Career mode: how does passive income work?

Screen Shot above is to prove that this works, Steps for making Passive Income:

  1. Have a Career Mode Company with at least 2 airplanes
  2. Have CREW ON which ever airplanes you want to generate passive income. (I keep CREW ON for every airplane that I own across 8 companies)
  3. Conduct Maintenance “Update Check Up” every 24 hours for each plane you want to generate passive income. (I’ll additionally conduct any maintenance for items showing “maintain”)
  4. Fly Freelancer missions in Career Mode (Your remaining airplanes with CREW ON will generate income for the flight time spent flying these missions)

Notes:
Flying missions at 0000z (1800 Central for me) will result in your passive income rolling over to the following day. You will still need to do your maintenance inspections to collect income for the next 24h period, and you will receive both days income the following day, as long as you don’t fly during 0000
My results for Income per Hour / Purchase Price. The Light Helicopters and C172/C400TT have the best bang for the buck.

Hope this helps