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DVA283
First Officer, B757-200
Joined on September 13 2001
"John 3:16"
Aiken, SC
6 legs, 7.9 hours
6 legs,
7.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 17 2009 19:01 ET by Brian Sommers
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I can't remember where I came across this but I've got this notion that we don't have to fly by the actual departure/arival times listed in the schedule is this true?
thanks
Brian S
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online
255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 17 2009 19:03 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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You don't. You may fly at any time you want 
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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
July 17 2009 19:07 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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with any aircraft that you are rated in - and will make the flight you are trying (ie. you can't fly the EMB-120 from LAX to HNL on a bag of gas).
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online
255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 17 2009 19:13 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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There ya go 
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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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Posted onPost created on
July 17 2009 23:17 ET by George Lewis
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i.e, if the flight says 7PM departure, you can fly it whenever you like - 5 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, whenever you want, and the flight sim time can be whenever you like as well. As Andrew stated, just because a flight lists a specific equipment type, doesn't mean you have to fly it in that type - so say you find a B763 flight that you can make in the B757 - you can fly it (again you must be able to make it fuel wise)
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DVA3280
Senior Captain, B757-200
COMM
E-MAIL
Joined on June 28 2006
Online Six Century Club
Events Double Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
50 State Club
Safari Club
Tin Dispatcher
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Keep Climbing!"
Coral Gables, FL
1,235 legs, 3,325.6 hours
1,200 legs,
3,254.3 hours online
1,144 legs,
3,053.6 hours ACARS
259 legs,
682.3 hours event
211 legs dispatched, 126.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
July 18 2009 01:30 ET by Robby Chiste
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1. Route must be in flight schedule.
2. You must be rated for the aircraft you chose to fly.
3. That route must be short enough to comply with the maximum range of your selected aircraft.
Regards,
Robby ChisteSenior Captain, B757-200
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DVA7504
Captain, B757-200
Joined on July 04 2009
Naperville, IL USA
32 legs, 88.7 hours
1 legs,
1.7 hours online
30 legs,
85.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 18 2009 13:22 ET by Robert Clements
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Also, remember that you can change the time in Flight Simulator. Usually, I set FS's time to the flight time -- you don't have to do this -- but I like the added realism. 
Bob
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DVA6626
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 07 2008
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
""PROFILE CLIMB""
Las Vegas, NV
753 legs, 2,288.9 hours
28 legs,
55.2 hours online
747 legs,
2,255.7 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 18 2009 14:54 ET by Michael Pare
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This is the absolute beauty of DVA and one of the reasons why I'm here.
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