Making a loss

[poole3003]

Every flight my VA is doing is not gaining profit from it have i set up something wrong

[flyalaska]

Have you set your exspences to high?

[freshJet]

That or your prices are too low. Try and match real EY prices as closely as possible and it should do better.

[poole3003]

thanks for both informaton my flight prices are as real as they can be itrobb and when you say expenses what you mean ??

[poole3003]

also is there a module to show pilot ranks as a link not just in dmin centre ? as i cant seem to see or find one guys

[freshJet]

thanks for both informaton my flight prices are as real as they can be itrobb and when you say expenses what you mean ??

Find Expenses under the Finance menu on the Admin Panel.

[BaRBeR]

if you mean you cant see a link in the admin center for pilot ranks it is /admin/index.php/pilotranking/pilotranks or it is under the Pilots & Groups section in the admin panel.

[freshJet]

if you mean you cant see a link in the admin center for pilot ranks it is /admin/index.php/pilotranking/pilotranks or it is under the Pilots & Groups section in the admin panel.

That's only for pilot pay. There are other expenses too.

[poole3003]

right ok might need you to explain if its ok ? and the expenses page is empty

[OA01]

Check your \\core\local.config.php file has these lines, as the default fuel price is set to high!

/*   Fuel info - Price correct as of 18-07-14. Sum=price(p/g) / 6.7 then convert to Euro
 Default fuel price, for airports that don't have live pricing
And the surcharge percentage. View the docs for more details about these
*/
Config::Set('FUEL_GET_LIVE_PRICE', true);
Config::Set('FUEL_DEFAULT_PRICE', '0.31');
Config::Set('FUEL_SURCHARGE', '0.0');

[CedGauche]

Also check up the fuel prices in the airports section, sometimes the option "real fuel prices" generates high fuel prices.

[poole3003]

thanks CedGauche what is the ideal fuel price

[CedGauche]

I don't know if you use $ oder Euro. But usual fuelprice at a german major airport is 1,70 Euro KG, at small airfields 2.20 Euro / KG . This is a realistic price to start with.

[freshJet]

Can you send us an example PIREP? Maybe manual PIREPs are being submitted with the fuel quantity in pounds instead of kilograms.

[CedGauche]

We don't use manual PIREPS, all Pirpes are made with kacars (which sends data in pounds) but in our local config we changed to kilograms. Which aircrafts seems to burn to much fuel in your ailrine? Perhaps we can compare to our aircrafts.

[OA01]

thanks CedGauche what is the ideal fuel price

$0.44 Cents per Lbs or 0.31€

Current prices can be found here http://www.iata.org/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/Pages/price-analysis.aspx

[poole3003]

thanks for all help just a few other small issues im strugling with then im all set lol thanks again