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DVA3611
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on October 09 2006
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club
Online Seven Century Club
"If it works, don't fix it!"
TX USA
881 legs, 2,043.7 hours
723 legs,
1,492.6 hours online
859 legs,
1,966.3 hours ACARS
163 legs,
384.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 14 2010 13:12 ET by Martin Pettersson
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I'm sure this has been asked; however, I failed to find the answer while searching through the docs and water cooler.
Not too long ago, when flying an event, the flight number was provided in the event description. Now the events description does not provide the flight number, so I used one from the schedule provided in ACARS search. ?????
Al;so, if accepting a dispatcher route, my DVA ID is used as the flight number; is this what has to be used or is it just a fill in by the dispatcher, and one must search the current schedule for a good flight number?
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DVA7620
First Officer, B777-200
OLP
Joined on July 21 2009
"Dream"
NJ USA
66 legs, 105.0 hours
55 legs,
89.5 hours online
63 legs,
99.1 hours ACARS
16 legs,
31.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 14 2010 14:04 ET by Neil Sarna
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flight reports dont fail or pass based on the flight number.....so its really up to you
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DVA3611
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on October 09 2006
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club
Online Seven Century Club
"If it works, don't fix it!"
TX USA
881 legs, 2,043.7 hours
723 legs,
1,492.6 hours online
859 legs,
1,966.3 hours ACARS
163 legs,
384.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 15 2010 19:34 ET by Martin Pettersson
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Hi Neil,
I disagree with your answer, in a past flight, it was rejected because the flight number was not scheduled for the date that I flew the rout.
To restate my question; is your DVA ID number valid when placed in the ACARS Flight Number by the Dispatcher, and, what Flight Number is used on events, the DVA ID or one found on the schedule?
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DVA4346
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on April 19 2007
Globetrotter
50 State Club
Millennium Club
Three Million Mile Club
Online Nine Century
Delft, Zuid-Holland Netherlands
1,227 legs, 6,943.0 hours
906 legs,
5,459.3 hours online
1,187 legs,
6,710.7 hours ACARS
50 legs,
141.3 hours event
152 legs dispatched, 147.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
August 15 2010 19:51 ET by Luis Gambetta
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Martin Pettersson wrote:
Hi Neil,
I disagree with your answer, in a past flight, it was rejected because the flight number was not scheduled for the date that I flew the rout.
To restate my question; is your DVA ID number valid when placed in the ACARS Flight Number by the Dispatcher, and, what Flight Number is used on events, the DVA ID or one found on the schedule?
Dispatch automatically puts the Flight number as your PID but we can change the flight number if you request. As for the Event, It does not matter Ive seen people do it both ways.
Luis GambettaSenior Captain, B777-200
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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
2,317 legs, 9,330.6 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,975 legs,
8,123.7 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,353 legs, 9,465.5 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
August 15 2010 19:52 ET by Luke Kolin
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Martin Pettersson wrote:
Hi Neil, I disagree with your answer, in a past flight, it was rejected because the flight number was not scheduled for the date that I flew the route.
Just to clarify, the route must be valid in the schedule on the day it is flown, or a Flight Assignment needs to have been created. Whether the flight number is actually valid for that route or even exists is not a criterion used for approval of flights. I fly almost everything as DL43, despite the fact that this is a CVG-FRA route (I think) and I've never actually flown into FRA in over 800 flights.
To restate my question; is your DVA ID number valid when placed in the ACARS Flight Number by the Dispatcher, and, what Flight Number is used on events, the DVA ID or one found on the schedule?
We typically use the DVA ID on events since we can't all log into VATSIM using the same callsign.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA3611
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on October 09 2006
Events Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club
Online Seven Century Club
"If it works, don't fix it!"
TX USA
881 legs, 2,043.7 hours
723 legs,
1,492.6 hours online
859 legs,
1,966.3 hours ACARS
163 legs,
384.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
August 15 2010 22:33 ET by Martin Pettersson
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Okay, thanks. But if a route is on the schedule for the designated date, then it will have a flight number; however, from now on its DVA3611 for all my future flights (on the schedule, dispatcher assigned, and events). Sure makes it easier.
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