After a Godfather has held their position for 'X' number of days they can construct an airfield.
The airfield construction would, of course, have a large cost.
This would also have a monthly cost (property tax/fuel/utilities).

* Flights are one way, from your home city to another city, and do not affect your timer.
* After a flight is made, the plane is unavailable for 30 minutes, while it returns to home city. (timer on the airfield, but not on the player)
* Flights are available to people within the godfathers crew (or, if possible, have the GF be able to 'allow' specific persons to use this ability, be it by name or by rank)
* Flight fees are assigned by the GF. Could be free, could be whatever they deem appropriate.  Also, would be nice if they could set the fee according to rank (as in CLs can fly free, but others pay 'X' dollars)

This gives a small advantage to the senior godfathers/godmothers, and rightly so.  The longer you hold reign over a city, the more powerful you become, and the more advantages you can create for yourself.  

Discuss...

Hmmm,

Seems like an interesting idea buddy. Although it is going around the whole time based aspect of the game which we all fallow and have to wait for. It seems like a good idea.

Besides all of our Godfathers and Godmothers have well put in their dues and worked hard to get them where they are at now. I suppose I'd say I'm for it, although I have a couple of questions;

If the Godfather/Godmother were to pass away(knock on would hopefully not), what would become of the air field?

Would the Godmother/Godfather be able to use the field themselves?

Also Big_Mike my friend what about the whole favoritism aspect to this idea? Godfathers/Godmothers could be just giving these flights away. Not saying the wouldn't have the right nor that favoritism doesn't already occur. But an idea like this would be kinda promoting favoritism, no?

Should they pass away - Very good question.  This is something that I would think needs discussed.  In my humble opinion it goes the same as any other assets held by said GF/GM...

Would they be able to use it themselves.  By all means yes.  It is their airfield.  If they chose they could make it only accessable to themselves.  The use of the GF/GM airfield would be seen as a great thing for one to have granted onto them.

Well, does a GF/GM not have the right to show favoritism?  I would think their closest advisors, who have worked hard for the respect and trust of the GF/GM, would be deserving of favoritism... yet in this matter I would call it an advantage given for their loyalty rather than favoritism. ;)

Very true my friend, its in the eye of the beholder as to what exactly favoritism is, no?

But what I was referring to was that you said that they could give flights to out of family mafioso's.

Good idea, although there would be a lot of work to be done behind this idea.

hrm, i did not mean to sound as if it would be accessable to people outside the family...  I meant they could assign costs or ability of use to people by name/rank, however I meant to those within the family...   

The concept is that the GF/GM has established a form of understanding with the local law, and that the airfield is, in a manner, a safe zone.  I do not think a godfather would risk their investments by allowing 'outsiders' to use their airfield, as this may cause the local law to keep tabs on it.  There is a difference between the trust one gives family and the trust one gives 'friends'.

Ah, but then you would would mean the airfield would be accessible to those families that share city with the Godmother or Godfather, because as we both know Godfather and Godmothers family are too big so it would be including the family that they came from or that of the city?

And of course I don't believe they would extend the air planes welcome mat to outsider, although not being a one myself I don't think it would be a thing that they would do.

Also Godmothers and Godfathers do have friends who don't happen to be from their city or family, and they get along with each other. What of that situation.

The idea of the airfield does seem well my friend but I'm not too sure it'll "fly". Ya know? Not that I'm not for it or anything.

when it boils down to the foundation, the thought is this...  GF/GM of said city is the 1 person who can purchase an airfield.  That GF/GM decides who can use said airfield. 

GF/GM retires/other, the airfield is gone (as if absorbed by the state.  You want a reason behind this for the sake of RPing, then the airfield was owned under an assumed name and without the funds coming in to pay the monthlies -or- without the GF/GM there to ensure it's neutrality, the estate is taken).

so basically it would be a player operated airport for your crews? 

I had this idea, and I forgot to post it here Excellent!

Ya, like I said I'm am for it. It just how it would go in to play matters alot. Hmmm, I think we are totally in need of a Godfather or Godmothers opinion on this one my friend.

What this allows is in case of war the Godfather/Godmother could escape town straight away to some safe haven. This in a realistic term, is exactly what they did when the bullets started flying.