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DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL
Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century
Charlotte, NC
1,286 legs, 1,796.2 hours
840 legs,
1,047.8 hours online
1,268 legs,
1,774.2 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 02 2016 13:53 ET by Andrew Vane
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Just wanted to provide a reminder and explanation with regard to flight report comments made by staff. This is the opportunity for a human to review your flight report. If something looks out of the ordinary, you may receive a comment. You may also receive constructive comments. Hopefully, if you have flown a 12 hour flight with no time acceleration, you'll receive something positive. in some cases, the system flags issues based on the web site database. This may include runway length issues, invalid SID/STAR, etc. These are automated and flight report reviewers mostly leave them. They are never criticisms of the flight. In addition, we're working to update the database so some minimum runway lengths are not exact and a flag may be thrown.
A held flight report is an opportunity to clarify and answer questions and is a way for the pilot to interact with the flight report reviewers if necessary. Pilots who have a flight report held who ignore the emails from staff can expect to have these reports rejected for lack of response after a week or so.
The criteria for approval of flight reports (not Flight Academy or check rides) is outlined in the Pilot Manual.
Our staff works very hard to review and approve your flight reports promptly. Thanks.
~Andrew Vane
VP of Operations
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DVA2569
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on September 12 2005
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Everett 1500 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Midwestern United States
2,160 legs, 5,214.0 hours
77 legs,
140.5 hours online
2,112 legs,
5,093.5 hours ACARS
2 legs,
3.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 02 2016 21:19 ET by Manuel Hernandez
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I think it's also important to remember that all of our staff are volunteers! Volunteers with the same passion as all of us!
Thanks for all you guys do!
Manuel HernandezSenior Captain, B757-200
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DVA10082
Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on August 17 2011
50 State Club
Event Half Century Club
Tin Dispatcher
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Globetrotter
Bi-Millennium Club
Three Million Mile Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century
"Set your compass to 'E' and get out of my airspace!"
Monroe, LA
2,435 legs, 8,023.7 hours
2,008 legs,
6,304.4 hours online
2,400 legs,
7,929.9 hours ACARS
104 legs,
243.6 hours event
366 legs dispatched, 255.4
hours
CURRENTLY LOGGED IN
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Posted onPost created on
April 04 2016 16:31 ET by Josh Burr
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I echo Andrew. For the (limited) reports I review, if one is held, I send a reminder email five days in if I haven't heard back and reject on the seventh. As for automated remarks that are put in by the system, most pilots know these are automated so I usually delete them because as Andrew said, they aren't informative to the pilot at all, unless it says not eligible for captain or something along the lines of importance.
Regards,
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DVA12468
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on December 07 2014
50 State Club
Black Pearl Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
DVA One-Year Anniversary
Events Century Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century
Million Mile Club
New York, NY
2,244 legs, 3,069.7 hours
2,114 legs,
2,894.3 hours online
2,223 legs,
3,034.2 hours ACARS
160 legs,
278.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 12 2016 19:29 ET by Nicolas Lumermann
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I ALWAYS try to respond to held flight reports ASAP and actually appreciate the fact that a human took their time to catch the little (or large) glitches in the PIREPs.
It is also worth mentioning that I have NEVER had a flight report rejected after responding to the reviewer with a rational explanation.
Nico
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DVA9655
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on January 01 2011
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Golden State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Globetrotter
Online Double Century Club
Millennium Club
"DAL9655, you are cleared for takeoff"
New York, NY
1,005 legs, 5,437.1 hours
242 legs,
882.9 hours online
805 legs,
4,496.2 hours ACARS
12 legs,
40.6 hours event
CURRENTLY LOGGED IN
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Posted onPost created on
April 14 2016 08:28 ET by Remy Mermelstein
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The fact that we actually get real humans to look at our PIREPS is amazing, and we should all be very thankful for that. I have never had an issue with a PIREP, and although I have had some flights held and subsequently rejected for good reasons, for the most part everybody is pretty lax about them. The comments also can sometimes be very useful as well 
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DVA12216
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP
Joined on July 25 2013
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tin Dispatcher
White Knuckles Club
Online Triple Century Club
Million Mile Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
DVA Fleet Master
Everett 500 Club
Flying Colonel
"Speed is life, altitude is life insurance."
Alexandria, VA
1,798 legs, 4,339.1 hours
378 legs,
681.8 hours online
1,718 legs,
4,088.0 hours ACARS
14 legs,
36.8 hours event
311 legs dispatched, 224.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
April 14 2016 11:38 ET by Matthew Murray
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