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EHM-0744 Alex:
Isnt there that option in the timetable to "suggest a flight" anyomore???

EHM-0471 Peter:
Yes, it was, but now I can't find it anymore. Maybe this is only temporary since the timetables are still incomplete,but this possibility was superb.
My original home airport is LJLJ and I miss some  daily scheduled  real flights, and beside this fact, the traffic over LJLJ is realy growing up.

But I have noticed also one another important fact. Some of flights are marked for class of aircraft totaly unrealistic. For instance: the duration of certain flight is only 30-40 minutes, which is the clasification for class 1 aircraft, but in the timetable it is class 2, or even higher and this is far from reality. Maybe we should have the possibility to mark out such mistakes and report them to be corrected. What about this?

Peter

EHM-1199 Philip:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by Peter
But I have noticed also one another important fact. Some of flights are marked for class of aircraft totaly unrealistic. For instance: the duration of certain flight is only 30-40 minutes, which is the clasification for class 1 aircraft, but in the timetable it is class 2, or even higher and this is far from reality. Maybe we should have the possibility to mark out such mistakes and report them to be corrected. What about this?

Peter
--- End quote ---


Firstly, before we have discussions about our timetable we should I guess recognise that we do have a wide ranging timetable.
That said, for me the joy of EHM is being able to participate all over Europe and eventually as an ATP the world, from such a range of airports that I feel the virtual airline doesn't constrain my freedom of choice in flight simming.
Many airlines do confine pilots to a rigid number of routes in an effort to present a virtual airline that simulates the reality of a similar airline.
At EHM, it could be argued, we don't do that. The EHM schedule is so far ranging as to be unrealistic for a real life airline to sustain. This howver is one of the joys of EHM. Ultimately it means that we can fly many diferent routes and I shouldn't feel too bad calling for more routes from my own local airport. (In real life, there is no service from EGHD-EGLL as the landing slots are too precious at EGLL. Instead, the London connection goes in to Gatwick.) There is a fine line to walk between simulating reality and enhancing the experience of pilots flying in the simulated world.

Coming back to your point quoted above Peter, I think it is right that we look at the timetabled flights and discuss in this forum some of the peculiarities such as those you have noted.

Having risen from Class 1 to Class 3 in the new EHM, I am noticing a slightly frustrating flight time of one hour seems to be dominant for many of our flights. Whilst it is only rare that I flew the intercontinental flights as an ATP I do quite enjoy the 2-3 hour flights ... they sit nicely for an evening flight simming at the end of a days work. They are also a realistic flight time for many real life flights serviced by ATR and Dash 8 aircraft.

EHM-1077 Emanuele:

--- Quote ---Some of flights are marked for class of aircraft totaly unrealistic. For instance: the duration of certain flight is only 30-40 minutes, which is the clasification for class 1 aircraft, but in the timetable it is class 2, or even higher and this is far from reality.
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The duration of the flight has little to do with
the class of the flight. Two relatively big cities
might be only 30-40 minutes away
but have a high demand of seats,
requiring a bigger plane.

I.e. in 2002 I was commuting weekly
from Munich to Dusseldorf on B737.
The flight would often be around only
45 minutes but the planes were always
quite full, no matter the many daily
flights.

So, it's not about the length of the
trip, is about the number of people
you have to move around, and EHM
timetable have been designed in this
direction, with bigger cities served by
bigger planes.

Ciao ciao!

Manu

EHM-0471 Peter:
Manu!

O.K. It's logical explanation and now I understand it perfectly allright.

Peter

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