A Thought

[YYZatcboy]

This is just a fantasy that I would love to see, and I think the CRJ would be the one that would make it happen. This is by no means a request for the initial release, I would rather be flying it and get this later as an upgrade.

Ok

The Idea:

Since the CRJ is an airliner, how cool would it be to have a plugin that simulates the various functions that happen to an airliner while on the ground and in the air?

An airliner needs to be deplaned/bags unloaded

Groomed

Re catered

Bags and passengers re loaded

Fuel pumped back in

In the air, Service needs to be given.

Wouldn't it be cool to have a plugin that allows you to enter all of the passengers per row, and if they are a man or a woman, and based on that provide you with a CG envelope, A fuel burn prediction given the length of your routing, and estimate times for them and their bags to be loaded?

I would think it would go something like, when you hit a hotkey it gives the boarding authority signal to the plugin, which then estimates that it takes say, 45 seconds per passenger to get up the stairs, put away their bags and settle into their seats. It also has an estimated time to load the bags. It can give random delays to the other factors as well, say the ramp guys don't show up right away and you need to wait for the bags, or fuel, or catering. Once you have everything on board the plugin then asks if you are ready to close the doors. Once you push back, it plays a safety demo tape, and once that is done you get a Cabin Secure PA. Same thing on the decent, when you turn on the seatbelts light, it gives a cabin secure message after a given time based on how long the flight is, and how many passengers are aboard.

This might be a pipe dream, but it would be cool to have some sort of way to simulate passengers and other crew, and the times that they take to do their jobs. (EG, you can't pull onto the runway to take off without the cabin secure chime from the FA)

[Japo32]

Well.. right now our purpose is to end the plane with all the systems working. That is enough for now. Anyway.. what you are talking is something I think you already have. There is a x-passengers plugins around I believe.. that if it is the same as the fs-passenger one have a lot of things of what you have.

About load of passengers inside the documentation there will be a loading sheet, where you have to calculate position and weight of pass, to have the CG MAC% for PERF INIT on the FMS.

[cw7]

Here's another thought:

Take an iPad and have (for example) the FMC pop up on it, or the COMM panel. Now you have a touchscreen 10 inch display working in real time on which you can enter data using (gasp!) - your fingers! And you sell the app on the iTunes store for ten dollars/euros or whatever, and get 70% of each sale. You'll be driving a Ferrari by 2011! Come on, people! Let's do it!

[Jack Skieczius]

Here's another thought:

Take an iPad and have (for example) the FMC pop up on it, or the COMM panel. Now you have a touchscreen 10 inch display working in real time on which you can enter data using (gasp!) - your fingers! And you sell the app on the iTunes store for ten dollars/euros or whatever, and get 70% of each sale. You'll be driving a Ferrari by 2011! Come on, people! Let's do it!

i  second that idea.