Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - David Keech DVA613 Passes PPL Checkride

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | David Keech DVA613 Passes PPL Checkride

DVA2370
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP, COMM, VFRADV

Joined on May 26 2005
Online Triple Century Club
Commuter Conquest
Six Century Club
Stage 1 Prop Triple Century Club
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Flagler Beach, FL USA

675 legs, 726.8 hours
319 legs, 311.4 hours online
179 legs, 146.1 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.6 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 4.0 hours

Posted onPost created on October 10 2006 22:22 ET by Scott Clarke

Congratulations to David Keech DVA 613 who passed his PPL checkride tonight and now has the PPL added to his profile.

Scott Clarke (DVA2370)

DVA1070
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM

Joined on January 28 2003
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

"I believe I can fly"
Jeffersonville, IN USA

218 legs, 841.9 hours
182 legs, 778.3 hours online
108 legs, 505.1 hours ACARS
42 legs, 200.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 10 2006 22:25 ET by Adam Gaweda

Congratulations ! I don't feel so lonely anymore ! wink

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 October 10 2006 22:30 ET by Lewis Gregory

Waaaait a minute. KEECH?!? Keechbert got his ticket? No way. Wow, I thought that was a pig I saw flying by the window a second ago! smile

Congratulations Dave!

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA3312
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 05 2006
Online Quadruple Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
Globetrotter

"Go Gators!!"
Tampa, FL USA

647 legs, 1,395.6 hours
490 legs, 641.0 hours online
561 legs, 1,202.4 hours ACARS
21 legs, 54.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 10 2006 22:33 ET by Alex Henni

Congrats David!

Alex Henni

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA3280
Senior Captain, B757-200
COMM
E-MAIL

Joined on June 28 2006
Online Six Century Club
Events Double Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
50 State Club
Safari Club
Tin Dispatcher
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Keep Climbing!"
Coral Gables, FL

1,235 legs, 3,325.6 hours
1,200 legs, 3,254.3 hours online
1,144 legs, 3,053.6 hours ACARS
259 legs, 682.3 hours event
211 legs dispatched, 126.8 hours

Posted onPost created on October 10 2006 22:49 ET by Robby Chiste

Way to go Keech! biggrin

Robby Chiste

Senior Captain, B757-200

DVA2301
Captain, B777-200
COMM

Joined on April 25 2005
Everett Century Club
Double Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Baltimore, MD USA

264 legs, 820.6 hours
90 legs, 221.0 hours online
234 legs, 757.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 10 2006 23:10 ET by Andrew Logan

You did it! Even without T. Bear and H. Girl! Musta been tough, congrats!

Andrew Logan

Captain, B777-200

DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM

Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"I'd rather be flying!"
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 October 11 2006 00:22 ET by George Lewis

How much foam did they spray on the ground in advance of your impending "arrival"? Scott, get the airplane over to maintenance first thing in the morning and have them check out the struts!

Great job David! Congratulations on passing the PPL checkride - we certainly enjoyed having you in the course!

ps: for those wondering, David actually flies the plane pretty well and I am not sure where he got his reputation of hard landings but he did well on the flight we flew together smile

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 October 11 2006 00:32 ET by Terry Eshenour

Congratulations David! You now set the example for others to follow, of course at a safe distance.

Terry Eshenour

Senior Captain, B777-200

DVA1044
Senior Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club

"Fly Delta Jets"
Roswell, NM USA

127 legs, 388.8 hours
62 legs, 199.3 hours online
2 legs, 5.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 00:32 ET by Lloyd Arms

"ps: for those wondering, David actually flies the plane pretty well and I am not sure where he got his reputation of hard landings but he did well on the flight we flew together" The blown tires, Compressed struts, Wingtip scrapes and numerous depressions in the runways that he's attacked with landing gear got him his reputation. One heck of a pilot. I think he sometimes gets confused between flying and voyage to the center of the earth evilgrin

DVA2533
Senior Captain, EMB-120
OLP, COMM

Joined on July 27 2005
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Dorval 500 Club
US Coastal Club
Online Fifteen Century
US Mountaineer Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

Winter Springs, FL USA

2,089 legs, 2,755.4 hours
1,762 legs, 2,302.1 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,470.3 hours ACARS
29 legs, 31.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 00:36 ET by Jim Warner

Congratulations, Mr. Keech!! Welll done David! I told you that it would be painless and a lot of fun in the PPL course....well a lot of fun anyway.

Jim Warner

Senior Captain, EMB-120

DVA2569
Senior Captain, B757-200

Joined on September 12 2005
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Everett 1500 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club

Midwestern United States

2,160 legs, 5,214.0 hours
77 legs, 140.5 hours online
2,112 legs, 5,093.5 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 05:13 ET by Manuel Hernandez

Nice job Keech

Manuel Hernandez

Senior Captain, B757-200

DVA2855
Captain, MD-11

Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV

467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs, 1,349.6 hours online
414 legs, 1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs, 40.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 06:28 ET by Michael Holmes

Congrats David! I know you had to have had fun getting this rating! I know I did and can't wait to start the Commercial part!

Cheers!

Michael Holmes (DVA2855)

DVA3480
Captain, EMB-120

Joined on August 23 2006

"Accept No Limitations"
Middle East

49 legs, 124.7 hours
2 legs, 2.1 hours online
7 legs, 9.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 07:13 ET by Anuj Arora

Well done David, I hope to be joining you in about 7-8 weeks.I am also enrolled in the class.Jim Warner,my instructor,pretty nice guy... again Congratulations

Anuj Arora (DVA3480)

DVA3356
Captain, B727-200

Joined on July 15 2006

Poynton, Cheshire GB

38 legs, 80.6 hours
7 legs, 19.3 hours online
27 legs, 63.1 hours ACARS
2 legs, 9.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 07:50 ET by Andrew Melia

Well Done Mr Keech, sir! I too am enrolled - not before time I can hear some of you sayin - Got my first flight with Jim this weekend - not telling you when/where, otherwise you lot'll be lining the runway holdin up score cards - if you think Davids landings are hard, you should see some of mine! Jim, If your reading this, bring a hard hat!

Andrew Melia

Captain, B727-200

DVA613
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, VFRADV

Joined on June 17 2002
50 State Club
Events Century Club
Million Mile Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Commuter Conquest
Globetrotter
Everett Millennium Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Beware of the Green Baron!"
Charlotte, NC USA

2,509 legs, 4,025.8 hours
2,328 legs, 3,644.8 hours online
2,142 legs, 3,186.8 hours ACARS
130 legs, 238.7 hours event
165 legs dispatched, 103.9 hours

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 07:58 ET by David Keech

Thanks everyone, but the true credit belongs to those brave soles we call CFI's. Andrew, Scott, Jim and George, my hat off to you guys. Very calm persona and even some odd sense of humor makes for an interesting flight....lol. They have a knack of distracting you, especially George and Scott into not paying attention to the gauges and next thing you know you have dropped 300 feet and are trying to correct that.

I'll definately be there for the commercial portion. Need to get that EMB120 to trim better before I try that.

I had a blast and thought for sure I wouldn't pass, but I did. If you haven't enrolled yet you need to.

Terry, Scott is biting at the bit to get you in there....lol.

As a sidenote, the Academy is going to be looking very shortly for some more CFIs to expand the program. Be on the lookout for that announcement if you are interested.

David Keech (DVA613)

DVA2086
Senior Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL

Joined on January 12 2005
Online Double Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club

Sharpsburg, GA USA

643 legs, 1,866.3 hours
505 legs, 1,417.9 hours online
418 legs, 1,380.2 hours ACARS
63 legs, 196.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 08:25 ET by Chris Williams

Wow!

This is amazing. It's no less important then old Benjy flying a kite around and getting struck by lightning.

I guess we can no longer make fun of you.

HAHAHAHAHAHAH....good one by me.

Congrats! Every CFI should expect to be marked as Saint after getting you through. smile

Chris Williams

Senior Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 08:37 ET by David Keech

Chris, your just jealous that I completed before you....lol. Scott told me to say that.

David Keech (DVA613)

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 08:46 ET by Chris Williams

Yeah I am. A little.

It's like in that movie "The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" when Ricky Bobby's friend/fellow driver came up with the nickname "Magic Man" and Ricky Bobby was jealous that he didn't think of it.

smile

Chris Williams

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA3332
First Officer, B747-400

Joined on July 10 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club

Lazio Italy

116 legs, 444.7 hours
107 legs, 417.9 hours online
109 legs, 431.2 hours ACARS
4 legs, 16.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 16:53 ET by Luca Zuccarini

Congrats Keech! I did the course about a month ago and passed the PPL. It's amazing! How many of us have passed the course??... how many pilots do we have in DVA?... I'm sure that as soon as the commercial course starts most pilots will dive to get the PPL.

See ya in the skyes Keech,

LUCA

DVA2570
Senior Captain, B727-200
COMM

Joined on September 10 2005
Online Double Century Club
Everett 500 Club
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Mesa, AZ

1,242 legs, 3,308.9 hours
296 legs, 407.9 hours online
1,173 legs, 3,173.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 11 2006 19:43 ET by Jim Pray

Way to go David!!!

Tons of fun for sure, you are so right they are a great group of folks at the academy.

Congrats!!!

Jim

Jim Pray (DVA2570)

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