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DVA2314
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on April 19 2005

Southeastern United States

14 legs, 16.6 hours
12 legs, 15.0 hours online

Posted onPost created on May 02 2005 19:53 ET by Patrick Duchesneau

Hi,

1-If I fly a 4 hours flight at 4x(most part of it) do I log 4 hours or 1 hour?

2-Is there any difference in term of validity of my pirep, if I fly online or not?

3-The flights are approved upon which criteria?

DVA1892
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on September 13 2004
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Buenos Aires AR

460 legs, 1,384.1 hours
336 legs, 1,086.5 hours online
271 legs, 726.6 hours ACARS
12 legs, 24.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 02 2005 20:12 ET by Gaston Doval

1. Ops state time acceleration are to be filed as real time you spend flying, therefore 1hr
2. I don't know.
3. They are in the schedule or group flight (oficial).

Cheers!

Gaston Doval (DVA1892)

Posted onPost created on May 02 2005 20:53 ET by Gaston Doval

Er...

Sorry, answer for number 2 is. There is no term for validity if you fly it offline or online. Online flights can be crossed checked with VATSIM's database. As to the validity of the flight itself, you can file them via ACARS or Manually (ACARS is avail in our Fleet Library). If you file it manually and didn't do the flight, you are only fooling yourself.

Cheers!

Gaston Doval (DVA1892)

DVA1427
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on December 14 2003
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Kannapolis, NC

558 legs, 1,984.3 hours
250 legs, 611.8 hours online
384 legs, 1,530.5 hours ACARS
38 legs, 82.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 03 2005 06:20 ET by Lewis Gregory

A couple things--

If you're going to fly a lot of a flight under accelerated time, file the hours as the actual *real* time, not sim time, that you spent on the flight, and please mention in the comments that you used time compression. Otherwise we might get it and say, "Hmm, he went JFK-LAX in an hour and a half, that's the world's fastest 757..."

You may fly offline or online on any of the networks (IVAO, VATSIM, FPI), just mark your PIREP appropriately. The biggest difference is that online flights will get marked on your PIREP and listed separately by your name in the Cooler. Other than that, they all count the same.

As for approval, remember that all PIREPs are approved manually by a member of the staff (senior staff, CPs, ACPs). Generally, we check to see if your flight matches something in our schedule, or in the real-world Delta timetable, or if it matches an event. We also see if you're rated for the aircraft that you said you flew; you don't have to fly the exact type of aircraft stated on the flight schedule, within reason, but it's got to be one you're rated for, and it's got to be one that can make the flight. So please, no CRJ-200 flights from CDG to ATL. smile

The easiest way to avoid confusion is to put any special notes about your flight in the Comments section of the PIREP.

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM

Joined on April 01 2005
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Church Hill, TN USA

862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs, 165.2 hours online
299 legs, 485.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 03 2005 19:56 ET by George Lewis

I've been wondering about this part, Lewis - thanks for clearing that up for me. I am understanding from what you said, that I can fly MD-88 routes with the B737 and even some B757/767 routes, assuming the range of the flight works out for the 738 I am flying. that gives me some flexibility to go to some places I might have passed up.

thanks

George Lewis (DVA2253)

DVA1966
Captain, B777-200

Joined on October 11 2004
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Grafton, WI USA

408 legs, 1,927.0 hours
38 legs, 111.7 hours online
234 legs, 1,139.9 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 22 2005 05:33 ET by Thomas Bate

Darn it, I wanted to do that

DVA1732
Captain, B727-200

Joined on June 18 2004
Century Club

Northeastern United States

132 legs, 243.2 hours
1 legs, 2.1 hours online

Posted onPost created on May 22 2005 06:42 ET by Mike Carvelas

Maybe it's me, but I can't seem to find the ACARS program. Gaston mentioned that it's in the fleet library. I really don't see it. Is it listed under some other name? Thanks guys.

Mike Carvelas (DVA1732)

Posted onPost created on May 22 2005 11:20 ET by Thomas Bate

The ARCARS Program is in the Fleet Library, and it is under DVA ARCARS, I beleve.

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