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
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November 09 2007 22:29 ET by George Lewis
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ACARS is a great tool to aid and assist pilots who are new to an equipment type. Self-analysis after the flight can help First Officers better prepare themselves for future flights in areas such as fuel planning, flight planning, navigation, etc. For some time B727, DC-8 and MD-11 First Officers on a trial basis were required to complete the 10 flight legs using ACARS submitted reports. While the programs are small, overall there were no issues raised by the participants or program Chief Pilots. It was decided that it was time to conduct a trial in a mainstream program.
On October 10th, 2007, we conducted a 30-day trial in the B757 program and it was successful. We have decided to continue the B757 test another 30 days and expand it to all remaining Stage 3 and Stage 4 aircraft.
The new trial will begin on November 11th. First officers on their journey to accumulating 10 flight legs will be grandfathered. Flights up to Nov. 11th in programs that haven't yet required ACARS usage for promotion will be counted as ACARS submitted flights. Any Stage 3 or Stage 4 First Officers experiencing difficulty using ACARS should create a help desk issue describing the problem in detail so we can help get it resolved.
Stage 3 aircraft - B727, B757, B767 programs
Stage 4 aircraft - B777, DC-6, DC-8, L1011, MD-11
There are no plans to expand this test into Stage 1 or Stage 2 aircraft at this time.
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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online
580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs,
191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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November 10 2007 12:27 ET by Michael Brown
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DVA3432
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on August 07 2006
Century Club
"Mile High Blackout"
Aurora, CO USA
152 legs, 525.6 hours
43 legs,
139.8 hours online
101 legs,
431.8 hours ACARS
3 legs,
5.4 hours event
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November 14 2007 18:10 ET by Mike Peterson
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DVA2239
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on March 27 2005
Century Club
Online Century Club
Norman, OK
121 legs, 470.4 hours
113 legs,
448.0 hours online
81 legs,
341.3 hours ACARS
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November 14 2007 19:29 ET by David Reimer
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DVA3054
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on April 08 2006
Long Beach Century Club
Online Seven Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Wellington, New Zealand
840 legs, 1,948.4 hours
743 legs,
1,606.4 hours online
735 legs,
1,556.1 hours ACARS
40 legs,
91.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 14 2007 20:49 ET by Bruno Pinto
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