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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,347 legs, 9,466.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
2,005 legs, 8,259.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,383 legs, 9,600.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on May 03 2004 07:33 ET by Luke Kolin

As you are aware, examinations are currently unavailable and have been so for several days. On behalf of the airline, I apologize. Let me take a moment to explain why, and where we're going.

During late 2003, we received extensive feedback regarding many of our aircraft examinations. Most of this centered around the difficulty in obtaining information to answer the questions, confusing topics and some plain incorrect answers. Our Director of Training, Geoffrey Smith, has been working with several pilots including Mark Mestre, our 757/767 Chief Pilot, to improve the questions and provide pilots with training materials.

To facilitate this, I have taken all the tests offline for the past few days. The Testing Center has been reloaded with new questions and answers, and they are currently being reviewed by the program Chiefs in order to ensure accuracy and completeness. I expect this to be finished by the middle of the week.

The second key component is the release of updated documentation. Several areas of the Testing Center, specifically those relating to ATC, Navigation and Weather, are dependent on the release of a new manual covering these topics, called the Flight Encyclopedia. It is also being reviewed by the staff, and I expect a release at the same time as the Testing Center. I urge all of you to examine this manual before taking any tests.

One area of the testing center that will asist us going forward is the ability to track questions individually, to see the percentages for each question, as opposed to each test. If we get some questions with an abnormally low scoring rate, we can spot this and take action.

Thanks for your patience. This is a slow process, that has been going on for almost a year. The finish is almost in sight.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on May 03 2004 20:19 ET by Luke Kolin

The Flight Encyclopedia has been added to the Document Library.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA1099
Senior Captain, L-1011-100

Joined on February 20 2003
Double Century Club

South America

277 legs, 1,092.6 hours
50 legs, 126.5 hours online
1 legs, 2.0 hours event
354 legs, 1,417.3 hours total

Posted onPost created on May 03 2004 20:35 ET by Ariel Griotti

Goeff, Luke and Mark Mestre.... what a document!!!!!!!! it´s very useful, easy to read and very complete! I just saw it and I want to congratulate you guys for that job!!!

Ariel Griotti (DVA1099)

DVA544
Senior Captain, B727-200

Joined on October 24 2001
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club

Southeastern United States

329 legs, 661.4 hours
186 legs, 368.2 hours online
47 legs, 90.0 hours ACARS
7 legs, 22.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 03 2004 20:36 ET by Joe DeGregorio

got it......got to page 16 before my eyes started to blurrrrr..im tired..lol.....high bad of altocumulus?...should be highband?...its at the top of page 16..youll see what im talking about....im off to bed...looks good so far theough..very good job by all who worked on it.
Joe

DVA1427
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on December 14 2003
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Globetrotter
Moose Club
US Capital Club
Everett 250 Club
Quincentenary Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Livin' in the Dog Pound!"
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 04 2004 04:01 ET by Lewis Gregory

Awesome document, Luke. It's things like this that set this VA above all the others.

And I couldn't help but notice the screenshot that got used as the cover photo... ;-)

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA057
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM

Joined on June 02 2002
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"We Are ... Penn State!"
Atlanta, GA USA

672 legs, 1,338.4 hours
531 legs, 1,076.4 hours online
392 legs, 786.1 hours ACARS
190 legs, 406.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 04 2004 14:42 ET by Terry Eshenour

Note that this does not apply to new applications. The initial questionnaire works. Let your friends know that they are welcome to join DVA.

Terry Eshenour

Senior Captain, B777-200

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