New MSP/St.Paul Econ Center Open

Pilots:

We're now opening the Minneapolis/St. Paul Center, located at the ECON-2018 link from the main menu under "Economics". This economics part works the same as the Juneau Center flights did, so the instructions for Econ-2018 listed in the Instructions area of the main menu apply here too. Additionally, there are a few more instructions to fly the MSP Center Econ flights, and I've created a pictorial instruction manual, also located in the main menu -> Instructions->MSP Center Instructions.

Unlike Juneau Center, that provides groups of bush flights to complete, MSP Center offers a continual group of flights that update every 12 hours. The groups of 3 flights are randomly selected with random pax and cargo requirements for aircraft categories 1 through 4 as described in the "Aircraft Fleet" section of our Main Menu <strong>(Note: any similar aircraft to those listed in the various categories will do). </strong> To fly MSP Center you create a 'regional airline' company in the MSP Activity page and can then bid (select) a flight from the flights page. You can only select one flight at a time and must fly that flight before selecting another.

In addition to the same flight penalties that apply to your revenue in Juneau Center, MPLS Center will charge your company $5000/month gate fees and $1000 for any flights you 'assign' to yourself but do not file pirep before the "Time Remaining" shown on the Flights page runs out.

See the <a title="MSP Ctr Instructions" href="index.php?module=NukeWrapper&amp;file=Econ/msp_ctr_inst.html" target="_blank">instructions</a> under the main menu for additional and let me know if you have any questions or problems.

Happy flying!
<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: jer029, Feb 06, 2019 - 07:14 PM</em><!-- end editby -->

New Econ Center is open Now!

Yes...the aircraft categories are the same as those listed in the Aircraft Fleet area, although you can pick any aircraft that will most closely fill your aircraft given the pax and cargo needs, and can handle the runways at the orig and dest airports. Actually, the flights themselves (and related aircraft categories) come directly from the MSP hub schedule cat 1through 4, only the pax and cargo are randomized as are which flights display at any given time. Since there are many types and sizes of aircraft in our various hangars, it's up to the pilot to pick the most appropriate aircraft they have that will do the job in a profitable way if possible.

John