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DVA5685
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on March 13 2008
50 State Club
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Northeastern United States

261 legs, 486.8 hours
153 legs, 285.6 hours online
245 legs, 464.7 hours ACARS
19 legs, 47.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 14:47 ET by Brad Barton

Hi,

I'm new to Delta Virtual Airlines and would like to know how to log a flight. Thanks.

Brad Barton

Captain, B777-200

DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club

"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe

277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs, 397.0 hours online
244 legs, 456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs, 80.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 17:19 ET by Mark Salter

Hi Brad! Welcome to a great community!

The pilot center is your source for pretty much everything. The document library contains manuals and other very helpful information to help you fly.

The fleet library is where you download things, such as aircraft and ACARS (Aircraft Communication And Reporting System) ACARS is what we use to log your flights. It's pretty straightfoward-you download it, fill out your flight information, and at the end of the flight you send it in. Your flight will then be reviewed and accepted or declined.

If you can't download it for any reason-you can always file a reoprt manually in the "File Flight Report" section of the pilot center after your flight.

Don't be afraid to ask any more questions you have!

Mark Salter

Senior Captain, CRJ-200

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 March 15 2008 17:42 ET by Derek Bradley

Welcome aboard!

DVA2481
Senior Captain, A320
E-MAIL

Joined on July 15 2005
Iditarod Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
50 State Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Seven Century Club

Madrid Spain

723 legs, 1,394.4 hours
461 legs, 924.5 hours online
621 legs, 1,110.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 18:09 ET by Jimmi Cranford

Welcome to the best of the best, Brad!

To add to Mark's response, you cannot log your first flight with ACARS. You'll have to do it manually, I know, sounds scary doesn't it?

Take a look at the schedule, in your Pilot Center, and choose a flight. After you fly the flight, go to your Pilot Center again and in the Flight Reports section, click File new report. Fill it out, and submit it.

After that you will be assigned a DVA ID and you will be able to use ACARS, a great tool.

Regards.

Jimmi Cranford (DVA2481)

DVA3102
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on April 30 2006
50 State Club
B757 100 Club
Globetrotter
South American Samba Club
US Capital Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Tri-Millennium Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"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 March 15 2008 20:53 ET by Jon Farabee

Welcome to the Family

Jon Farabee

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 22:29 ET by Brad Barton

Thanks a lot. That helped. One more question. I have FSX. What do I do if the aircraft on my flight plan is not compatible with FSX?

Brad Barton

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on March 15 2008 22:57 ET by Mark Salter

Well, obviously you won't be able to fly at all because the aircraft won't work with FSX. At this time, we're updating our fleet to be all FSX compatible. Our goal is to finish this task by this year.

The fleet installer discription of each aircraft will tell you if it's compatible onot.

Mark Salter

Senior Captain, CRJ-200

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