DVA7956
Captain, A320
OLP
Joined on November 05 2009
50 State Club
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"Swing on a star"
Manassas, VA USA
478 legs, 905.6 hours
259 legs,
494.7 hours online
473 legs,
893.0 hours ACARS
70 legs,
123.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 17 2010 09:33 ET by Scott Bradley
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Got to looking at Ratings I have, and Ratings available - way more in front of me than behind me. Add in the caffeine from my morning coffee - and here is what you get....
An accomplishment for ratings in all Boeings; all Airbuses, and all the above.
Now I can just see DVA staff going, hmmm...awful idea, we do not want to encourage a rating race. Ok - how about some number of hours for each rating? Do I mean EVERY plane in a rating? I don't know...I'll go for that second cup of coffee and let you know. Thoughts on this quiet Sunday morning?
Scott BradleyCaptain, A320
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DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA
651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs,
2,922.9 hours online
565 legs,
3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs,
18.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 17 2010 15:44 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
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I believe in the document library it was written that it is discouraged for pilots to attain ratings just for the sake of attaining them. Not to mention it bogs down staff with grading checkrides for people who have no intention of flying the aircraft. And for hours, I see that as encouraging pilots to fly long-hauls and spend time away from their flight. Granted this is not bad in and of itself, but the general idea is not for pilots to become "hour jockeys." I do fly almost exclusively long haul, but that's just because I have a pure enjoyment of it, not because I am trying to rack up hours.
Not a bad idea Scott, but I don't think it would quite work out as intended. I'm not staff, but that's just my opinion. I hope that second cup tastes better. 
Nicholas CarpenterSenior Captain, B747-400
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DVA8088
Chief Pilot, B737-800
OLP, 737-ATP
Joined on December 11 2009
50 State Club
Globetrotter
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Everett Quad-Millennium Club
Events Triple Century Club
Online Sixty Century Club
Six Million Mile Club
Seven Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Real Time & Online. The only way to fly!!"
Corona, CA
7,290 legs, 15,075.9 hours
6,877 legs,
13,638.3 hours online
7,229 legs,
14,907.4 hours ACARS
372 legs,
926.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 19 2010 02:10 ET by Scott Simmons
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Here's a thought. How about a hub based accomplishment. Delta has 7 hubs in the US; KATL, KCVG, KDTW, KJFK, KMEM, KMSP, & KSLC. Let's say you would be dubbed a "Hub Hound" if you had flown out and back to 5, 10, 25, or "X" different destinations (but not one of the other 6 hubs) from EACH of the 7 major hubs. There could be varying levels as your numbers increased. To make it available to both new DVA pilots and all those vets with thousands of legs, there could be minor awards at 5/10/25/50 destinations. Of course the number available from each hub will vary depending upon just how many are on the DVA schedule.
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DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA
651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs,
2,922.9 hours online
565 legs,
3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs,
18.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 19 2010 08:50 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
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I don't want to sound cynical, but what about the pilots that have already dedicated themselves to fly out of a certain hub? They accomplishment could be introduced but they wouldn't be able to participate. That's why the 50 State club has been such a success was because it was relatively difficult, it was something any pilot could know how to do, and the vast majority of pilots hadn't already done it. If you can hit those three key items, an accomplishement should probably be worth further consideration.
Nicholas CarpenterSenior Captain, B747-400
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