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DVA3318
Senior Captain, B777-200

Joined on April 23 2006
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"Life gives you lemons, drink tequila"
Central America

714 legs, 2,875.0 hours
709 legs, 2,864.2 hours online
700 legs, 2,818.8 hours ACARS
10 legs, 38.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 23 2006 18:24 ET by Hector Roberts

I have been flying NAT routes for a long time. I understad how to choose and fly them. I do not have much time crossing the Pacific. I have been looking at the PACOT routes, but it seems a little confusing for me. Is there any information on how to choose them, or any lecture that can explain them a little more in depth. I have mange to use them, but I am not really sure how they are used. For example, the KZOA A3152/06 - TDM TRK C and RJJJ A5812/06 represent trach identifiers?
Do these change on a daily basis? Flight levels depends on West/East movemnts? What is a flex route? I have noticed that some tracks has letters and others has numbers. Is there a reason for this?

Hector Roberts

Senior Captain, B777-200

DVA1994
Captain, B737-800

Joined on October 30 2004
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Concord, NH

718 legs, 1,632.6 hours
301 legs, 859.8 hours online
531 legs, 1,032.6 hours ACARS
28 legs, 93.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 23 2006 21:00 ET by Tom Burrill

The following link to the Oakland Oceanic FIR has a wealth of Info. Notes and routes do change so you need to check. I check before every flight which may be 3 to 5 times per year for the Pacific.

http://www.csgm.org/kzak/

Tom Burrill

Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on August 23 2006 22:52 ET by Hector Roberts

Thank you very much Sir. Very kinda.

Hector Roberts

Senior Captain, B777-200

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
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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 August 23 2006 23:01 ET by Luke Kolin

As an FYI, every 24 hours we pull the NAT and PACOT data from the DoD website that publishes said information. If we're not pulling at the right time, I always appreciate suggestions as to the "right" time to do the download. We have the capacity to get the data almost instantly if I can know when to fetch it.

I want to do my best to make DVA the best site to get your flightplanning data, provided I know when and where to get the data from. We have the where, we just need the when.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on August 24 2006 00:50 ET by Hector Roberts

You guys give a new name to "as real as it gets".

DVA RULES

Hector Roberts

Senior Captain, B777-200

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