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Owning a Private Plane is not all roses. Sure you get double payment on all charters, but there is a cost too. The cost of owning a Private Plane comes in two forms, Maintenance and Insurance. We'll discuss each.
All planes, including the ones owned privately by PGA pilots, are required to undergo rigorous scheduled maintenance. In our Virtual World this maintenance is once every quarter. For simplicity all planes are required to follow this schedule:
A Private Plane owner will have to pay for this scheduled maintenance. Annuals cost the most followed by Semi-Annauls and then Quarterlies. More sophisticated aircraft cost more to maintain as well. Here is the cost breakdown:
The rates are by engine so two engine aircraft pays twice as much as a single.
In addition to the above costs, during each maintenance cycle a die is rolled for each plane. If a 1 is rolled something major is found to be wrong. This requires extra work/payment. Roll a die again and consult the following table:
In addition to the cost of maintaining his aircraft, a Private Plane owner must carry insurance to cover the cost of liability and replacement cost for the aircraft. Insurance payments are collected quarterly as well, during January, April, July and October.
Insurance holders are given a discount if they are safe pilots. This is reflected by giving pilots of greater rank a cut in rates.
Insurance rates are, of course, higher for more sophisticated aircraft.
Here are the standard insurance rates offered by Crash-Damage Assurance Ltd.:
Again, these rates are per engine so a two engined aircraft will cost twice as much as a single.
If a pilot does not pay the maintenance or insurance on his plane(s), all his Charter Argument Strengths are reduced by 1 for each month the maintenance or insurance is past due.
In addition he must make a die roll before each take off. If he rolls a 1, he is ramp checked and grounded until he makes payment or can sneak past the FAA. (Make a successful Trouble argument).
These are the rates that are standard. Of course, in Matrix Game things aren’t always standard. A pilot can argue for reduced rates. Contact the Ops Manager and make your pitch. Make sure you have a good story and justification. He will rate the argument and the standard die roll will settle it. For that quarter.
This additional bookwork is still handled by the pilot. Just deduct the amount from your account at the appropriate time and make sure the info goes onto your financial report to your supervisor and Marvin.
Of course no one is going to check your books. So if you don’t want to add the complexity of this then treat these rules as optional rules and keep on playing the way you were. We did make them as simple as we could though and they don’t involve that much bookwork.
The management will remind pilots on the forum and the newsletter when quarterly payments are due.
All these rules are intended for is to add a little more depth to plane ownership. Right now plane owners get double payments on flights made with their planes. This just adds a little extra cost to owning your own plane. Pilots who do not own their own planes do not have to pay any of these costs. their insurance and aircraft maintenance is handled by the company
Having fun is still the bottom line at PGA.
Cap’n Dave
PGA VP Operations
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