FSEconomy

[vobler]

Hi,

I discovered FSEconomy yesterday. It is a free addon/web thing, that lets people take missions and "play" using flight simulators. Both MSFS, Prepar3d and X-plane is supported. People can make groups and " work" for the same " company". We could make Dead Men Air or something like that. It looks like you can use any kind of plane. You "rent" the plane at first.

I havent tried it yet. My account needs to be set up by a person, but I'm sure someone else have. what do you thnk.

I feel there could be a "market" around the North sea basin, moving people and parts for the oil industry.

[Sparko]

hmmmmmm interesting :g:

[vobler]

Copy from the FSE Forums

Unfortunately we are short staffed right now and we have been hit really hard with new account requests. We are taking steps to add additional staff members but it will take time for them to get up to speed. The existing staff is working as hard as they can to catch up but new requests keep flowing in at a higher rate than normal and setting up an account is a time consuming process. Please be patient and they will get to you as soon as then can.

[vobler]

I got my account yesterday. Middle of the night actually. It looks great, it seems easy to get jobs. in the Ã...lesund area. it is not always as easy to find a plane to rent for the job. I found a french registered Cessna in Molde (ENML), the Job was to fly three passengers to Kristiansund. (ENKB) so I had to rent the plane in Molde, fly it to Ã...lesund to pick up the passengers. It was great.

You find the jobs and planes on the game website. there is a client installed that makes sure your plane can take the liad and fuel. when you park up the money for the job gets transfered to your account.

I havnt checked in to groups and stuff yet.

[vobler]

More information
http://sites.google.com/site/fseoperationsguide
http://www.fseconomy.net/tos

[TeaLeaf]

Requested an account today, might be quite fun sometimes.  

We'll wait to hear more from you Sparko about the team/group side of things! :thumbsup:

[Sparko]

I've registered just waiting for my account to be set up.

Would be great if we could operate and make money together, I'm liking what I've read so far, good find Vobler :thumb:

[vobler]

I have found the archives of a monthly magazine called FSE Reporter.
A lot of information. PDF's years back.

https://sites.google.com/site/fsereporter/

[sulky_uk]

just waiting on approval as well

[Sparko]

just waiting on approval as well

Good man :thumb:

Once my account has been set up I will get a group sorted for us

[vobler]

Once my account has been set up I will get a group sorted for us

What will it be called?

Dead Men Flying?

[TeaLeaf]

I'd stick to 'Dead Men Walking'.   I know we're flying and not walking, but we're also advertising our community.

[vobler]

Here is the info from the "Group page", if anyone want to start thinking strategies.

Groups

In FS Economy people can work together by forming groups. A group has its own bank account and can own aircraft and assignments. Members of a group may be assigned staff privileges, which allow them to perform administrative tasks for the group.

Groups have three membership levels:

1. Member: Members can fly assignments for the flight group.
2. Staff: Like Member, but can create and change assignments for the group and manage the bank account of the group.
3. Owner: Like Staff, but can also change membership levels of other members and pay group funds to other members.


If a member of a group has at least one assignment aboard that is owned by the flight group, special rules will apply to the flight:

• All operational costs of the flight will be paid by the group
• The main income of the flight is paid to the group  
• A pilot fee may be paid to the pilot

Important:  The key to flying a ‘ group assignment’ is to have at least one assignment aboard that is owned by the group.

Assignments that are found throughout the world may be put under the ownership of the group by staff members. Staff members can also create 'simple' assignments that tell a pilot to fly from one place to the other, but these assignments won't pay the group any money. These assignments can be used to allow pilots to ferry an aircraft to a location on the account of the group.

----------- The role of a pilot ----------
It's the task of the pilot to fly assignments on behalf of the group. After the pilot logs on to the website, he should use the "groups" page to check the assignments for his flight groups. After selecting one or more assignments he will go the airport screen and find a suitable aircraft to fly the assignments. If the pilot finds no assignments, then he or she can choose any assignment on the airport page.


----------- The role of staff ------------
The staff of a flight group should check the area of operations of the group for interesting assignments. These assignments should then be added to the group. Staff should be careful of the balance between "hoarding" assignments and choosing assignments that will be flown. If selected assignments are not flown, then that deprives other players of the chance to fly them.

Staff should also check the aircraft that are owned by the group for any pending maintenance or for aircraft in need of repairs and manage the bank account by depositing money in the bank.

To perform their tasks, staff members will find extra links on many pages throughout the FS Economy website. For example, on the market page, next to the regular "buy" button, there will be a "buy for [group]" button, which can be used to buy aircraft for the group. If you are buying for a group, the purchase cost is deducted from the group's bank account. (Be sure to transfer enough money from the group's bank balance to the group's cash balance.)

-------------- Strategies ----------------
By working together, a group can earn more money than a single pilot. One strategy is to use a "hub" airport and let pilots in smaller planes bring assignments from around the area to this hub airport and unload them. The assignments can then be loaded aboard a larger plane and transferred over longer distances, where they can be distributed to their destination with smaller planes.

---------------Pilot Fees---------------
Pilots are paid a percentage of the assignment fee and is set by the group owner. That percentage will always be paid to the pilot. The remaining percentage is held by the group to pay for aircraft rental, ground crew fees, maintenance, etc.
 
Example. Pilot fee is set to 85%. For a $10,000 assignment, the pilot will receive $8,500 and the group will receive $1,500. From this $1,500 the group must pay ground crew fees ($1,000), and aircraft rental. If the aircraft is owned by the group, then the group's profit will only be $500 (rental fee paid to the owner, which is the group: net effect is zero). If the group has to pay for aircraft rental, it is likely that $500 will not be enough to cover rental fees and the gorup will lose money on the flight.

[Sparko]

I'd stick to 'Dead Men Walking'.   I know we're flying and not walking, but we're also advertising our community.

Agreed

Will have to come up with a % of what money goes to the group and what money goes to the pilot as a fee too, getting rather excited about this I just hope it's as good as it sounds

[albert]

Sounds like Elite in FSX, lots of Hauling and mission grinding to earn money! Except for a corporation rather the individual, interesting concept, I'd have a go at this for sure.