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DVA5309
Captain, L-1011-100
Joined on December 19 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
50 State Club
Millennium Club
Everett 500 Club
Online Eight Century
"Rubber Down"
Kenner, LA
1,295 legs, 2,317.8 hours
845 legs,
1,466.4 hours online
1,074 legs,
1,916.7 hours ACARS
6 legs,
11.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 07 2009 17:51 ET by Marty Rackley
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Is Delta Virtual going to get all the aircraft available for fsx that is in the fleet libary in 09
Marty RackleyCaptain, L-1011-100
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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
2,326 legs, 9,362.8 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,984 legs,
8,155.9 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,362 legs, 9,497.7 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 07 2009 20:35 ET by Luke Kolin
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Probably not. The panels simply won't be available.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA6659
Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 22 2008
"Long live the Jungle Jets"
Atlanta, GA USA
61 legs, 116.1 hours
58 legs,
111.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 08 2009 00:22 ET by Trevor Schmidt
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Will it be possible to create your own merger and use it for a checkride in FSX?
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online
1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs,
114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 08 2009 06:39 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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Trevor - I'm pretty sure the answer is. The checkrides are all based on the Fleet aircraft - which allows for everyone to be on the same playing field when taking checkrides. Not everyone can afford the PSS/PMDG/Wilco etc payware planes
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DVA3561
Captain, B777-200
Joined on September 16 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
B737 100 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Double Century Club
"The Sky Is The Limit"
St George, UT USA
378 legs, 1,017.2 hours
209 legs,
550.5 hours online
366 legs,
948.1 hours ACARS
2 legs,
4.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 09 2009 00:19 ET by Josh Schall
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I dont think it should matter. I dont like it when I get a check ride assigned and it sais I have to use the fleet aircraft only.. I think we should be able to use whatever aircraft we have of that type. Is there a reason why we dont?
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DVA5737
Captain, B767-300
Joined on March 28 2008
Everett Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Commuter Conquest
Piranha Club
"Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"
243 legs, 270.2 hours
18 legs,
24.8 hours online
237 legs,
261.7 hours ACARS
6 legs,
13.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 09 2009 09:42 ET by Brian Clark
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| Josh, I think they are all based on the fleet aircraft more on a basis of simplicity for evaluation. If you have people taking the 737 checkride for instance, using thirty different kinds of 737's with different panels, ACARS may not record the right data, or the data recorded might be faulty. It'd be like making a RW Delta pilot checkride for the 737 in a Southwest Airlines 737. Same airframe, different performance AND equipment (a lot have no RNAV, no A/T etc). Because the chief pilots for that program have flown and created the checkride with the fleet version, they know exactly what kind of data they will get and exactly how the plane will perform, so they can evaluate peoples performance against a known set of data.
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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
2,326 legs, 9,362.8 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,984 legs,
8,155.9 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,362 legs, 9,497.7 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 09 2009 10:07 ET by Luke Kolin
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I'm not aware of any airline-wide requirement that check rides be performed in the Fleet Library model. The best course of action is to ask the Chief Pilot or his Assistant who assigned the check ride. There are some programs (the MD-11 comes to mind) with a specific check ride for payware owners. It's not harder or easier as far as I'm aware of, it just takes into consideration the recording capabilities of ACARS with the PMDG and makes a route with those in mind.
If you have questions about a Check Ride, please ask.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA5309
Captain, L-1011-100
Joined on December 19 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
50 State Club
Millennium Club
Everett 500 Club
Online Eight Century
"Rubber Down"
Kenner, LA
1,295 legs, 2,317.8 hours
845 legs,
1,466.4 hours online
1,074 legs,
1,916.7 hours ACARS
6 legs,
11.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 09 2009 17:54 ET by Marty Rackley
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Luke I think this might just clear up the picture, because my next step was for the L1011-100 I've flown hundreds of hours on them between KDAL, KDFW and KCLT and I just love this bird. So when I transfer I just need to get with the Cheif and see if I can take the check ride with a third party aircraft since the panels will not be ready for fsx this year. Thanks for the information and keep the rubber down.
Marty RackleyCaptain, L-1011-100
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DVA3535
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on September 10 2006
US Coastal Club
Million Mile Club
Flying Colonel
Safari Club
50 State Club
Online Fifteen Century
Northeastern United States
1,959 legs, 3,746.6 hours
1,560 legs,
2,931.2 hours online
1,946 legs,
3,720.6 hours ACARS
7 legs,
12.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 09 2009 23:14 ET by Clarke Duarte
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Gentlemen, To offer some clarification of which aircraft to use for checkrides. The 737 program checkride script specifies that a 737-800 be used, and you may use the DVA fleet OR third party aircraft. This applies to fs9 and fsx.
We're easy to get along with. 
Clarke DuarteSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA3561
Captain, B777-200
Joined on September 16 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
B737 100 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Double Century Club
"The Sky Is The Limit"
St George, UT USA
378 legs, 1,017.2 hours
209 legs,
550.5 hours online
366 legs,
948.1 hours ACARS
2 legs,
4.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 09 2009 23:28 ET by Josh Schall
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ya its odd because both the 757 and the 777 check ride scripts say that it is an automatic failure if you use any third party airplane like pss,pmdg, captain sim, etc. I dont want to sound mean cause I can live with it but wasnt the point to get as real as we can get it? I am used to using fmc's and all that and when I have to use the fleet library version it confuses the heck out of me? Anyone else have any input on this?
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