how do i make money?

[Sonic]

this is a real grind i have my PPL and 1 other liscence but i can only do ferry and sight seeing missions and nothing else and at the end of missions i only earn 500 credits

but i do skip everything expect for take off and landing? is that a mistake? because with the default plane its going to take hours to fly to the waypoint without skipping

[Maki Nishikino]

You need your CPL.

[Sonic]

Originally posted by Maki Nishikino:

You need your CPL.

i bought my PPL and now im broke and i dont earn enough to take the exam

[ChillGamingUK]

Do more missions until you level up. Then buy your CPL and earn money.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Sonic:

but i do skip everything expect for take off and landing?

Yes. A large portion of your payout comes in the form of No Skip bonuses.

I did a freight job with my own plane and here was the breakdown of my payment

Base Income = 26,810 credits
Reputation Bonus = 6,860 credits
No Skip Bonus = 41,750 Credits
Bad Weather Bonus =17,770

Total 93,190 credits of which 45% was my No Skip bonus

[Sandiozo]

Save money until you get around 24k and that will unlock you the posibility to buy company. And once you have your own company and plane you will earn 20k+ per flight

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Sandiozo:

Save money until you get around 24k and that will unlock you the posibility to buy company. And once you have your own company and plane you will earn 20k+ per flight

Not if they continue to liberally use the skip and miss out on the bonuses. I don't think it is worth skipping on First Flights or Flightseeing. It just does not save much time as I assume you still have to take the time to circle around the area and most are only a few miles away.

For longer flights it may be worth considering. My example above was a 100 plus mile flight in a 172. It took a while. Skipping to descent would have lost me a ton of money but the time saved by doing so might balance it out.

[Sonic]

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Originally posted by Sandiozo:

Save money until you get around 24k and that will unlock you the posibility to buy company. And once you have your own company and plane you will earn 20k+ per flight

Not if they continue to liberally use the skip and miss out on the bonuses. I don't think it is worth skipping on First Flights or Flightseeing. It just does not save much time as I assume you still have to take the time to circle around the area and most are only a few miles away.

For longer flights it may be worth considering. My example above was a 100 plus mile flight in a 172. It took a while. Skipping to descent would have lost me a ton of money but the time saved by doing so might balance it out.

what mission types do you recommend? i have my PPL and CPL but only unlocked the first 3 mission activites

[Sandiozo]

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Originally posted by Sandiozo:

Save money until you get around 24k and that will unlock you the posibility to buy company. And once you have your own company and plane you will earn 20k+ per flight

Not if they continue to liberally use the skip and miss out on the bonuses. I don't think it is worth skipping on First Flights or Flightseeing. It just does not save much time as I assume you still have to take the time to circle around the area and most are only a few miles away.

For longer flights it may be worth considering. My example above was a 100 plus mile flight in a 172. It took a while. Skipping to descent would have lost me a ton of money but the time saved by doing so might balance it out.

Yes they will. When you do your own company missions the base pay is already around 20k, rest is just a bonus. For me first flight missions cash in around 30k on A level success. I do sometimes skip taxing parts, but do all the flying.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Sandiozo:

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Not if they continue to liberally use the skip and miss out on the bonuses. I don't think it is worth skipping on First Flights or Flightseeing. It just does not save much time as I assume you still have to take the time to circle around the area and most are only a few miles away.

For longer flights it may be worth considering. My example above was a 100 plus mile flight in a 172. It took a while. Skipping to descent would have lost me a ton of money but the time saved by doing so might balance it out.

Yes they will. When you do your own company missions the base pay is already around 20k, rest is just a bonus. For me first flight missions cash in around 30k on A level success. I do sometimes skip taxing parts, but do all the flying.

Right, I also got that much for them and I also did all of the flying, sometimes skipping taxiing to the parking area at the end. I think the issue here is skipping the flying parts. YOu can skip even the short flight between POIs in Flightseeing missions. That will take away a chunk of the bonus.

[Sandiozo]

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Originally posted by Sandiozo:

Yes they will. When you do your own company missions the base pay is already around 20k, rest is just a bonus. For me first flight missions cash in around 30k on A level success. I do sometimes skip taxing parts, but do all the flying.

Right, I also got that much for them and I also did all of the flying, sometimes skipping taxiing to the parking area at the end. I think the issue here is skipping the flying parts. YOu can skip even the short flight between POIs in Flightseeing missions. That will take away a chunk of the bonus.

You are right about skipping when they are doing the Employee missions as then they need to get as much money as possible. But once you get the company, skipping isnt as big of an issue. Though I can only speak about the first flight missions as I have yet to unlock the other companies. Maybe with the long flights skipping the flight itself will cost a lot. But on the short first flight mission, if I remember right not skipping only gives you extra 2k?

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Sonic:

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Not if they continue to liberally use the skip and miss out on the bonuses. I don't think it is worth skipping on First Flights or Flightseeing. It just does not save much time as I assume you still have to take the time to circle around the area and most are only a few miles away.

For longer flights it may be worth considering. My example above was a 100 plus mile flight in a 172. It took a while. Skipping to descent would have lost me a ton of money but the time saved by doing so might balance it out.

what mission types do you recommend? i have my PPL and CPL but only unlocked the first 3 mission activites

It all seems to be a trade off decision. The longer the duration the more payout you get. I don't think any of the early jobs you can get have a significant advantage or disadvantage. Do whichever is the most fun for you.

For example a Cargo mission may pay out twice as much as a Flightseeing mission but will likely also take you twice as long.

Unless or until a cheat or mod appears then it's meant to be a bit of a grind.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Sandiozo:

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Right, I also got that much for them and I also did all of the flying, sometimes skipping taxiing to the parking area at the end. I think the issue here is skipping the flying parts. YOu can skip even the short flight between POIs in Flightseeing missions. That will take away a chunk of the bonus.

You are right about skipping when they are doing the Employee missions as then they need to get as much money as possible. But once you get the company, skipping isnt as big of an issue. Though I can only speak about the first flight missions as I have yet to unlock the other companies. Maybe with the long flights skipping the flight itself will cost a lot. But on the short first flight mission, if I remember right not skipping only gives you extra 2k?

I'd go back and check myself but I don't want to do another Flightseeing mission anytime soon if I can help it. Did a ton of those to earn enough to buy the Cargo Company.

[Sonic]

Originally posted by tmaddox:

Originally posted by Sonic:

what mission types do you recommend? i have my PPL and CPL but only unlocked the first 3 mission activites

It all seems to be a trade off decision. The longer the duration the more payout you get. I don't think any of the early jobs you can get have a significant advantage or disadvantage. Do whichever is the most fun for you.

For example a Cargo mission may pay out twice as much as a Flightseeing mission but will likely also take you twice as long.

Unless or until a cheat or mod appears then it's meant to be a bit of a grind.

i looked at my mission list again and even though i have unlocked more aircrafts almost all of them use he default one its very confusing and skipping / flying to the waypoint makes no difference you only earn 1k more or less if you skip

[SeraphinicIna]

If you want to grind money, unlock light cargo transport. Once you have them use "Simulation Rate" to speed up the game (its in the controls) so you dont have to fly 1-2 hours for those 100-300km but only 5-10 minutes.

That way you don't lose the bonuses for skipping.

[Sonic]

Originally posted by NobodysLaw:

If you want to grind money, unlock support transport. Once you have them use "Simulation Rate" to speed up the game (its in the controls) so you dont have to fly 1-2 hours for those 100-300km but only 5-10 minutes.

That way you don't lose the bonuses for skipping.

what do you mean support transport and i tried to speed up the sim rate but in the default plane its waaaay too slow and if i go higher sim rate my fps just drops and i lose control of the plane