| Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | DVA2006 |
Virtual Dispatcher for assignments |
DVA3502
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 01 2006
"Will fly for food."
Northeastern United States
62 legs, 214.5 hours
53 legs,
174.2 hours online
40 legs,
111.4 hours ACARS
5 legs,
10.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 03 2006 01:36 ET by Stuart Schechter
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How cool would it be if you could click a button, and get an assignment spit back at you? That has been something that I have been looking for for a very long time. I would like to suggest that and get some feedback on what other pilots think about it. I would personally think that it would be aboslutely fantastic to be assigned either single flights or a string of them and have the plane end up back where it started. Idea's, Suggestion?
Stuart SchechterCaptain, B767-300
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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
1,284 legs, 1,794.0 hours
838 legs,
1,045.6 hours online
1,266 legs,
1,772.0 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 03 2006 07:37 ET by Andrew Vane
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Try out this: http://www.deltava.org/assignments.do?id=open Its not a "virtual dispatcher" per se but a start at one. Adding more flights would be cool and setting it up so it emails you the flight assignmetn would be cool too.
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DVA3502
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 01 2006
"Will fly for food."
Northeastern United States
62 legs, 214.5 hours
53 legs,
174.2 hours online
40 legs,
111.4 hours ACARS
5 legs,
10.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 03 2006 13:55 ET by Stuart Schechter
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Andrew, thats what i'm talking about! Getting e-mail notifications!
Stuart SchechterCaptain, B767-300
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 03 2006 17:40 ET by Anthony Katosh
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yea i like that too, put in the info for like how long you can fly an what A/C an it spit a flight out at you
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DVA3356
Captain, B727-200
Joined on July 15 2006
Poynton, Cheshire GB
38 legs, 80.6 hours
7 legs,
19.3 hours online
27 legs,
63.1 hours ACARS
2 legs,
9.2 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 04:48 ET by Andrew Melia
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Cool idea! I like it! Anthony is right though...we are all limited to how long and how often we can fly, and of course the equipment we are rated for...to manually assign flights on that basis would be a night mare - how many of us are there now? To have some kind of automated function would be quite difficult to program - as a systems analyst/database adminsetrator, these things are never as easy as people think, and then of course, someone has to support it, develop it... and good as he is, Luke has a job and a family like the rest of us...maybe the best option is to erm.... "borrow" a system from somebody else...tell you what, leave it with me, see what my guys can dream up here - we are the second biggest IT corporation in the world, after all!
Andrew MeliaCaptain, B727-200
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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
September 05 2006 05:04 ET by Manuel Hernandez
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I personally like the system we use here at DVA. Good idea nevertheless, but would be a total nightmare to implement.
Manuel HernandezSenior Captain, B757-200
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DVA3502
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 01 2006
"Will fly for food."
Northeastern United States
62 legs, 214.5 hours
53 legs,
174.2 hours online
40 legs,
111.4 hours ACARS
5 legs,
10.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 13:55 ET by Stuart Schechter
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Nobody ever said it would be a cakewalk. I'm sorry if my first post sounded like it would be the easiest thing in the world. I was just thinking of it as an idea for the "future", as this great VA becomes even greater!!(enter evil laughter).
Stuart SchechterCaptain, B767-300
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 20:00 ET by Anthony Katosh
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i do know of another va that actually uses real ppl for there dispatch i think its called atp exsperiance they model after airtran, not to sure how it works, think its a vatsim thing only
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DVA2688
Captain, B737-800
Joined on November 15 2005
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Online Eight Century
"Go dance with the Angels"
Eagle Pass, TX USA
1,203 legs, 3,765.9 hours
817 legs,
2,404.1 hours online
940 legs,
3,015.0 hours ACARS
39 legs,
119.5 hours event
10 legs dispatched, 8.1
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 05 2006 21:32 ET by Terrance Escontrias
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I think the simairline DVA does that to.
Terrance EscontriasCaptain, B737-800
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DVA2855
Captain, MD-11
Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV
467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs,
1,349.6 hours online
414 legs,
1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs,
40.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2006 10:32 ET by Michael Holmes
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Yes Anthony, ATP Experience does use real people for their dispatch, but Joe, CEO of ATP, emails everyone a week prior with the flight schedule. They just use a real person at the ramp just like real world pilot's do for the dispatcher. Where you call dispatch for your fuel and pax load prior to calling for taxi. I do think this is a great idea though!
Cheers!
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 08 2006 11:34 ET by Glenn Blanco
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that's nice but very laborous. I don't think we have a person who can dedicate their full time into dispatching. We used to do that at Virtual Air Canada but moved to a self-service assignment (like what we have here - you build your own assignment) because we don't have the time to make flight schedules.
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DVA2855
Captain, MD-11
Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV
467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs,
1,349.6 hours online
414 legs,
1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs,
40.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 08 2006 11:39 ET by Michael Holmes
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Right Glenn, but we would only use a dispatcher for online events and such.
Cheers!
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 08 2006 16:26 ET by Glenn Blanco
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I know we used to do that but VATSIM does not like the idea that's why we stopped. I will take that up on the next VA Partners meeting though so if anything new comes up, you'll hear it first from me.
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 08 2006 16:37 ET by Glenn Blanco
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If you are looking into getting a set of flight assignments in your mail say every 2 weeks or once a month, I'd be willing to help out in that. If staff is interested, we could try a flight dispatch system where someone goes through the flight board and assigns the flights manually (temporarily) until an automated system is developed. I'd be willing to do that manual job as long as it won't take all my time (LOL). I want to fly too, y'know. haha. I can easily browse through the database and look for flights that begin and end in the same airports with a specific number of legs.
All maybe I'd need is a preference as to aircraft type, length of flight and number of legs in an assignment. It is doable...just needs time.
Tell me what you think.
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DVA3502
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 01 2006
"Will fly for food."
Northeastern United States
62 legs, 214.5 hours
53 legs,
174.2 hours online
40 legs,
111.4 hours ACARS
5 legs,
10.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 08 2006 18:08 ET by Stuart Schechter
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I Can do that too as i go to a boarding school so I have nowhere ot go in my free itme and I can't fly. So this is the least I can do.
Stuart SchechterCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3410
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on August 03 2006
Century Club
Midwestern United States
116 legs, 380.8 hours
26 legs,
91.0 hours online
114 legs,
376.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 11 2006 20:18 ET by Ryan Briggs
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Live dispatching is actually a good idea, and can be used on Teamspeak, UVA is starting a live dispatch program whoever wants to learn dispatch may and the pilot sends the DP/ARR airport and the Dispatcher will send a Route Departure and arrival metars TAF's along with the Enroute Wind component, so if you can train the people and someone can open TS its quite reasonable or we could do it through our current Acars system 
Ryan BriggsFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA2855
Captain, MD-11
Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV
467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs,
1,349.6 hours online
414 legs,
1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs,
40.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 11 2006 21:41 ET by Michael Holmes
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All we would need to do is create a Roger Wilco channel or TeamSpeak channel dedicated to Dispatching. And who ever is dispatching would need access to all the DVA scheduled/reserved flights at the time they are dispatching, and the pilot's would call dispatch either on Roger Wilco or TeamSpeak, which ever we decide to use. To request their dispatch information. The Dispatcher wouldn't even have to be logged into VATSIM in order to do this. I don't know exactly how we could get the Dispatcher's access to all the current reserved flights for DVA, but I am sure there is a way so that they would know where the pilot's are flying and their scheduled routes they plan to use for the flight and how many passengers they will have and how much fuel they plan to have onboard. We could work a system out like this I am sure.
Cheers!
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DVA2053
Captain, B777-200
Joined on August 01 2004
Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Philadelphia, PA
103 legs, 315.3 hours
37 legs,
106.7 hours online
70 legs,
253.2 hours ACARS
107 legs, 320.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
September 11 2006 23:56 ET by Trent Shoemaker
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I'm all for it. I could assist with some of the dispatching.....after all, that's what I do in the Army (Flight Operations).
Trent ShoemakerCaptain, B777-200
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DVA2855
Captain, MD-11
Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV
467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs,
1,349.6 hours online
414 legs,
1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs,
40.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 12 2006 04:46 ET by Michael Holmes
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Really Trent? That's awsome! I am a crewchief on the LongBow Apache stationed in Korea right now! But I am getting out soon and will be living in Texas when I get out. We will work on getting some type of dispatching system going. We will need to talk to Senior Staff and see about what we can do.
Cheers!
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DVA2053
Captain, B777-200
Joined on August 01 2004
Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Philadelphia, PA
103 legs, 315.3 hours
37 legs,
106.7 hours online
70 legs,
253.2 hours ACARS
107 legs, 320.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
September 12 2006 22:56 ET by Trent Shoemaker
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Longbow eh Michael?? That's the only aircraft that I haven't worked with in my 12+ yr. career. I've done Alpha model Apaches, Blackhawks, Chinooks, Kiowas, Little Birds, and the MH-60's and 47's that 160th flies. I think I would like doing ops for a Longbow battalion. 
Trent ShoemakerCaptain, B777-200
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2006 03:45 ET by Glenn Blanco
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I thought we were talking about flight assignments here, not live dispatch?
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DVA3410
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on August 03 2006
Century Club
Midwestern United States
116 legs, 380.8 hours
26 legs,
91.0 hours online
114 legs,
376.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2006 12:20 ET by Ryan Briggs
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well just another idea on the table
Ryan BriggsFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA3233
First Officer, B757-200
Joined on June 14 2006
"Gravity always wins!"
Northeastern United States
96 legs, 293.3 hours
44 legs,
210.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 13 2006 19:55 ET by David Kaser
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I fly for Northwest et al also, and I get flight assignments e-mailed to me by my hub manager, but oviously that wouldn't be resonable here since we have so many pilots, but having something like it would be great.
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DVA3502
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 01 2006
"Will fly for food."
Northeastern United States
62 legs, 214.5 hours
53 legs,
174.2 hours online
40 legs,
111.4 hours ACARS
5 legs,
10.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 19:50 ET by Stuart Schechter
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Well thats why it would only be for the people that explicitly ask for it.
Stuart SchechterCaptain, B767-300
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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
1,284 legs, 1,794.0 hours
838 legs,
1,045.6 hours online
1,266 legs,
1,772.0 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 20:13 ET by Andrew Vane
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I may try an online event called DVA Live in the future. Check back often.
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DVA2855
Captain, MD-11
Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV
467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs,
1,349.6 hours online
414 legs,
1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs,
40.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 14 2006 21:02 ET by Michael Holmes
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Personally, Glenn, I would rather have the Live Dispatch. But that is just personal preference.
Cheers!
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 15 2006 02:05 ET by Anthony Katosh
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i would like th elive dispatch as well
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 17 2006 01:42 ET by Glenn Blanco
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we can't have live dispatch online everyday. We could have live dispatch for events but what Stuart was talking about is getting flight assignments (again, not dispatch) in your mail rather than having to choose flights manually. There is a difference between live dispatch and the flight assignment concept we're trying to push.
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DVA2728
Captain, MD-11
E-MAIL
Joined on December 04 2005
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Tri-Jet Double Centruy CLub
Million Mile Club
"Exceeding the standard."
March Air Reserve Base, CA
343 legs, 2,038.9 hours
317 legs,
1,833.0 hours online
292 legs,
1,778.6 hours ACARS
6 legs,
27.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 18 2006 02:34 ET by Shane Olguin
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I'm all for this.
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DVA3510
Captain, MD-88
Joined on September 03 2006
Midwestern United States
61 legs, 130.4 hours
56 legs,
123.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 18 2006 10:52 ET by Donald Stockton
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I am all for having flights scheduled for me.With my schedule, being able to email my availability and have flights ready for me to fly on my days off would be great.
Donald StocktonCaptain, MD-88
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..."
Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online
1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS
18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 21 2006 00:08 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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When I flew with Eastern Airlines my hub manager sent me two legs everytime I completed and sent back to him the previous two legs.
Everything was flown to and from your hub. Sometimes I recieved a 4 leg assignment which was always neat.
He issued the A/C that was to be flown, departure times, pax on the flight etc. was pretty neat.
this would be to tough for a person to do here at DVA, but maybe a an automatic emailer so that when you submit a PIREP, you new assignment is sent to you. Of course this would be at your discression, ie if you want to fly the assignment system - you fly what is given, otherwise you opt out. Would be cool if when setting up your personally assignment emailer, that you could have it pick from certain A/C or a group of A/C of your choice...
i liked it at EV - sometimes here I a can't choose where to fly.
Dan H.
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DVA1041
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
E-MAIL
Joined on January 15 2003
Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Fly Delta Jets!"
Cincinnati, OH
233 legs, 780.6 hours
66 legs,
123.7 hours online
20 legs,
39.6 hours ACARS
5 legs,
7.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 21 2006 10:31 ET by Matt Creed
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I'll throw my $.02 in on the idea of live dispatching.
Before I joined the staff at DVA, I was a hub manager for another VA that used flight assignments. Honestly, from a staff perspective, it was a royal pain in the neck. If both the Hub Manager and Assistant (if there was one) were out of pocket at the same time, then there would be delays getting the dispatches back out to the pilots. Invariably, pilots would have preferences pertaining to type, leg length, etc that we'd have to try to accomodate. It got to be a royal pain in the neck, to the point that we eventually had to just let people fly what they wanted (at least in my hub).
This VA was nowhere near the size of DVA; as of this morning, we've got 1,716 active pilots on our roster. Additionally, we run with a much smaller staff than the other VA did at that time, although their size was probably about 25% of DVA's current size. Human dispatching worked better in the hub system; even in the large hubs a HM/AHM team might have 50 pilots. In DVA's larger programs, there are 3 to 4 times that, but still with just a Chief Pilot and Assistant. The time and work requirements of human dispatching would simply overtax our system unless we made some major changes to the way we operate. I just can't be supportive of a human based dispatch system at this time.
I'm going to remain silent on the issue of computer generated dispatches, because I'm not a computer guy and I'm not going to do anything to increase Luke's workload. I'll leave that answer up to him.
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..."
Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online
1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS
18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 21 2006 11:01 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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I would agree that staff driven manual assignments would be out of the question.
I've done minimal programming, but I think it 'could' be done - whethere there is enough interest is another thing.
If there were such a program you would essentially sign up for it - ok.
Then pick the aircraft(s) you wish to be assigned.
Then pick the minimum and max distances of the flight.
Click ok.
Get an email from the system with a flight fitting that profile. When completed, PIREP is filed as normal etc and the system send out another assignment.
I think it would be neat - maybe we will see it sometime - I wish I could help out with it, but I don't think I have enough smarts on the subject.
Dan
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 25 2006 17:22 ET by Glenn Blanco
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I could write a program and have it tested and maybe we can integrate that here. We use java here, right? or is it C?
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA
2,309 legs, 9,298.2 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,967 legs,
8,091.3 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,345 legs, 9,433.1 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 25 2006 18:17 ET by Luke Kolin
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Just as an FYI, the web application and ACARS server are written using Java 1.5, and the ACARS client is written using VB6. ACARS 2.0 is being written by Bill Jerla in C#. The schedule schema is publicly available Glenn, and if you want I can give you a dump of the mySQL tables so you can test anything out that you write. It would most likely need to be in Java, that makes webapp integration much easier.
(On a side note Glenn, we should talk once things settle down here about some of the VATSIM issues you mentioned to me a few weeks ago. I haven't forgotten about you; I'm just in the process of getting the NDA returned back to George M.)
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA917
Captain, B767-300
Joined on October 20 2002
Century Club
Online Century Club
Western Canada
184 legs, 385.6 hours
155 legs,
325.6 hours online
50 legs,
115.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 27 2006 15:45 ET by Glenn Blanco
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sure thing boss. Java is good as I'm more familiar with that language than C++/C#.
Send me an email when you're free/available and we can get together on the VATSIM issues
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DVA1905
Captain, MD-11
Joined on September 05 2004
"veni vidi vici!"
Loganville, GA USA
80 legs, 270.3 hours
76 legs,
265.5 hours online
51 legs,
207.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 27 2006 17:10 ET by Michael Scruggs
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Yea that would be awesome to have real flight assignments just like real world. I had it at Eastern and the only thing I didnt like was I had to download a new plane every week. I'd like to keep the same plane but with flight assignments but I can see how that could become a logistical nightmare for chief pilots especially in the 767 and 757 programs. Nice idea
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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
1,284 legs, 1,794.0 hours
838 legs,
1,045.6 hours online
1,266 legs,
1,772.0 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 03 2006 15:29 ET by Andrew Vane
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Why have a virtual dispatcher when you can have a real life one?????
For those of you who only cruise the General Discussion threads in the water cooler, please see the DVA Live event posting in the Online Events Section. For this event, I will function as the live dispatcher using ACARS on December 1, 2006. Some routes have already been taken but there are plenty more to be had. Go to the appropriate thread and indicate your first 3 choices of routes. The following routes are no longer available: 1,4,7,10,15,16,25,26,30,31,32. There are still 29 Routes left so sign up before they're gone! Be sure to read the rules and don't sign up for a route that has an aircraft you're not rated for.
Plenty of EMB-120 routes for all you flight academy student pilots as well.
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 03 2006 21:34 ET by Anthony Katosh
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Thats awsome Andrew.
But on the note. i seen other VAs IE AVA ATA that have a dispatch system, it my not be Auto, you search your flight, book it in the system, no one else can fly it, it give you cargo weight how many pass, an when u land, the aircraft stays there, intill some one else books that aircraft or you fly it out.
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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
1,284 legs, 1,794.0 hours
838 legs,
1,045.6 hours online
1,266 legs,
1,772.0 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 04 2006 09:28 ET by Andrew Vane
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Interesting Anthony. I may be tempted to implement something similar for this event, in lieu of a web based application that does it for you. It would be fun to add this info to the flight assignments when they're given out.
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 04 2006 20:11 ET by Anthony Katosh
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Exsactly Andrew, when you get ur email for the flight it will also give you all that information. If Luke could do it which its been done all over the place, have it were we book the aircraft thats at the airport, once its flown to another airport some can book it from there if they happen to be leaving for exsample.
If i wanted to do a flight from ATL to BOS, i would book aircraft N2154DL fly it to BOS, when i landed the website/database would now so that aircraft at BOS, for some one to book a flight out of boston for
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DVA3546
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 02 2006
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
""Fly Right""
Northeastern United States
242 legs, 752.3 hours
236 legs,
737.0 hours online
231 legs,
717.1 hours ACARS
3 legs,
7.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 05 2006 11:33 ET by Greg Calderin
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How about this. ( Metro Helo Does this )
Have someone hopp on ASRC or VRC what ever the dispatcher would like as OBS_DAL , that was the pilots can contact him via text and he could see exactly where they are at. it would be pretty cool
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DVA3502
Captain, B767-300
Joined on September 01 2006
"Will fly for food."
Northeastern United States
62 legs, 214.5 hours
53 legs,
174.2 hours online
40 legs,
111.4 hours ACARS
5 legs,
10.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 06 2006 15:17 ET by Stuart Schechter
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Greg,
We can do this in Metro Helicopters because we operate in the New York area only. The only way this could work is if we had a live dispatch event at one airport.
Stuart SchechterCaptain, B767-300
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DVA3737
Captain, B757-200
Joined on November 22 2006
"BIRDS!!!!!! WHERE?"
Midwestern United States
61 legs, 83.8 hours
48 legs,
70.2 hours online
57 legs,
78.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 28 2006 11:30 ET by Walter Trester
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UPS has a program mentioned above with the aircraft sitting at that airport until somebody flies it out. It's nice but then you find your self chasing aircraft down. As I really like to fly my PMDG 747. Well it took me numerous flights to finally reach a airport that had one waiting. Oh, then i found that you can jumpseat to another airport for a fee. It's nice but gets old. As for the automated dispatcher i think that sounds neat. It wouldn't be hard to do, just alot of info to enter to get it to work.
Walter TresterCaptain, B757-200
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