Vatsim or VA members here??

[pseudoswede]

Ah, ceo_txi, one of the contributors to one of the most entertaining threads on this forum. Shame he removed most of this posts, but the majority them can been seen in the other replies.

[Severnaya]

Ah, ceo_txi, one of the contributors to one of the most entertaining threads on this forum. Shame he removed most of this posts, but the majority them can been seen in the other replies.

Oohh, thanks for the great read!! anybody knows more about the dogs....

[CHR]

I have to admit that was very funny. His posts just progressively deteriorated until he was plainly contradicting himself, and he came across as slightly paranoid.

Why don't we have any characters like this around any more?
I think it is the devious, wicked admins, probably in collusion with such characters to stop them from entertaining us!

[MrOrange]

Oh, you cannot, repeat cannot, blame the admins for killing these things. I think, having read this entire thread for the third time, that me and (especially) DDD did everything we could to make this individual feel right at home.

Now, let's get back to the original topic of Virtual Airlines.

[CHR]

I agree, the admins here seem to be incredibly patient despite often very difficult people. These kind of fights need to be stopped, before people say things they will regret. There always are some people who look for fights on forums.

Virtual airlines, I haven't found a good one really. I guess I am too laid back in the way I like to fly (it is, after all, for fun). I don't like all the checks and rules that they seem to impose. However, it is appealing the way you can ascend the ranks - actually earn the right to fly massive aircraft, rather than just start off with it. I suppose I will have to keep looking...

[MrOrange]

There are some good ones out there, it's just a matter of finding one that does suit your wants and needs. Which is hard, I have to admit. And even when you have found one you like, there's always gonna be a time when you don't feel like flying for a couple of months, or a year or so, so you get kicked out for inactivity and have to start all over again. I know I can't do a flight every month because I'd be bored to death, eventually. Managing a virtual airline, that's something else. I still want to start one sometime, see how I do.

[Frequent Flyer]

Sorry for my noobness, but can someone explain what do you, as a pilot, have to do in a VA? 

[MrOrange]

Basically, what you'd do as a pilot in a real-life airline, albeit slightly less realistic, and on Flight Simulator: Fly routes the airline lets you fly (well, more like fly routes the airline supplies you with, and you get to choose which ones you fly).

[Frequent Flyer]

So do you have to fly a scheduled flight (i.e. every week I have to fly London Heathrew to Paris Orly)?
Also, are flights flown online or on my own computer? And how does the virtual airline know if I flew the flight or not?
Also, where can I find a list of VAs?

Thanks alot!

[MrOrange]

No, it's not that restrictive. Basically, what you do is (in most VA's) you book a flight from the system (any flight, just choose one you like to fly) that you're allowed to fly based on your hours flown for that airline. When you're relatively new, you'd probably be flying ATR's or Embraers, and progressing through the ranks you'd go to 737's, A320's and eventually on to the 747's, A340's, that sort of stuff. Anyway, you just pick a flight whenever you feel like flying.

Some VA's only allow you to fly on VATSIM, IVAO or Virtual Skies, or some other online network, but most VA's are OK with just flying it on your own computer. That really depends on what VA you decide to fly for. For offline flights, the VA is really pretty much counting on your honesty in submitting Pilot Reports, in which you fill in some details about the flight.

There was a list of virtual airlines on Avsim, but they got hacked so now I don't know where to find one. If you want a list of some good VA's that might interest you, without me advertising anything on the forums, send me a PM and I'll see if I can help you.

[Vamerica]

Now flying Qantas Virtual on Fly Tiger Group. Im ranked at Second Officer right now with...

Total Hours- 12.2
Total Flights- 9
(need to add a Canberra to Perth flight I did, so that'll add a nice few hours)

[Frequent Flyer]

I've recently joined Atlantic Sun Virtual Airways. I've flown 10.7 hours and now I am a Second Officer in the training hub (Boeing Field, KBFI).

[dva5998]

Ok, I've flown for a lot, and currently 4 (some more than others):

Current:
DVA-Captain, B777.
IPG-Director of Fleet/Yield Management
SWVA(thinking of leaving, tired of all 737's)-Trainee

Coming out of retirement:
SimCoa

Former VA's:
USAir Virtual
Pacific Virtual
Eastern VA

[iranair777]

My latest flight being Bangkok to Kai tak with the first and best ever landing at kai tak

http://www.vataware.com/pilot.cfm?cid=1006608