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DVA5974
Captain, B777-200
Joined on May 27 2008
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Basking Ridge, NJ USA
324 legs, 1,326.6 hours
319 legs,
1,305.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 04 2012 06:59 ET by Nikolay Klimchuk
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As long as we fly commercial routes wouldn't be cool to introduce some sort of economy?
You can get profit from passengers (numbers do exist in pirep) and spend those money on fuel (amount is good known) and aircraft repair (based on fpm/g of landing plus fixed amount for each cycle).
It should at least stimulate the pilots to use more precise fuel calculations.
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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
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Posted onPost created on
October 04 2012 10:56 ET by Brandon Howell
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It's been discussed many times before. You can see what the answer was.
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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
October 04 2012 13:49 ET by Kevin Cornish
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This is one of those topics that crops up a couple of times a year. I know its been discussed by Sr Staff before, and, from what I remember the last time it came up, it was decided that DVA was doing just fine without it. And by not implementing virtual currency, it allowed the biggest range of people to be a part of the VA (as casual simmers who don't put as much emphasis on realism would be "punished" by lower numbers). I could be wrong, but that was the reason I remember being given.
Kevin CornishCaptain, B737-800
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AFV656
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on June 22 2012
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
The Penguins Of Madagascar
B737 Two Fifty Club
Millenium Club
Online Five Hundred Club
Million Mile Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
"Acta non Verba"
Aarhus, Denmark
1,234 legs, 3,028.7 hours
596 legs,
1,149.4 hours online
1,158 legs,
2,768.2 hours ACARS
45 legs,
228.9 hours event
18 legs dispatched, 14.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2012 17:28 ET by Zacharias Dupont
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| Why not introduce it as an option. You can choose to fly with it or you can choose to fly without it. Even though it would probably be harder to implement. I would find it an attractive feature if I was looking for a VA.
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DVA9733
First Officer, B747-400
Joined on April 29 2011
Everett 250 Club
Online Six Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Eight Century Club
"Northwest 238, contact departure.... G'day!"
Minnetonka, MN USA
816 legs, 2,270.3 hours
663 legs,
1,835.4 hours online
752 legs,
2,071.4 hours ACARS
8 legs,
15.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2012 21:03 ET by Shane Vanhoven
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Yeah I wouldn't really enjoy that. It would make flying feel more like you are running the Airline instead of being a pilot for the airline.
What I would like to see though, is you know how in the Pilot center where it says statistics about your flights? It also says the amount of passengers you've flown. I would like there to be an ACARS feature that would tell you how many there will be before you go flying. That way you can plan your weight accordingly.
Shane VanhovenFirst Officer, B747-400
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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
October 08 2012 21:12 ET by Kevin Cornish
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Zacharias Dupont wrote:
Why not introduce it as an option. You can choose to fly with it or you can choose to fly without it. Even though it would probably be harder to implement. I would find it an attractive feature if I was looking for a VA.
That would actually drive me away from a VA. I already have a job where I earn money. I don't want to feel like this is a job as well.
Kevin CornishCaptain, B737-800
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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
October 08 2012 21:12 ET by Michael Brown
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There are addons for this: http://www.fseconomy.com/
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DVA5434
Captain, B767-300
Joined on January 14 2008
Black Pearl Club
Toulouse Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club
Southeastern United States
319 legs, 1,299.2 hours
313 legs,
1,268.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2012 21:36 ET by Chris Radev
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| i use fspass. as much economy as i want right now.
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DVA455
Senior Captain, MD-88
Joined on April 29 2002
Century Club
"Aquatone"
Shelbyville, IN
132 legs, 255.8 hours
79 legs,
158.6 hours online
29 legs,
52.9 hours ACARS
2 legs,
3.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
23 legs dispatched, 11.3
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 09 2012 13:40 ET by Ryan Watkins
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Best as I can remember about 2 or 3 years ago the idea was nixed with the thought of it being a performance statistic that detracted from what we were trying to accomplish here. I'm speaking from the AFVA side of the house on this, but I think that was the consensus on both sides.
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DVA2268
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on April 11 2005
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
B737 100 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Gavà, Barcelona Spain
267 legs, 739.3 hours
253 legs,
709.4 hours online
242 legs,
682.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 15 2012 19:11 ET by Nuno Santos
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Shane Vanhoven wrote:
It also says the amount of passengers you've flown. I would like there to be an ACARS feature that would tell you how many there will be before you go flying. That way you can plan your weight accordingly.
That's one of the few things missing for DVA, it's really nonsense having the head count only after the flight. I would like seeing that implemented too.
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DVA10641
Assistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
OLP
Joined on March 29 2012
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
Everett 1500 Club
Events Quintuple Century Club
Rosemount, MN USA
1,987 legs, 4,456.2 hours
1,865 legs,
3,929.2 hours online
1,967 legs,
4,422.4 hours ACARS
638 legs,
1,290.5 hours event
18 legs dispatched, 157.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 15 2012 19:25 ET by Jason Boche
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Nuno Santos wrote:
Shane Vanhoven wrote:
It also says the amount of passengers you've flown. I would like there to be an ACARS feature that would tell you how many there will be before you go flying. That way you can plan your weight accordingly.
That's one of the few things missing for DVA, it's really nonsense having the head count only after the flight. I would like seeing that implemented too.
The current (BETA) version of ACARS does tell us how many passengers we have before starting the flight. I've started using that number + flight crew for my VATSIM flight plans.
Jason BocheAssistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
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