marcb 1 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hi all,Love this product and wouldn't be able to do without it anymore.There's just one thing I would like changed badly: the way you handle passenger doors.That's right, as it is now, when my plane has a sliding door all is nice and dandy. However, when I have a door with stairs in it, half of the vehicles don't work anymore if I choose not to want mobile stairs (I don't need them, since they are already incorporated into my plane).Take my brand new Fokker 70 for example. It's big enough to need catering, it definately needs a bus to load all those 70 passengers (bit awkward to let 70 people walk over the apron methinks), but I do not need, nor want jetway connection or mobile stairs.As it is now, this is not possible. Catering depends upon the definition of the front passenger door, which automatically entails jetway or mobile stair services. So either I take the jetway and stairs (which I don't need nor want) or I have no catering services. Same goes for boarding. No bus will ever show up if no front passenger door is defined. Nor is the cleaning services available (dunno the connection there).I think this is easily solved though. How about, in the aircraft configuration section, you allow users to indicate the "type" of door you have. Let them define the position no matter what, but if it is one with stairs incorporated in them don't let jetways or mobile stairs show up when you load this kind of plane. That way one can have all the features on all kinds of configurations and it would require only a small modification of the code of AES.Nothing but praise for the product though. I love it and I think it is a great addon. This would just complete the product a bit more towards perfection.Cheers.MarcEdit: typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton 97 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Does the Fokker 70 have doors on the right side for catering trucks to go to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcb 1 Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 Does the Fokker 70 have doors on the right side for catering trucks to go to?Yep, it certainly does, just like the Fokker 100 does. The 100 model carries two different versions: one with a sliding door and one with a door with stairs. So in certain cases, on the stairdoor model, I'm having the same problem as with the 70 model.Is there any way to work around this?Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton 97 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I didn't think catering trucks were contingent on using jetways or stairs, but cleaning won't come until your plane is empty. If you simply drop your airstairs, is deboarding available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraDelta 4 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Marc,This post will tell you how to do most of what you're looking for. Incidentally, it took me one minute of searching to find this answer..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcb 1 Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 Marc,This post will tell you how to do most of what you're looking for. Incidentally, it took me one minute of searching to find this answer..... Ah, thanks a lot. My search didn't come up with this one. This should do the trick.Edit: Ok, stairs are gone, but this only adresses part of the problem. Catering obviously doesn't arrive at the right hight (they have to toss the food and drinks one meter up to get it into the plane). It's an ok workaround, but it would be a good thing if they detach the loading point of the catering from the main passenger door. That would solve it perfectly.Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer OPabst 2091 Posted December 1, 2008 Developer Share Posted December 1, 2008 Ah, thanks a lot. My search didn't come up with this one. This should do the trick.Edit: Ok, stairs are gone, but this only adresses part of the problem. Catering obviously doesn't arrive at the right hight (they have to toss the food and drinks one meter up to get it into the plane). It's an ok workaround, but it would be a good thing if they detach the loading point of the catering from the main passenger door. That would solve it perfectly.MarcHi,for this problem, we will have a solution in one of the next releases (maybe not the next one), then you will be able to define, which Service you need at the doors. But therefor we need to enhance the complete parametersection, which takes some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcb 1 Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi,for this problem, we will have a solution in one of the next releases (maybe not the next one), then you will be able to define, which Service you need at the doors. But therefor we need to enhance the complete parametersection, which takes some time.Thanks for the heads up, that's all I needed to know. Good that you guys are trying to work this out. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmanix 61 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hifor this problem, we will have a solution in one of the next releases (maybe not the next one), then you will be able to define, which Service you need at the doors. But therefor we need to enhance the complete parametersection, which takes some time.Hi Oliver,Or maybe a catering minivan with LSG logo that parks next to aircraft. At LAX the regional jets get a minivan no need for big catering truck for little CRJ.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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