Airline Ops — Simulation Mode Hotfix (Feb 16, 2026)

Crash Fix

• Fixed a crash that could occur when aircraft are grounded for overdue maintenance, causing the game to freeze on the Ops Center or World Map screens. If you experienced a sudden white screen or freeze mid-session, this was likely the cause.

Save System Fixes

• Fixed manual save/load from the Pause Menu not respecting your active save slot. Previously, using Save or Load from the pause menu would always write to Slot 1 regardless of which slot you were actually playing on.

• Fixed emergency saves (when the game closes unexpectedly) not saving to the correct slot. If you alt-tabbed out or the game closed mid-session, it could overwrite the wrong save.

• Saves now properly track when they were last saved, so the save selection screen shows accurate timestamps.

• Fixed a rare issue where loading a save could put you in the wrong game mode (Simple vs Simulation). Your save file's mode now always takes priority.

Save Data Integrity

• The save system now automatically detects and removes corrupted flight entries (flights with missing IDs) instead of silently carrying them forward. This prevents downstream issues like phantom flights or broken schedules.