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DVA6688 Captain, L-1011-100 Joined on November 22 2008 Beaverton, OR USA 98 legs, 194.6 hours 93 legs, 187.0 hours online 86 legs, 177.7 hours ACARS 1 legs, 1.8 hours event	Posted onPost created on January 10 2009 20:44 ET by Scott Ring
	I've had 3- 4 flights that errored when I pireped with acars. Isnt there enough info on vataware to confirm a good flight so we can get credit for the flight (as far as toward promotions) ?
DVA6756 Captain, B747-400 OLP Joined on December 12 2008 Century Club Online Century Club MD 121 legs, 460.3 hours 105 legs, 415.0 hours online 113 legs, 446.2 hours ACARS 2 legs, 3.5 hours event	Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 07:58 ET by Kenneth Haught
	While not sure exactly what the ACARS collects, it seems to me that all that Vataware collects at the end is what your filed speeds and altitude was, and what the time is between Takeoff and Landing, whereas ACRAS collects and saves data throughout the flight, as well as what AP is used, landing speed, weight info...ect. So it would seems that the data that is collected...and used for checkrides ect... is far greater than what Vataware is capable of, since it collects it directly from your flight instead of what is transmitted through FSInn/SB. Also, when you say it error'd, did you check your logbook on the DVA site...the reason I ask is that I sometimes get an error message when I file my Pireps, but then they show up on my logbook, usually after ACARS server times out is when I have this happen...so really no bigey. Just my .02
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	Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 09:38 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
	Scott - you last flight in ACARS shows 10 JAN - and it all looks good. ACARS is what we use here thanks to excellent programming from our own...you may be exiting ACARS or FS too quickly when you end your flight - and/or maybe not ensuing that you are PBs on when ending the flight.
DVA6688 Captain, L-1011-100 Joined on November 22 2008 Beaverton, OR USA 98 legs, 194.6 hours 93 legs, 187.0 hours online 86 legs, 177.7 hours ACARS 1 legs, 1.8 hours event	Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 12:32 ET by Scott Ring
	my errors were same as: http://www.deltava.org/thread.do?id=0x12328 and they did not pirep I agree it's the best acars around- it just seems for a regular flight, its a shame to not get credit, if this is going to happen alot. (and checkrides definately should be acars only) ps Ken, have you seen a vataware flight?: http://www.vataware.com/flight.cfm?id=2713320
DVA6756 Captain, B747-400 OLP Joined on December 12 2008 Century Club Online Century Club MD 121 legs, 460.3 hours 105 legs, 415.0 hours online 113 legs, 446.2 hours ACARS 2 legs, 3.5 hours event	Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 14:40 ET by Kenneth Haught
	yepp, like I said, after the flight has landed it only shows the filed Alt and SPD, time en-route, route filed, ect...and contains no info regarding landing stats, weights, actual speed on T/O Landing, altitudes flown...ect. compare these two http://www.vataware.com/flight.cfm?id=2720320 and http://www.deltava.org/pirep.do?id=0x56174 and you can see the difference in Data recorded...I think

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