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DVA6626
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28 legs, 55.2 hours online
747 legs, 2,255.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 20 2009 17:43 ET by Michael Pare

What if I simulate diverting to another airport, and it is in my ACARS can I still get credit for it?

Michael Pare (DVA6626)

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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 May 20 2009 17:58 ET by Lewis Gregory

In general, the flight will get held until you complete your original trip, unless BOTH legs are valid DVA flights. So if you're flying, say, ATL-LAX and you divert to ABQ, if there's no ATL-ABQ flight in the schedule, it'll get flagged and held. If you fly the rest of the flight, ABQ-LAX, and reference your original diversion in your PIREP, then they should both be approved. If both of the flight legs were valid DVA legs--say you were going to fly ATL-SEA but you diverted to SLC and ended up with ATL-SLC and SLC-SEA, chances are those will both get approved immediately because they're valid DVA flights.

I can't speak for senior staff, but personally, I'd advise not diverting unless you absolutely have to. It makes things harder on staff in terms of approving flights. If you do end up diverting, make sure you mention something about it in your PIREP, and expect it to be held unless it's otherwise a valid DVA flight leg.

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

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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
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Posted onPost created on May 20 2009 18:04 ET by Luke Kolin

I believe Build 239 (or 240) has better divert logic, since it will notice that the PIREP doesn't match the ACARS flight info entry. Let me know if that works. smile

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on May 20 2009 18:09 ET by Lewis Gregory

Nice, Luke!

Lewis Gregory

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on May 20 2009 18:31 ET by Luke Kolin

It's actually related to a brainstorm I got with this PIREP: http://www.deltava.org/pirep.do?id=0x56411 It was calculating the runways incorrectly, because the ACARS flight data row didn't match the PIREP data. Once I discovered this was the case, it became simple to detect diverts.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on May 20 2009 19:17 ET by Michael Pare

I was using active sky approaching KJFK and the visibility was right at minims, and I was thinking where to devert to as I wasn't seeing the runway.

Michael Pare (DVA6626)

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