Eirik

Can't leave it in one place to call it based. I've not landed in the same airport twice since I downloaded it! Eirik Mcferrin

Katrin, Really not seeing Robert discrediting the post or the video or anyone. He said the person was entitled to their opinion, and said he wasn't going to get baited into giving an opinion himself. This was followed with an explanation of their process for determining wether something was in need of change. So not really seeing what you are here. In truth the only negative post I saw was... Yours. Eirik Mcferrin

I'm just going to say it...Wow. Longtime customer here, and the thing I'm hoping that people notice is the number of major issues that needed to be fixed on release. Almost none. The plane could be flown without these, unlike some other companies releases where the purchaser was effectively the beta team, if not the alpha! This was polished from the start with relatively minor polishes needed here and there. The AFE is awesome in its execution as it allows those of us who are planning to utilize the flight engineer because that was procedure. But there is the option to use for some things and not others or even not at all. That is a first. The start procedure I've seen discussed... While I am all about realism as well, I can't think of a reasonable way to accomplish what is needed to pull this off. In addition, the suggestions that have been made to just click more buttons to make it start doesn't increase realism. If there could be a reasonable suggestion made that increases realism I'm sure it would be considered. Parking at the airport or pushing back. Watching operations with the Evertt's Air Cargo here in Alaska really drives home that tugs are used to pull the bird around, while pushing back... not so much. I realize I'm talking about a cargo plane, and you are thinking a passenger plane, but hear me out 1. Door placement. Remember this was designed in the 1940's. There were no "jetways" or "Jet bridges" yet. And as the article states, they weren't develped until sometime in the late 1950's. See this article http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2016/02/24/jet-bridge-jetway/80806044/ and especially notice the first photo. That looks like it could be A United DC6, an notice how it is perpendicular to the building. Look at the other planes too, looks more like pit row at Indy. Notice how when the jetway was built, the aircraft's door placement along with the wing placement required a different operations procedure than planes designed later. 2. Realism. If we are being realistic, you are going to see almost 0 mainline operations of a DC6 in 2016. We have them running cargo here in Alaska, an there are a few in use in South America and Africa, but they aren't pulling up to modern jetways. So if we are striving for realism, it is likely the early to mid 1950's when we sim with this bird. So we would use procedures common to the era, and photos show these plane's fuselages, parallel to the building and perpendicular to the entrance. 3. Modern day airports. Most airports have areas to park away from the terminal building that can be used for this purpose. I've done this in real life as a passenger at Anchorage, Seattle, Salt Lake, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles. Almost always going to a prop plane such as a Dash-8, Saab 340, Cessna Caravan or a Beech 1900. And a range of airlines, American Eagle, Northwest, Delta, Alaska, Horizon, Great Lakes, Grant's Aviation just to name a few. Rarely are any of these guys pushed back, though I remember one that pushed itself using reverse thrust. So modern airports are still useable, we just have to take on a new procedure, 727 or 737 pulls directly to the terminal, DC-6 goes to parking. Thank you PMDG, I am loving this bird, and I'm still flying south along the Pacific coast with it, left Anchorage, Alaska and by using 1-2 hour hops, am now in Panama City, Panama. Eirik Mcferrin