DVA10964
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on August 14 2012
Western Europe
25 legs, 32.9 hours
5 legs,
10.8 hours online
24 legs,
32.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 16 2012 12:11 ET by Cian Mac Gearailt
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DVA3196
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP, COMM
Joined on June 03 2006
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
"pitchpowertrim.com"
Anderson, MO
619 legs, 1,093.4 hours
292 legs,
503.1 hours online
580 legs,
1,026.5 hours ACARS
89 legs,
191.0 hours event
236 legs dispatched, 110.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 16 2012 12:24 ET by Michael Brown
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Notam 36:
DVA “Raising the Bar” on Advancement and Achievement -- Flight Requirements for Promotion
Delta Virtual Airlines continues to seek enhancements to its promotion structure and pilot development programs to maximize virtual aviation enjoyment. Our strategy to achieve this is through experience and knowledge.
The requirements for flights eligible for the 10 advancement flights to Captain are changing. In order to be eligible, the flight must be flown meeting the following criteria:
1. Completed using equipment that is part of the stage program
2. Flown and logged using ACARS
3. The flight is from our schedule that is at least
a. 150 NM for Turbojet Programs
b. 100 NM for Prop/TurboProp Programs
4. Flown in Non-Accelerated Flight (no use of time acceleration)
The new requirements are effective immediately only for flights eligible for advancement to Captain. Non-eligible flights will continue to have no distance restriction, accelerated flight is permitted and manual flight reporting is permitted, however, pilots are encouraged to use ACARS as it is feature rich, producing valuable information about the flight. More details will become available in the weeks to come as we roll out a new promotion and advancement manual. Should you have questions, please feel free to raise them with your Chief Pilot or create a Help Desk issue.
Thanks
Sterling Widmer
Assistant Director Operations
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DVA1038
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
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
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Posted onPost created on
September 16 2012 17:39 ET by Kevin Cornish
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DVA6135
Captain, B757-200
Joined on July 12 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
US Capital Club
Double Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Real World Airline Captain - AMA"
Vero Beach, FL
236 legs, 718.4 hours
3 legs,
6.1 hours online
234 legs,
714.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2012 19:47 ET by Chris Kennedy
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Cian, what kevin said is spot on. If you want promotion in a certain aircraft program, you need to fly that aircraft in order to get promoted in it. It would be nice to fly a cessna for 10 flights and get promoted to captain in an A380 program, but it never works that way haha, just messing. Delta is very leanant in the way it operates, like michael said, in non-promotion based flights, you dont have to use acars, can use time acceleration, pick and customize your own routes, and even fly off route (to an extent, not way off, more like adjacent or parralel to your original route), in those kinds of terms. I have flown for several other VA's, some requiring me to sit in front of the computer the whole way through, and submit position reports manually proving i was at the controls, some reject your flight if you make a different approach then you listed. DVA is very nice to its virtual pilot and makes the experience very customizable and relaxed, while giving you the ability to be serious or casual.
You need to fly the CRJ with 10 routes, and it being a jet meaning 150 nm per route, comes out to 1,500 nm, and if you choose to use the CRJ-200 from the DVA fleet, you should be cruising around lets say for mathematics sake, 280 knots which is about 325 mph, so at 325 mph going a distance of 1,500 miles, thats about 4 and a half hours in the plane itself, thats not really not that bad, i flew most of my 767 promotion flights on the 8-12 hour legs, to enjoy the long hauls, and get in some cool approaches, and really rack up some good LDS 767 time haha.
If you dont want to fly the CRJ-200 for the 10 routes, then join the program that has the turboprop you want to fly, become captain in the turbo prop, and get the CRJ as an "additional rating". That is very much possible. When i find time i will go for the 747 rating, but not join the program, because i enjoy being based in the 767 program. This is what i would recommend for you!
I hope i helped cian! take it easy and have fun simming 
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