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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | New Rookie Pilot
DVA10461
Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on January 17 2012
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"Let's Go Pens!"
St Albans, WV USA

113 legs, 323.5 hours
24 legs, 67.8 hours online
112 legs, 321.9 hours ACARS
12 legs dispatched, 19.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 18:51 ET by Bryan Shepherd
Hi everyone, I just got approved for membership. My name is Bryan Shepherd and I have been interested in airline flight since I was a child. I joined the ranks of the FSX pilots in December and have been studying and researching cockpit operations since then and I decided I wanted to take it a step further and decided to join a virtual airline. I'm not a great pilot in practice, but I do know a lot of the operations inside. Any help that I can get here would be outstanding and I look forward to seeing everyone in the skies!

Bryan Shepherd

Bryan Shepherd

Captain, A320
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
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 19:01 ET by Scott Bradley
You're in the right place - Welcome. smile

Scott Bradley

Captain, A320
DVA7752
First Officer, B747-400
OLP

Joined on August 21 2009
50 State Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Online Double Century Club
Toulouse Century Club
Quatercentenary Club

"Turbulence just makes you have to go worse..."
Parker, CO USA

411 legs, 942.0 hours
246 legs, 564.4 hours online
389 legs, 904.0 hours ACARS
17 legs, 27.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 19:03 ET by Greg Stark
DVA is probably the best place to learn how to really fly an airplane. I personally would suggest checking out the flight academy.


DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club

"We're off, like a heard of turtles."
Commack, NY USA

189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs, 751.4 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 19:16 ET by Ethan Olshever
Bryan Shepherd wrote:

I'm not a great pilot in practice, ...


Well it's simple. Take off, fly, land. biggrin

Ethan Olshever

First Officer, B777-200
DVA7709
Captain, B757-200

Joined on August 29 2009
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club

Southeastern United States

452 legs, 908.6 hours
415 legs, 843.4 hours online
451 legs, 907.6 hours ACARS
25 legs, 53.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 19:18 ET by Jose Hernandez
First off welcome to DVA one if not the best va out there with tons of resource. You will fall in love with how things work here and when you take that final step and fly online you will love it. Just make sure you read up on everything learn what sids and stars are and how to file right flightplans. Youtube is a great learning tool for sids and stars if you already dont know how to read charts. Flightaware.com is a great place to find flightplans. I hope you have fun here welcome aboard Bryan.....

Jose Hernandez

Captain, B757-200
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 19:41 ET by John Anderson
Greg Stark wrote:

DVA is probably the best place to learn how to really fly an airplane. I personally would suggest checking out the flight academy.

+1

Jose Hernandez wrote:

First off welcome to DVA one if not the best va out there with tons of resource. You will fall in love with how things work here and when you take that final step and fly online you will love it. Just make sure you read up on everything learn what sids and stars are and how to file right flightplans. Youtube is a great learning tool for sids and stars if you already dont know how to read charts. Flightaware.com is a great place to find flightplans. I hope you have fun here welcome aboard Bryan.....

+1


And keep your nose here in the water cooler as well. If you have a question, it may have already been answered, or someone else could benefit from you asking . . . or you'll see a post with a question that you didn't even know you had.

There's alot to be learned here, and there are alot of highly experienced and motivated pilots that are always happy to lend a hand, ear or yoke.

Welcome aboard.


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
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 20:09 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
Welcome aboard Bryan! We are glad to have you here.

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA3710
Senior Captain, DC-6
OLP, COMM

Joined on November 12 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Piston Prop 100 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"God is my pilot. I'm just the First Officer."
Apopka, FL

432 legs, 690.6 hours
35 legs, 60.8 hours online
385 legs, 620.1 hours ACARS
6 legs, 7.7 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 20:39 ET by Sid Dudley
Welcome to Delta Virtual Airlines, Bryan!

Sid Dudley

Senior Captain, DC-6
DVA9510
Captain, B777-200

Joined on February 17 2011
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

San Diego, CA

132 legs, 349.8 hours
12 legs, 21.9 hours online
123 legs, 330.3 hours ACARS
9 legs, 17.6 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 20:46 ET by Dylan Klein
welcome to DVA Bryan! you will quickly learn how awesome this place is!
DVA10461
Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on January 17 2012
50 State Club
Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

"Let's Go Pens!"
St Albans, WV USA

113 legs, 323.5 hours
24 legs, 67.8 hours online
112 legs, 321.9 hours ACARS
12 legs dispatched, 19.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on January 18 2012 20:48 ET by Bryan Shepherd
Dylan Klein wrote:

welcome to DVA Bryan! you will quickly learn how awesome this place is!

If the response to this thread is any indication, I don't think that I will have any trouble finding that out ;-)

Bryan Shepherd

Captain, A320

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