Problem with the automatic service.

[dagnon]

I don't know if it's a bug, or if it's intentional, but the crew refuse to serve food enroute (about 40 minutes before expected landing time),
whereas they have time to do it.
But, there where nothing wrong in the flight report (except the touchdown who was a little rough because I land under the minimums):

Flight ID: AF452
Pilot: John Doe
Company: Air France Long courrier
Aircraft: Project Opensky - Airbus A340-300 Air France
Flight Date: 15 July 2005
Departure: 19h04 (02h04 GMT)
Arrival: 21h52 (12h52 GMT)
From: KSFO - San Francisco Intl - Usa
To: RJAA - New Tokyo Intl - Japan
Nbr of Passengers: 154

Report:

Flight Distance: 4,441 Nm Landing Speed: 151.90 kt
Time Airborne: 10h28:44 Landing Touchdown: -487.69 ft/m
Flight Time (block): 10h48:27 Landing Pitch: 6.81°
Time On Ground: 00h21:46 Landing Weight: 209084 kg
Average Speed: 423.60 kt Total Fuel Used: 68165 kg
Max. Altitude: FL 340 Fuel Not Used: 7974 kg
Climb Time: 00h23:38 Climb Fuel Used: 6028 kg
Cruise Time: 09h45:18 Cruise Fuel Used: 60487 kg
Average Cruise Speed: 439.54 kt (M0.69) Cruise fuel/hour: 6200 kg (calc)
Descent Time: 00h19:48 Descent Fuel Used: 1649 kg


Passenger Opinion: Exceptional flight (100%)
-Are pleased to have landed right on schedule.
-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: +124'910€ (4,441 Nm)
Cargo Income: +291'955€ (-12245 kg)
Services Income: +0€ (0 sandwich 2 hot food 3 drink)
Services Cost: -1'891€ (50% quality)
Fuel Cost: -38'962€ (68165 kg Jet-A1)
Airport Taxes: -612€ (Heavy Aircraft)
Insurance Costs: -60'466€ (4.32% rate)
Total Real Income: 314'932€
Total Income: 15'746'646€ (real x50)
Fleet Bonus: 0€ (0 aircraft)
Total Sim Income: 15'746'646€ (total income+fleet bonus)

Company Reputation:

Considering that the flight was perfect the ticket price normal, the service price free and the service quality good, passengers on this flight
think that your company's reputation should be 100%
Your company reputation is now: 68% (+3.18 increase)


Overall Flight Result: Perfect

Pilot Bonus points: 829 points
Perfect Flight, no problems and very satisfied passengers. (+150)
You landed at the scheduled airport. (+30)
Precise arrival time at destination.(00h02 difference) (+100)
Long flight (10h28) without using time acceleration, without any problems and with satisfied passengers. (+523)
Bad weather conditions during take-off, but a safe landing and satisfied passengers. (+26)

[DanSteph]

FsP crew are miserly on automatic, they serve only
when passengers reach a certain level of hungry...

Dan

[dagnon]

Ok, and is it possible to have a "semi-automatic" mode, I mean that we can have automatic mode and also manual, or something like
that ?

[PH-MD11]

They began serving after I asked for above 250 knots clearence.

[DanSteph]

To explain the inside of this:

the hungry level increase every second.
Depend of your departure time (just after dinner they will be less hungry for example)
I sert a certain amount of hungry at start of flight, you can see this amount
estimated in the in-flight report.

In automatic when the value hungry reach a certain amount the crew serve something taken
that you are in cruise...

I'll perhaps lower the "trigger value" they will serve earlier...

Dan