Okay, so we’ve all seen that one guy who parks on the GA ramp in a 747 just to be closer to the taxiway, and I’ll admit that back in my TS days I was guilty of this, but it annoys me to see this on the Expert Server. Currently, there is no ATC command warning people that this is not okay, so I think there should be. It isn’t fair when you’re trying to be realistic, so you park at the appropriate gate only to have a 30-minute taxi because people spawned closer to the runway than you. I think there should be a simple ATC command in the miscellaneous category that goes along the lines of ‘Parking spot is not appropriate for aircraft size’ or something like that. I think it is a pretty simple and logical request, please let me know what you all think below :)
Edit: I don’t mean I expect you to research the airport and see which aircraft fit where, just use common sense and park your commercial aircraft at the gate and not the GA ramp ;)
Because it’s the expert server. There is a certain amount of professionalism expected and as I said, parking an A380 on a GA ramp is not realistic. When was the last time you taxied for 30 minutes in real life? If you have had that happen to you it’s likely because there was a delay at the gate, but the beauty of a simulator is that you get to skip that part.
If you park in the right gate for your aircraft/airline taxi times are short, if you park right next to the runway and basically cut the line of people waiting to take off you have a bit of a shorter taxi time, but you make others have a long taxi time. Don’t know if you in particular do this but I hope not…
Look at the thing in parenthesis. That’s the thing. I meant to say you can park close to the runway but don’t cut in line or spawn in a stand that isn’t appropriate.
Tbh, it isn’t acceptable to knowingly spawn at a ramp that isn’t intended for your aircraft type. It is unprofessional and inconsiderate to those who are actually trying to fly a GA aircraft, as your Airbus a380, believe it or not, takes up about 10 GA spaces.
If you know It’s a GA ramp why spawn there? When you can spawn at the intended ramp instead. And the 5 minutes taxing around isn’t that difficult. Just out of courtesy, your not supposed to spawn at GA ramps with non GA aircraft. It’ll get you ghosted one day.