So here it is May 3rd in the year of our lord 2026 and there is still no word of KATL release even after not one but two updates in April. I dont claim to be an insider but word has it that the conference call didnt go too well. Ive obtained audio but for legal reasons I wont post it. Apparently there was a discrepancy with the positioning of pigeon droppings on concourse A and T and to make matters worse there was an argument about the window tint in concourse B. The CEO Anna Cicognani has gotten involved. From the information im getting this scenery is going revolutionize what we all consider top tier. 

The email:

Matteo,

I am going to make this very simple for you.

Release. The. Scenery.

I have been patient. I have smiled and nodded through eighteen months of 'just one more texture pass' and 'the jetway angles aren't quite right.' I sat quietly while you were measuring windows and checking tint in Concourse B. I said nothing when you spent three weeks getting the reflection on the AirTrain windows to your satisfaction. I supported you.

But I have just learned — and I want you to understand that I am physically shaking as I type this — that you have been modeling pigeon droppings at the WRONG TERMINAL.

The wrong terminal, Matteo.

There are people out there flying into KATL right now with a scenery package from 2019 that doesn't even have the correct Concourse F geometry, and you are over there painstakingly rendering guano that no one will ever zoom in far enough to see, at a terminal where it doesn't even belong.

You have 72 hours. The pigeon situation is no longer your concern. Ship it. Ship it as-is. Move the birds, don't move the birds, move the word not allowed, don't move the word not allowed, I genuinely do not care anymore. The community needs this airport and I need my blood pressure medication to actually work.

Do not test me further.

Anna

P.S. — If I see one more 'almost ready' post on the Discord I am coming to your house.

😬😬😬😬

I guess stay tuned.... 💀

 

 

Lol.  I do wonder how the performance will be.  The default one instantly gives me the resource message.

I hear it's almost ready.........

☺️

Soon^tm

Not sure I understand why this level of drama is necessary. They are a major company in this space, right..? Or are they just pretending to be bigger than they are?

2 hours ago, Nandengo12 said:

Not sure I understand why this level of drama is necessary. They are a major company in this space, right..? Or are they just pretending to be bigger than they are?

It's not drama, it's a joke.
Humour does not travel well, especially here.

I'm looking forward to this scenery, but I'm not looking forward to yet another flight sim app and another password.

One that doesnt even save for when you launch the app mind you...

44 minutes ago, SKEWR said:

I'm looking forward to this scenery, but I'm not looking forward to yet another flight sim app and another password.

 

1 hour ago, Reader said:

It's not drama, it's a joke.
Humour does not travel well, especially here.

Thanks, maybe I get it now 😅

They arrested the Sundance Kid for pulling the pigeon drop scam on yokels from rural Georgia 😞

Great. This is how standards get lowered.

Maybe pigeon droppings don't matter to YOU. Just understand that there are serious simmers for whom this is essential because they know and follow real-world procedures.

I assess pigeon droppings prior to every takeoff per the SOPs. Taking off on 9L and I see droppings at the main terminal? No sweat. If I get a bird strike, it's likely to happen at low speed, an easily managed RTO. Recent droppings at Concourse E? Now you've got my attention. Any bird strike is likely going to be near V1, and I'm looking at a high-speed abort or taking a surging powerplant into the air. I go straight to FORDEC. How can I mitigate the risk? Ask for a runway change to one of the outer runways? Request a tailwind departure? Call in Wildlife Management?

Some devs get this right and accurately model DABSR (dropping-associated bird strike risk). Maybe you don't aspire to this level of realism. Fine. But here you are, peddling your ignorance and professing to represent the community as you push the dev to release a clearly unfinished product. It's people like you who are actively destroying this hobby.

Shame.

35 minutes ago, weaklink said:

Great. This is how standards get lowered.

Maybe pigeon droppings don't matter to YOU. Just understand that there are serious simmers for whom this is essential because they know and follow real-world procedures.

I assess pigeon droppings prior to every takeoff per the SOPs. Taking off on 9L and I see droppings at the main terminal? No sweat. If I get a bird strike, it's likely to happen at low speed, an easily managed RTO. Recent droppings at Concourse E? Now you've got my attention. Any bird strike is likely going to be near V1, and I'm looking at a high-speed abort or taking a surging powerplant into the air. I go straight to FORDEC. How can I mitigate the risk? Ask for a runway change to one of the outer runways? Request a tailwind departure? Call in Wildlife Management?

Some devs get this right and accurately model DABSR (dropping-associated bird strike risk). Maybe you don't aspire to this level of realism. Fine. But here you are, peddling your ignorance and professing to represent the community as you push the dev to release a clearly unfinished product. It's people like you who are actively destroying this hobby.

Shame.

😀 Well done, Onionmaster

As long as it's better optimised than their other efforts.

From Discord, scenery development is complete. Working on GSX profile and other bits. 

Here is the latest word from Orbx. 

https://forum.orbxdirect.com/topic/223714-introducing-katl-hartsfield–jackson-atlanta-international-airport-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/page/7/#findComment-1892709