Aircraft: Market, Rental and Maintenance

No free aircraft: new pilots start with $1,000 and rent or buy in the Market. The catalog holds model specs (seats, cruise, fuel, MTOW); each aircraft instance has registration (no spaces), location, fuel and hours.

Rent (pay per use)

• User rentals: owner sets a price per flight hour + max window (2–72h). Reservation costs $0 upfront; each completed flight bills hours × rate from cash only.
• System per-flight fleet: fixed 72h reservation, same pay-on-landing.
• Cancelled flights pay nothing. If cash (+ payout) cannot cover the leg, the flight is cancelled with the reason shown.
• Rented aircraft can claim, fly and refuel; owners are blocked while rented out.

Leases

Same fleet, three plans: per-flight (closes on landing), weekly (auto-billed every 7d), monthly (every 30d). Daily cron charges cash first, then bank; on insufficient funds the lease closes where the aircraft is.

100h check + engine overhaul

• Hours accrue as flown_nm / cruise_speed. At ≥100h job starts are blocked (ferry still allowed with warning) until a check resets to 0.
• Every 2,000h airframe time an engine overhaul is due (price ≈ max($15,000, 10% of new price)). Owner only.