Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Flight Plan Approval Time

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Flight Plan Approval Time

DVA4604
Captain, B757-200

Joined on June 20 2007
Century Club
Online Century Club

"Reach for the skies"
Norwalk, CT

138 legs, 210.3 hours
122 legs, 187.8 hours online
96 legs, 130.5 hours ACARS
5 legs, 12.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 21 2007 15:55 ET by Scott Bonito

How long does it take to get flight plan approvals after you first flight after hire?
-Scott

Scott Bonito (DVA4604)

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 June 21 2007 16:00 ET by Luke Kolin

Up to several hours. Yours looks like it was approved in a few minutes.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4265
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on March 18 2007
Online Triple Century Club
Quatercentenary Club

"WE BE DELTA, Flossin n' Flyin "
Phoenix, AZ USA

430 legs, 2,188.7 hours
398 legs, 2,061.4 hours online
388 legs, 2,045.8 hours ACARS
5 legs, 33.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 21 2007 16:06 ET by Trevir Maidel

Its usally pretty quick, but may take up to a day !!! Cause you got to remember
there 2500 active pilots and with most of them flying frequently theres alot of flight
plans being filed that neet to be approved so you just gotta be patient !!!

BTW: you can fly more flights if you previouse FP hasnt been approvded yet !!!

Trevir Maidel (DVA4265)

DVA4193
Captain, MD-11

Joined on March 16 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Six Century Club

"It's Always Sunny On Top"
Grand Forks, ND USA

627 legs, 1,470.6 hours
594 legs, 1,383.7 hours online
583 legs, 1,347.5 hours ACARS
19 legs, 63.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 21 2007 16:09 ET by Daniel Johnson

Actually Trevir, i noticed that their are not 2500 Active pilots, its around 2200. Why, i thought are max was 2500 and people were crawling to get it.

Daniel Johnson (DVA4193)

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 June 21 2007 16:10 ET by Lewis Gregory

Well, Scott, you didn't wait long, I went in there and tried to approve it as soon as I read your message, and somebody sniped it out from under me. smile

Remember that all PIREPs are approved manually by staff (senior management or chief pilots/assistant chief pilots), so it can take some time, especially with people being on vacation and this being a heavy flying season. I don't think I've ever had one take longer than a day in 3 1/2 years here, and the majority are just a few hours (or maybe the next morning after a night flight).

Welcome to DVA!

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on June 21 2007 16:13 ET by Luke Kolin

When we instituted the 2500 pilot limit, we made a change to the activity policy. Instead of requiring pilots to log in every 90 days, we reduced that down to 45 days. The practical result of this change was that approximately 250 pilots have been purged out in the last few days - some under the old 90 day policy, others under the new 45 day policy. Based on my cursory examination of the logs, these double cohorts have been eliminated and I expect the total size to start going up again.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA950
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on November 19 2002
Online Quadruple Century Club
Millennium Club
Million Mile Club
Events Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Houston, We have a Problem"
Nazareth, PA USA

1,210 legs, 2,875.1 hours
1,147 legs, 2,716.7 hours online
886 legs, 1,977.2 hours ACARS
206 legs, 484.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 21 2007 16:44 ET by Anthony Piasecki

Geez, Just when I thought things were slowing Down smile

Anthony Piasecki

Senior Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on June 22 2007 00:14 ET by Scott Bonito

Hahaha, thanks. I posted it and then it was approved smile

Thanks!

DVA4503
Captain, B767-300

Joined on May 26 2007
Century Club

"If it aint broke Don't Fix It"
Buffalo, NY USA

101 legs, 343.8 hours
33 legs, 111.4 hours online
97 legs, 325.6 hours ACARS
1 legs, 4.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 22 2007 02:01 ET by Jack Everitt

A few days ago I landed and filed my pirep and it was approved before I could finish exiting FS.

Jack Everitt (DVA4503)

DVA2315
Senior Captain, MD-88

Joined on April 30 2005
Long Beach 250 Club
Six Century Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"www.harborcounty.net"
Cypress, TX USA

674 legs, 1,380.9 hours
506 legs, 907.6 hours online
495 legs, 1,029.0 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on June 22 2007 02:13 ET by Daniel Shaw

Pireps get approved faster if you use ACARS since ACARS verifys the vaildity of your flight before you ever push back from the gate. Use it! It is an amazing tool.

Daniel Shaw

Senior Captain, MD-88

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