I love this game so far, but I got off to a rocky start. For my starting company I chose the middle option "a modest start" or something like that. I hoped that having a small fleet and some reputation would let me get off to a faster start. I put my HQ in Salt Lake City (SLC) and opened routs with no direct competition. I quickly used up all my slots at SLC, but I still had many idle planes. I thought, "I need to grow quickly with so many planes to maintain and a debt load to carry. There must be a way to use all these planes." So I looked for a way to increase my slots at SLC and saw the "upgrade base" button. Now a more prudent CEO would have checked the price, but I let enthusiasm get the better of me. The next thing I knew, all my cash was gone, my expenses were even higher, and I still only had 20 slots.
So I did what any good airline does when it gets in trouble; I declared bankruptcy. My apologies to the original investors in Sky Chariot,
but your sacrifice was not in vain because the new Sky Chariot got a nice reputation bonus. Maybe the middle starting option should give a loyalty bonus at your HQ and start with a smaller fleet so that new players don't feel so much pressure to rush their planes into service. By the way, I'm doing fine now despite a few small missteps, so my new shareholders can rest easy.