Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - flight being approved

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | flight being approved

DVA10746
Captain, B757-200

Joined on May 12 2012

St John Antigua and Barbuda

56 legs, 157.6 hours
14 legs, 64.0 hours online
54 legs, 155.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 08:08 ET by Shekor Tobitt

How long does it take for flights to be approved?

Shekor Tobitt

Captain, B757-200

DVA8512
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on April 11 2010
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Cary, NC

1,164 legs, 3,867.3 hours
707 legs, 2,387.1 hours online
1,092 legs, 3,589.7 hours ACARS
25 legs, 104.5 hours event
746 legs dispatched, 564.5 hours

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 08:25 ET by Elise Van De Putte

Depends on how long the queue is. Usually it shouldn't take longer than a day.

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

DVA8752
Captain, B767-300

Joined on January 01 2010
50 State Club
Triple Century Club

Sedalia, CO

338 legs, 1,236.8 hours
31 legs, 181.3 hours online
37 legs, 232.7 hours ACARS
2 legs, 8.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 11:50 ET by Brandon Howell

30 seconds to 72 hours is the norm. Remember the staff here are volunteers and do this on their free time.

Brandon Howell (DVA8752)

DVA10323
Chief Pilot, B727-200
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Joined on November 26 2011
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Gulfport, MS

1,585 legs, 1,452.3 hours
737 legs, 681.1 hours online
1,577 legs, 1,444.8 hours ACARS
41 legs, 58.7 hours event
327 legs dispatched, 343.5 hours

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 17:13 ET by Kevin Lundy

Since your on the subject :-) I have always wondered why it can take almost a day longer to have a flight approved if you have multiple flights in the queue. For an example, if I fly 3 flights from JAN to MSY about 30 -40 minute flights and log off with all three flights still unapproved, one might get approved in 10 minutes then the next in 10 hours and then the third in a day and a half. And they might not even get approved in the same order you fly them.

Not complaining!!!!!!! Nooooooo! Just really curious how they appear to the staff in the queue and how all of that works behind the scenes.

Finish by saying, the staff here at DVA are great!!!!

Kevin Lundy

Chief Pilot, B727-200

DVA1038
Captain, B737-800
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Joined on January 12 2003
Century Club

"Celer, Silens, Mortalis"
Summerville, SC USA

169 legs, 1,008.2 hours
56 legs, 288.5 hours online
25 legs, 221.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 5.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 17:32 ET by Kevin Cornish

Kevin, thats because any staff member can approve a flight, so your flights may not always go to the same staff member. That and even though you only have 3 in queue, they will most likely be spread out among ALL the flights submited to staff for approval. So you could have say, position 1 in the queue and your next flight might not show till position 200.

Kevin Cornish

Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 21:23 ET by Kevin Lundy

Thanks for the inside information Kevin! I always wondered about that, just never asked.

Kevin Lundy

Chief Pilot, B727-200

Posted onPost created on May 19 2012 21:36 ET by Elise Van De Putte

They are in chronological order. If I'm not busy, I try to see if pilots have multiple flights awaiting review.

Elise Van De Putte (DVA8512)

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