Time: 00h24:51 Climb Fuel Used: 28749 lbs
Cruise Time: 10h33:26 Cruise Fuel Used: 272148 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 480.86 kt (M0.77) Cruise fuel/hour: 25778 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h50:28 Descent Fuel Used: 20656 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Were highly entertained by the movie.
-Were irritated because they were hungry sometime during the flight.
-Were pleased by the music on ground. A very nice addition to their flying experience.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +210'813€ (5,291 Nm)
Cargo Income: +176'446€ (71002 lbs)
Services Income: +3'103€ (2 sandwich 1 hot food 3 drink)
Services Cost: -3'501€ (80% quality)
Fuel Cost: -170'634€ (321554 lbs Jet-A1)
Airport Taxes: -545€ (Heavy Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -131'174€ (8.47% rate)
Total Real Income: 84'507€
Total Income: 4'225'365€ (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: 389'558€ (4 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: 4'614'923€ (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect the ticket price normal, the service price normal and the service quality perfect, passengers on this
flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 89% (+1.04 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 820 points
You made a very nice landing. (+50)
Perfect Flight, no problems and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
You landed at the scheduled airport. (+30)
Long flight (11h48) without using time acceleration, without any problems and with satisfied passengers. (+590)
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Flight BA297 flight report log Date August 25 2012

Flight ID: BA297
Pilot: Leonel Aparicio
Company: British Airways
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400 British Airways
Flight Date: August 25 2012
Departure: 20h35 (01h35 GMT)
Arrival: 09h30 (08h30 GMT)
From: KORD - Chicago Ohare Intl - Usa
To: EGLL - Heathrow - United Kingdom
Nbr of Passengers: 271

Report:

Flight Distance: 3,424 Nm Landing Speed: 146.90 kt
Time Airborne: 06h52:00 Landing Touchdown: -93.1 ft/m (kiss)
Flight Time (block): 07h03:28 Landing Pitch: 3.97°
Time On Ground: 00h17:05 Landing Weight: 573137 lbs
Average Speed: 498.47 kt Total Fuel Used: 175958 lbs
Max. Altitude: FL 390 Fuel Not Used: 112616 lbs
Climb Time: 00h21:22 Climb Fuel Used: 22327 lbs
Cruise Time: 06h02:56 Cruise Fuel Used: 146671 lbs
Average Cruise Speed: 525.14 kt (M0.83) Cruise fuel/hour: 24247 lbs (calc)
Descent Time: 00h27:42 Descent Fuel Used: 6960 lbs


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are relieved to have landed safely after the extreme weather they experienced during landing.
-Were highly entertained by the movie.
-Were in a better mood because they had food.
-Were pleased by the music on ground. A very nice addition to their flying experience.

Financial Report:

Ticket Income: +256'705€ (3,424 Nm)
Cargo Income: +49'225€ (19808 lbs)
Services Income: +2'880€ (2 sandwich 1 hot food 2 drink)
Services Cost: -3'908€ (100% quality)
Fuel Cost: -77'130€ (175958 lbs Jet-A1)
Airport Taxes: -887€ (Heavy Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -230'452€ (29.09% rate)
Total Real Income: -3'567€
Total Income: -178'369€ (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: 0€ (7 aircraft ,no flights today)
Total Sim Income: -178'369€ (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect the ticket price normal, the service price normal and the service quality perfect, passengers on this
flight think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 96% (+0.36 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 673 points
You made a very smooth landing. (+50)
Perfect Flight, no problems and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
You landed at the scheduled airport. (+30)
Long flight (06h52) without using time acceleration, without any problems and with satisfied passengers. (+343)
Extreme weather conditions during approach, but a safe landing and satisfied passengers. (+100)
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[gbapache]

Hello and wlcome to the forum.

The questions you ask are not new. Lets' take on fleet bonus first. By looking at your reports I see you have 7 aircraft of which 4 flew in
your first report and there you got a fleet bonus. If you would, read the secound report and you will see that you had no other flights (other
than your own) that day. It's just a throw of the dice how many of your plans fly at any time, sometimes all sometimes none.

As for income I see that you are using a X50 multiplier. This is great if you make a small profit but bad when you make a small lose.
Remember your math classes when a negative is multiplied by a positve the factor is a negative. On long flights there is a point of
negative return on investment. That sounds very cool but what it means is that for the price you are charging and the amount of cargo you
are dragging around the world costs your more in fuel than you are bringing in. My advice is that if you insist on flying these long flights
that you raise the price of the tickets. By doing that you lower your weight and make more money per zombie carried.

[Leomad87]

gbapache wrote:
Hello and wlcome to the forum.

The questions you ask are not new. Lets' take on fleet bonus first. By looking at your reports I see you have 7 aircraft of which 4 flew in
your first report and there you got a fleet bonus. If you would, read the secound report and you will see that you had no other flights (other
than your own) that day. It's just a throw of the dice how many of your plans fly at any time, sometimes all sometimes none.

As for income I see that you are using a X50 multiplier. This is great if you make a small profit but bad when you make a small lose.
Remember your math classes when a negative is multiplied by a positve the factor is a negative. On long flights there is a point of
negative return on investment. That sounds very cool but what it means is that for the price you are charging and the amount of cargo you
are dragging around the world costs your more in fuel than you are bringing in. My advice is that if you insist on flying these long flights
that you raise the price of the tickets. By doing that you lower your weight and make more money per zombie carried.

What's X50 multiplier?
I only make long flights with 747, not interested in short haul flights.
What if I change the called "X50"? Would my problem be solved?
Regarding the price, I think is the same a cheap price for 300 people or more expensive for 200 people, at the end the result is the same.
Hope I can solve this. Thanks million anyway. Regards

[Leftcoaster]

Your insurance is killing you, the rate for the second flight is 29.09% and 100k Euro (formally at 8.47%) more than the first (profitable) flight.

Somewhere between the two flights you must have made one or more claims whether for a crash or to repair damage. Generally it is a very
bad idea to use insurance to pay for repairs in FsP; the increased rate (and associated costs) last for ages.

Long-haul flights in FsP are often marginal for profit and medium haul trips seem to offer the best margins. Once had a KSFO-EGLL flight
using an L-1649A Constellation make a total of $1.36 but the x50 multiplier brought that to a grand $68 before the fleet income kicked in. On
negative revenue flights you get no fleet income since this would be a whopping big negative value as GBApache pointed out.

Frequent claim-free trips will reduce the rate over time and consider raising prices and shorter segments to increase profit.

Edit:

The x50 multiplies your final flight income fifty times. As I recall this is only configurable if you create your own scenario.



Post Edited ( 09-01-12 02:48 )

[gbapache]

You set your multiplier when you made your company and cannot be changed once started.