Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - If you try and land a 777 in a hurricane and you screw up

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | If you try and land a 777 in a hurricane and you screw up

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 December 18 2006 10:13 ET by Luke Kolin

http://news.com.com//Into+the+wild+blue+virtual+yonder/2100-1043_3-6144347.html?tag=news.1

Well, we made CNET News today. smile

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA613
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, VFRADV

Joined on June 17 2002
50 State Club
Events Century Club
Million Mile Club
US Coastal Club
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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 December 18 2006 10:21 ET by David Keech

Thats pretty cool! Thinking of sharing this with the pilots?

David Keech (DVA613)

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 December 18 2006 11:00 ET by Lewis Gregory

Awesome! Did somebody from CNet find the website and contact you for an interview, Luke?

BTW, did you see we're the only VA that actually got linked? HOOAH! Vacuum and dust the place, boys, we're gonna get some visitors! (Might be a good idea to keep a slightly tighter hand on the Cooler for the next few days, maybe?)

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 11:09 ET by Luke Kolin

I'm going to be keeping an eye on what awstats returns over the next 48 hours. I actually think this box could handle being slashdotted.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 13:52 ET by Luke Kolin

I'm going to open this one up. If someone wants to post on digg, I'd love to see it.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA2750
Senior Captain, B757-200

Joined on December 17 2005
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club

"Roll Tide Roll"
Montgomery, AL USA

900 legs, 1,831.7 hours
818 legs, 1,580.2 hours online
804 legs, 1,594.9 hours ACARS
20 legs, 45.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 14:58 ET by Derek Bradley

That was a pretty good article, especially for those people that don't understand why we do this. It was good to see we were the only linked airline.

DVA2821
Captain, B737-800

Joined on January 15 2006
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club

Spokane, WA

158 legs, 259.3 hours
83 legs, 143.2 hours online
139 legs, 227.2 hours ACARS
5 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 15:11 ET by Jay Coffman

thats great Luke!! Hows has that article pushed membership? i think that might be something interesting to track!!!

Jay Coffman

Captain, B737-800

DVA3294
Captain, B767-300

Joined on July 02 2006
Online Double Century Club
Quatercentenary Club

"Failure is not an option"
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

446 legs, 854.1 hours
266 legs, 409.6 hours online
13 legs, 16.4 hours ACARS
33 legs, 60.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 15:37 ET by Ryan Nicolay

Wow thats cool!

Ryan Nicolay

Captain, B767-300

DVA650
Senior Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL

Joined on June 28 2002
Online Double Century Club
Quatercentenary Club

"IRS NAV ONLY"
Lynchburg, VA USA

466 legs, 2,117.4 hours
301 legs, 1,436.8 hours online
163 legs, 781.4 hours ACARS
6 legs, 30.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 15:41 ET by Chuck Gehman

Yes it is very cool, good job Luke!

Chuck Gehman (DVA650)

DVA3710
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP, COMM

Joined on November 12 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Piston Prop 100 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"God is my pilot. I'm just the First Officer."
Apopka, FL

432 legs, 690.6 hours
35 legs, 60.8 hours online
385 legs, 620.1 hours ACARS
6 legs, 7.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 16:23 ET by Sid Dudley

Good job, Luke!

Sid Dudley

Senior Captain, DC-6

DVA3102
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on April 30 2006
50 State Club
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"If it flies in the skies, I'm on it"
Los Angeles, CA

3,196 legs, 8,564.3 hours
75 legs, 117.3 hours online
3,082 legs, 8,306.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 17:36 ET by Jon Farabee

This is great Luke, thanks for sharing it with us

Jon Farabee

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA2962
Captain, B777-200

Joined on February 25 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club

"Cleared as filed"
Nashua, NH USA

121 legs, 655.3 hours
104 legs, 554.7 hours online
116 legs, 639.6 hours ACARS
11 legs, 25.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 22:28 ET by Kieran Thorne

Well then it's confirmed. 777 group flight for next year's hurricane season. I'm sure Adam will agree smile

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 22:32 ET by Luke Kolin

OK, it ain't exactly being slashdotted - we get 6,500 home page hits a day and awstats tells me we got exactly 75 from the CNET article. smile

Still any press is good press, and I think it's nice to present virtual aviation in a positive light.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on December 18 2006 22:55 ET by Kieran Thorne

Dugg: http://digg.com/gaming_news/Virtual_Airlines_take_to_the_blue_skies

Kieran Thorne (DVA2962)

Posted onPost created on December 19 2006 13:38 ET by Jay Coffman

Luke, happened to notice you dropped your pic from the toronto group flight the other day in the 707 for the article. Beautiful plane I might add, had the pleasure of flying the KC-135 in the military at one point which of course is the military varient of sorts!!!

Jay Coffman

Captain, B737-800

DVA230
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on August 14 2001
Online Century Club
Double Century Club

"Old School Rules!!!"
Owensboro, KY USA

228 legs, 410.8 hours
156 legs, 269.0 hours online
61 legs, 107.9 hours ACARS
3 legs, 5.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 19 2006 17:18 ET by Michael Banks

Guy's a Genius...

SeeYa Up THere!!

Mike

Michael Banks (DVA230)

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 December 19 2006 18:50 ET by Terry Eshenour

Great article and PR for Virtual Aviation and DVA.

Interesting selection of the screen shot of the trusty DC-8 over the Niagara Peninsula heading home to Toronto. I also noted some familiar DVA ACARS gauges on the panel of the aircraft on final.

When was the last time a hurricane hit Toronto?

Terry Eshenour

Senior Captain, B777-200

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