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EHM-0654 Murray:
Reviving an old topic and making it a poll... Do you think that you and I should be allowed to fly payware models of aircraft in the fleet if they don't have a specific EHM (or division) repaint?

It's just one more thing for management to think about, and I know you guys have more than enough on your collective plates as it is, and the last thing I want is anyone starting a flame war or anything of the sort (and Robert [as fleet manager], please don't take what follows as a personal slur of yourself or the excellent fleet you have found and built upon for us all), over what is, to me, a non-issue, but...

Given that the only time you (EHM management) know if a pilot is *not* using an EHM model is if the pilot is using the flight logger, and the logger only works with main timetable flights, would it really so bad to let pilots use a PMDG/FSD/OtherPayware model if they have one?

For the next few months (at least) on IVAO, other pilots aren't going to know if your in EHM colours or not as IVAO aren't rolling VA/custom MTL colour schemes yet, and even when they do (based on IVAP's current airline selector) you could just say the plane is EuroHarmony but actually be flying some other colour scheme with no ill effects for everyone else. I have no idea how VATSIM deals with these things; I haven't used VATSIM in best part of a year.

As long as the payware aircraft model is part of the fleet (i.e. PMDG 737-800, FSD Piaggio Avanti, PIC A320, and there are sure to be others), and not just something close (sorry, Razza, the 737-600/700 is not the 737-800 and from a personal standpoint nor are any of the 737-6/7/8/900 series the BBJ2), what does it matter to anyone (other than the pilot) if it's an EHM colour/freeware model, EHM colour/payware model or a payware model with some other colour scheme that he/she is piloting? Heck, we could even have a list of "approved" models, I'm sure there are enough of us in the membership that we could collectively say "yes, that's a pretty good model" or "no, that model sucks" for most everything out there...

EHM-1500 Jim:
Quite agree with you Murray - think we should be able to use payware versions of the EHM fleet. I have recently purchased the PMDG 737 series and to be honest, once you've flown them, going back to one of the freewrae fleet aircraft just isn't the same. Not meening to be critical of the fleet which i think for freeware is very good but now i have tasted better things i want to keep flying them. I think that as long as the aircraft is part of the fleet eg 737-800 then we should be able to fly it for EHM - if not, then i'm afraid i'll just fly it anyway and not be able to continue contributing to EHM on IVAO.......

EHM-0654 Murray:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by drhoyle
...then i'm afraid i'll just fly it anyway...
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(Edited my post ever so slightly...)

Jim,

I have done in the past, and no doubt will do long into the future, and I suspect there are many of us in the membership that do too.

If someone from management can spare the time to run some quick faceless stats over the logger PIREPs for (say) the last 4 weeks, what's the split between flights flown in known EHM models as against non-EHM models?

EHM-0001 Gergely:
People are requesting us to allow flights with non-EHM planes. People are requesting us to allow flights which are not in the timetable (IVAO WT etc). Naaah... we are a virtual airline, not a virtual pilot logbook.

I'm making payware repaints, as I already announced, be patient... the PMDG Beech is ready, the others will follow shortly... PMDG 737, EuroWings ATR etc.

Gergely

EHM-1343 Jonathan:
To be honest, i don't care!

I am happy with the current models in the fleet and think managment has done a great job! Well done all. The FPS produced are great and also freeware is getting more and more realistic, take POSKY and Meljet for instance. However, the idea of introducing payware models can be good, it gives a realistic experience.

Some aircraft have great payware models and this could be used to our advantage but if one person has say the, Dreamfleet 737-400 and knowbody else has them, managment will not paint it.

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