In the employees tab, for the 737 and other airliners, instead of made up airlines, why not the actual airlines with their liveries like United or Alaska? Have them use their appropriate callsigns, and maybe have realistic routes, like United from SFO to LAX, Alaska from Seattle to Oakland, or maybe even S7 from Moscow to somewhere?
And allow for other planes as well as airlines to be added as well, like if I download a Delta Airlines livery for the A330, I get it’s routes in various parts of the map which could be international or domestic
Would copyright and trademarks be an issue? Using real company names can lead to problems if that company doesn’t approve of it(ask Gulfstream). The same way that a game the Grand Theft Auto uses all fake names for cars, boats and planes. Avoids licensing fees.
are they official liveries? which airlines are in the sim? With all the 3rd party/community liveries being made it’s not hard to look up routes and fly them, that’s what I do when I fly airliners.
Yeah, if you go into your game right now and see the various default liveries of the 737 Max, or A320/321 they have liveries from Alaska, United, Aero Mexico, S7, Spirit, Wizz etc so why not
Trust me that brands are very weird and particular about the use of the their IP. Allowing AI aircraft to use something and a player aircraft to use it are another thing entirely.
Even so, licensing a livery and licensing a route are different things. Even the default Planner from Working Title hasn’t licensed real world routes due to the cost.
What exactly do you mean by licensing real world routes? Here in the US routes flown often are generally IFR preferred routes under the NAS. I highly doubt there is any licensing to them.
When asked if the Planner tool would follow real world routes (because when using “auto route” as SimBrief does), Working Title developers explained that the use of those routes is a paid, licensed endeavor.
“Set up by the FAA” seems to imply it would only cover the US, as well. Regardless, I’m certain that the wonderful lawyers and brand managers at real world airlines would want to have a discussion about officially licensed simulation of their flights beyond just having access to a cosmetic livery. I know it sounds absurd, but I’ve seen some nightmarish things when it comes to how companies behave re: licensing their brand.
Never suggested otherwise regarding airline brands. Real world routes requiring licensing? Doubtful. The closest thing to that I can think of are company specific procedures. For example approaches you won’t find in typical Jeppesen charts from Navigraph.
I’m just quoting Matt from Working Title that real world routes require licenses to use for commercial purposes. Maybe someone from WT will see this thread and chime in with more detail.
An excerpt from an older conversation on the matter from their Discord server:
