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DVA2969
Captain, B737-800
Diamond
OLP
Joined on March 08 2006
50 State Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 250 Club
US Coastal Club
Seven Century Club
Globetrotter
Online Triple Century Club
""Fly With A Passion""
Crestwood, KY USA
727 legs, 1,519.6 hours
307 legs,
519.1 hours online
723 legs,
1,513.1 hours ACARS
4 legs,
24.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 24 2024 19:26 ET by Keith Braley
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I probably did not read or missed the answer to this question, but here goes. Many of the airports required to complete the Kangaroo Club Accomplishment do not have a Servicing Airlines. How do you get credit for visiting those airports if there is no flight schedule for those airports? Thanks in Advance.
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DVA5044
Captain, MD-88
E-MAIL
Joined on September 28 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Century Club
Everett Century Club
"Do or do not, there is no try"
Coeur d'Alene, ID
185 legs, 235.2 hours
157 legs,
200.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 27 2024 20:26 ET by Dan May
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Hi Keith!
Doing some digging on this, you were right, 25 of the 53 airports required for the achievement don't currently show up in the schedule that I can find. I created a help desk ticket for this, so the hard-working DVA professionals can investigate. I noticed that 13 of the airports that are not currently in the schedule are accessible as part of 'a Tour Down Under", so completing that tour would be a great way to make progress while we wait for the long term fix. The tour legs that overlap with the achievement are:
Mildura Australia (MQL/YMIA), TOUR 5 VA1615 L1
Kalgoorlie Australia (KGI/YPKG), TOUR 9 DL9520 L6
Geraldton Australia (GET/YGEL), TOUR 11 VA2653 L1
Newman Australia (ZNE/YNWN), TOUR 12 DL9520 L8
Onslow Australia (ONS/YOLW), TOUR 13 DL9521 L1
Christmas Island Australia (XCH/YPXM), TOUR 16 DL9521 L4
Kununurra Australia (KNX/YPKU), TOUR 17 DL9521 L5
Mount Isa Australia (ISA/YBMA), TOUR 19 DL9521 L7
Hamilton Island Australia (HTI/YBHM), TOUR 23 DL9522 L3
Moranbah Australia (MOV/YMRB), TOUR 24 DL9522 L4
Rockhampton Australia (ROK/YBRK), TOUR 25 DL9522 L5
Queenstown New Zealand (ZQN/NZQN) TOUR 31 DL9523 L2
Port Macquarie Australia (PQQ/YPMQ), TOUR 33 DL9523 L4
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DVA2969
Captain, B737-800
Diamond
OLP
Joined on March 08 2006
50 State Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 250 Club
US Coastal Club
Seven Century Club
Globetrotter
Online Triple Century Club
""Fly With A Passion""
Crestwood, KY USA
727 legs, 1,519.6 hours
307 legs,
519.1 hours online
723 legs,
1,513.1 hours ACARS
4 legs,
24.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
May 28 2024 14:44 ET by Keith Braley
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Dan, Thank You for the response. I also opened a Help Desk request. Bruno Israel will assign them as Charter flights, as needed.
Completing those legs as Part of the 'Tour Down Under' is a Great plan. "Two Birds With One Stone/Flight".
Thanks for that.
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DVA6739
Chief Pilot, EMB-120
360°
PPL1
DISPATCHER
Joined on December 09 2008
50 State Club
Globetrotter
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Online Millennium Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Fleet Master
""We live to fly, no matter what""
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1,479 legs, 3,961.7 hours
1,419 legs,
3,866.0 hours online
1,430 legs,
3,738.1 hours ACARS
41 legs,
92.7 hours event
1,554 legs, 4,231.0 hours total
165 legs dispatched, 468.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
May 28 2024 21:27 ET by Bruno Israel
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That was exactly what I did last year before going for the Kangaroo accomplishment. Great to see others are paying attention as well! Cheers
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DVA10641
Assistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
OLP
Joined on March 29 2012
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
Everett 1500 Club
Events Quintuple Century Club
Rosemount, MN USA
1,987 legs, 4,456.2 hours
1,865 legs,
3,929.2 hours online
1,967 legs,
4,422.4 hours ACARS
638 legs,
1,290.5 hours event
18 legs dispatched, 157.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 04 2024 23:51 ET by Jason Boche
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Add my name to the list. Kangaroo Club is the last club I have left. I finished the Tour Down Under a while back and knew that I'd be visiting many of the airports required for Kangaroo Club which was great! However, it looks like with the airports left, I'm going to come up around 12 or so short based on airports no longer served by our schedule. I've got three legs left to fly that I was able to find in the schedule but then I'll be hitting a wall. I'm cool with either submitting charter flight requests or waiting for a schedule adjustment - whatever is easiest on DVA staff.
Thank you,
Jas
Jason BocheAssistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
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DVA14133
First Officer, A350-900
Diamond
Joined on August 22 2022
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
Everett 250 Club
Nine Century Club
World Cup Club
Norman, OK
922 legs, 1,688.7 hours
921 legs,
1,686.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
August 14 2025 16:34 ET by Raymond Stone
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Also in the same boat. The DVA SOP limits charter flights to only two per 90 days. Will that be waived for situations like this where so many airports are missing from the schedule? Wouldn't it be better to remove the missing airports from the accomplishment and clean things up than having numerous charter requests? The Tour Down Under is long closed so that is not an option.
Raymond StoneFirst Officer, A350-900
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