Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - VATSIM Same Flight Numbers....

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | VATSIM Same Flight Numbers....

DVA10902
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515 legs, 1,153.3 hours
473 legs, 1,063.5 hours online
514 legs, 1,150.2 hours ACARS
9 legs, 19.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on March 04 2015 18:51 ET by Tim Oleary

Had one I didn't see in the ops manual....same call signs (flight numbers)

If I am flying on VATSIM and when requesting my clearance I am told that flt number was already in use...will it 'screw-up' the ACARS if I fly on VATSIM using a different flight number? (Without changing the Flt number on the ACARS interface-I just added it as a note in the comments that I operated on VATSIM as DALXYZ).

Tim Oleary (DVA10902)

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10,841 legs, 31,487.6 hours
10,331 legs, 30,214.0 hours online
10,733 legs, 31,144.5 hours ACARS
1,535 legs, 4,172.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 2.3 hours

Posted onPost created on March 04 2015 20:08 ET by Jim Rose

The flight numbers on ACARS and VATSIM are not interdependent.

Jim Rose

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA11957
Captain, MD-11
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290 legs, 843.0 hours
256 legs, 779.3 hours online
276 legs, 797.1 hours ACARS
117 legs, 260.7 hours event

Posted onPost created on March 04 2015 20:10 ET by Darren Tung

It's the same with the airlines.

Darren Tung

Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on March 04 2015 23:22 ET by Tim Oleary

What is the same with the airline Darren?

Tim Oleary (DVA10902)

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189 legs, 291.1 hours
85 legs, 142.5 hours online
189 legs, 291.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on March 05 2015 08:37 ET by James Drake

Tim, I don't fly on VATSIM much, but when I do, I always use a different flight number than ACARS. I usually use my DVA pilot ID (changing the DVA to DAL) on VATSIM and the flight number for the route in ACARS.

James Drake

Captain, A320

Posted onPost created on March 05 2015 09:53 ET by Darren Tung

Tim Oleary wrote:

What is the same with the airline Darren?

They aren't interdependent; you can fly on VATSIM with a Virgin Australia callsign on a Delta flight.

Darren Tung

Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on March 05 2015 21:18 ET by Tim Oleary

ahhh ok...thought you meant RW

Tim Oleary (DVA10902)

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482 legs, 2,232.2 hours
5 legs, 10.5 hours online
424 legs, 1,877.3 hours ACARS
14 legs dispatched, 13.5 hours

Posted onPost created on March 06 2015 13:53 ET by Jeremy Jurman

You could also put an "A" at the end of the callsign, and refer to yourself as "Delta XXX Alpha"

Jeremy Jurman

Senior Captain, A320

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