The World

JetCard isn’t a mission system. It’s a living world — one where clients need to get somewhere, aircraft need to be serviced, and your decisions as a pilot and operator shape the experience from gate to gate.

The Charter Cycle

Every flight in JetCard follows the same real-world rhythm that drives business aviation:

1. A client needs a flight. The charter board fills with trip requests generated from real-world routing patterns — board meetings, medical transfers, ski trips, energy platform inspections. Each has a client, a destination, a passenger count, and a value.

2. You accept the job. Select an aircraft, review the financials, and book the charter. A flight number is generated, your co-pilot is assigned, and the dispatch package builds out — briefing narrative, weather, OFP, passenger manifest, contact directory.

3. You service the flight. This is where JetCard separates from a simple job board. Before you push back, there’s work to do — request fuel, arrange ground power, coordinate catering, board passengers. Your FBO, dispatcher, and co-pilot are all reachable by text and phone through the jPhone. The ground operation is part of the experience.

4. You fly the route. JetCard tracks your flight automatically — taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, landing. Your dispatcher sends ACARS messages. Your position appears on the Live Map for the entire community to see.

5. You arrive and close out. On the ground at the destination, the arrival FBO reaches out. The client’s representative thanks you. You complete the flight, review the after-action report, and get paid.

6. The cycle continues. Your reputation updates. Your aircraft’s condition degrades. Your balance changes. The world has moved forward.

The Aircraft Lifecycle

Aircraft in JetCard aren’t disposable. They have condition, flight hours, depreciation, maintenance history, and provenance. When you buy or lease an aircraft, you’re taking on a real asset with real costs:

• Fuel burns per hour based on the actual type
• FBO fees scaled to the aircraft category
• Condition degrades with every flight — fall below 50% and the aircraft is grounded
• Maintenance is either predictable (JetCard Care) or unpredictable (manual repairs with randomized costs)
• Depreciation erodes value over time — what you sell it for won’t be what you paid

When you sell an aircraft, it returns to the market with its tail number, hours, and history intact. The next buyer sees where it’s been.

The People

Every contact in JetCard is a character. Your dispatcher has a name and a phone number. Your banker works at a specific institution and texts you when a payment is due. Your broker’s fee depends on your reputation. Your co-pilot rotates by region — American first officers on domestic routes, British FOs across the Atlantic, Australian FOs in the Pacific.

These aren’t notifications. They’re conversations. When your banker calls about a missed payment, it comes from the specific loan officer who holds your debt. When an FBO confirms your fuel order, it’s the line service manager at that airport. The jPhone ties the world together through the same communication channels a real Part 135 crew uses.

Your Co-Pilots

Each charter assigns you a first officer from a roster of 12 pilots. They’re region-aware — domestic US flights get American FOs, transatlantic routes get British FOs, and Pacific operations get Australian FOs. Your co-pilot texts you during pre-flight, handles ground coordination when asked, and shows up on your briefing tab.

Your Brokers

Aircraft brokers handle purchases and sales. Better brokers charge lower fees — but they only work with pilots who’ve earned the reputation to match.

Your Bankers

Ten fictional banks across five tiers finance your aircraft purchases. Each bank has a named loan officer who reaches out via jPhone — payment reminders, missed payment warnings, refinance offers, and payoff congratulations all come from the specific banker who holds your debt.

As your reputation grows, better institutions unlock — and your existing banker may text you to let you know you qualify for a refinance at a lower rate.

The Economy

Money in JetCard flows the way it does in real business aviation:

• Freelancers earn 10% of charter value flying someone else’s planes for someone else’s clients. Low risk, low reward — but you’re building hours and reputation.
• Employed pilots earn a negotiated rate set by their operator. Steady work, better aircraft, and someone else worries about maintenance and fuel bills.
• Owners keep everything above costs — but costs are real. Fuel, FBO fees, maintenance, loan payments, lease obligations, pilot payroll. A bad route on an expensive aircraft loses money. A missed loan payment hits your reputation. Three misses and the bank calls.

The financial model isn’t punitive — it’s consequential. Good decisions compound. Bad ones do too.

The Community

JetCard is a shared world. Every pilot flies the same charter board, appears on the same Live Map, and competes on the same Leaderboard. Player-owned operators hire real pilots from the Job Board. The aircraft you sell might end up in someone else’s fleet next week.

There’s no single path forward. Some pilots will stay freelance and fly everything. Some will build a one-aircraft operation and grind routes. Some will grow a fleet across multiple bases and compete for the top of the operator leaderboard. The world supports all of it.