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DVA14133
First Officer, A350-900
Diamond

Joined on August 22 2022
50 State Club
Globetrotter
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
US Coastal Club
Everett 250 Club
Eight Century Club
Piranha Club

Norman, OK

844 legs, 1,574.6 hours
843 legs, 1,572.6 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on June 17 2025 13:18 ET by Raymond Stone

Don't know how the PIREP system works on DVA but Tour PIREPS seem to take several days to get reviewed. I have one that's been sitting there for two days now and have had some wait longer to get reviewed. Is there a technical problem with the system? I realize that there are a lot of flyers here and that PIREP checkers have real lives which I'm sure impacts the workload negatively. I would like to fly tour legs more often so that I can finish a tour as timely as possible but occasionally stymied by the process. Perhaps it's just me but maybe others have the same questions. Maybe hire more PIREP checkers. Hopefully management takes this as a concern and not just grousing about things.

Raymond Stone

First Officer, A350-900

DVA13686
Captain, MD-11
Diamond

Joined on July 07 2019
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Million Mile Club
Six Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Online Six Century Club

"Never give up on flying! "
Huntsville, TX

624 legs, 2,606.8 hours
600 legs, 2,562.3 hours online
610 legs, 2,557.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on June 18 2025 09:29 ET by Domminick Cohn-Belmont

I have noticed that too. When I was new in the DVA, it usually got checked within the same day or maybe the next day, this was around 2019 to 2022. As of late, though, it really takes a long time, I have noticed. I once had a PIREP sit for a week awaiting approval, and now on avergae it takes days too. I have also noticed lately that the PIREP is usually approved by the aircraft chief pilot, so like if it was a 737 only the chief or assistant chief would approve, but before I noticed other people approve it. I understand that people are busy, but I thought I was the only one noticing how everything is getting done in the airline is taking longer and longer. Even when I requested additional ratings, it took almost a month to approve and get added. If the airline is hiring PIREP checkers, I would love to just do it, since I am frequently active in the airline. Just a suggestion: if there is so much workload for the airline, they can exclusively hire PIREP checkers, and that would relieve the workload of the chief pilots or the staff. They would still be able to do it, but others who are more active can help alleviate.

Domminick Cohn-Belmont (DVA13686)

DVA2527
Senior Captain, B737-800
Diamond

Joined on August 15 2005
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Quad-Millennium Club
Online Thirty Century
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Everett Tri-Millennium Club

"Flying Delta's Western Hub"
Salt Lake City, UT USA

4,925 legs, 9,507.8 hours
3,665 legs, 7,171.4 hours online
4,342 legs, 8,334.4 hours ACARS
22 legs, 49.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 18 2025 13:33 ET by Joe Porter

Bump

Joe Porter

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA14120
Captain, B747-400
Diamond

Joined on July 08 2022
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Toulouse 250 Club
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
Eight Century Club
US Mountaineer Club
Pacific Rim Club
Online Seven Century Club

Engadine, New South Wales Australia

881 legs, 1,797.6 hours
703 legs, 1,590.8 hours online
880 legs, 1,796.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on June 18 2025 19:45 ET by George Zhukov

I have noticed the same, but my tour PIREPS have been quick. Given the technological progress since these systems were implemented (namely LLMs), perhaps its an idea for automating the PIREP approval process? Given the pilot manual, I figure approval is simply verifying flight details with VATSIM/ACARS records?

George Zhukov

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on June 18 2025 20:55 ET by Raymond Stone

Out of curiosity, how does the PIREP process work at DVA? How many filed on a typical day? How does one become a PIREP checker?

Raymond Stone

First Officer, A350-900

Posted onPost created on June 18 2025 21:29 ET by Domminick Cohn-Belmont

Please if they hiring for PIREP checkers I would like to help

Domminick Cohn-Belmont (DVA13686)

DVA2164
Captain, A330-300
Gold

Joined on March 04 2005
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Century Club
Toulouse Century Club

Western United States

161 legs, 325.2 hours
31 legs, 60.3 hours online
154 legs, 308.4 hours ACARS
9 legs, 17.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 19 2025 02:28 ET by Ronald Williams

I just fly the next leg in the tour, they all get reviewed eventually smile

Ronald Williams

Captain, A330-300

DVA4169
Captain, A350-900
Diamond

Joined on March 10 2007
50 State Club
Globetrotter
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Million Mile Club
Event Half Century Club
Summer Olympics Club
Millennium Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Toulouse 500 Club

"What's the color of the boathouse in Hereford?"
Cincinnati, OH

1,102 legs, 3,700.0 hours
587 legs, 2,116.0 hours online
1,100 legs, 3,690.3 hours ACARS
65 legs, 132.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 20 2025 07:15 ET by Khary Williams

Yeah you don't have to wait for it to be approved to fly the next leg. It just needs to be filed. As someone that finished it within a couple weeks, I never would have gotten done that quick waiting on PIREP approval.

Khary Williams

Captain, A350-900

Posted onPost created on June 20 2025 10:58 ET by Raymond Stone

When I was fairly new to DVA I messed up a tour leg big time and either read or was told to not fly the next leg until I re-flew the messed up leg. Reason being that getting a leg approved out of order would mess up my progress and I would have re-fly those particular legs. So I've been wary since then. Guess I'll just scoot along with the legs in order without completed leg necessarily getting approved and hope I didn't mess it up.

Raymond Stone

First Officer, A350-900

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