Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - New Idea! Virtual Money Credit For Pilots $$$$$$

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | DVA2006 | New Idea! Virtual Money Credit For Pilots $$$$$$

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:02 ET by Daniel Haro

I have been seeing that other VA's actually pay virtual money or credits to pilots. Such as for one flight you earn X $$$. It would be great if for Delta VA we could receive virtual money to use for many items such as downloads and to pay for access to special things, this would add realism to the VA and would be great and could show how rich you would be if you were in the real Delta Airlines. The salary should be measured with the persons rank and also based off of Delta Airlines salary which would be awesome. I'd like to know if anyone of the directors is up to putting virtual pay for flights. Any ideas, suggestions will be appreciated. smile

Thanks.

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200

Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club

Monterrey, NL Mexico

357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs, 132.3 hours online
255 legs, 668.3 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:05 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

Might be realistic, but I disagree. I barely have time to fly, and when I do, I want to have access to charts, routes, manuals or to to the fleet and download aicraft whenever I want. Since I can fly only a few times every semester, I'd never earn enough money.

I think that's what makes this VA especial, you don't have to "work" in order to get material you can use to learn and/or have fun.

Just my 2 cents.

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:10 ET by Daniel Haro

Delta VA could use the money as bonuses.

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:15 ET by Daniel Haro

anybody else agree or disagree or have any questions or suggestions?

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

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

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:28 ET by Luke Kolin

We don't put any restriction on our own downloads, and I don't see it reasonable for our financial contributors to have their money used to translate a virtual currency into a real one. There are plenty of improvements and infrastructure we can spend the money on.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:34 ET by Daniel Haro

Any bonuses DVA can offer would be great for using the virtual money or credit smile

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA4589
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 15 2007
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club

Romania

341 legs, 810.0 hours
181 legs, 422.7 hours online
314 legs, 754.1 hours ACARS
8 legs, 20.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 15:39 ET by Marius Petrascu

I agree with Luke and David.

Marius Petrascu (DVA4589)

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 18:46 ET by Daniel Haro

or the virtual money could be used to show flying experience in payment?

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA2481
Senior Captain, A320
E-MAIL

Joined on July 15 2005
Iditarod Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
50 State Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Seven Century Club

Madrid Spain

723 legs, 1,394.4 hours
461 legs, 924.5 hours online
621 legs, 1,110.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 19:44 ET by Jimmi Cranford

Daniel, it won't happen. We already have a beautiful feature at the left, right under your name which says "XX Legs, XX Hours", that's more than enough for me to see how much flying experience someone has.

Thanks for sharing your idea.

Regards.

Jimmi Cranford (DVA2481)

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 20:31 ET by Daniel Haro

roger, was just wondering

thanks =)

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA4656
Captain, B757-200

Joined on June 26 2007
Bi-Millennium Club
Everett Bi-Millennium Club
Three Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Coquitlam, BC Canada

2,558 legs, 7,900.2 hours
1,964 legs, 5,493.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 07 2007 23:01 ET by Matt Marshall

maybe making a donation so we can obtain interesting items

Matt Marshall

Captain, B757-200

DVA5074
Captain, MD-11

Joined on October 11 2007
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"9/11 Never Forget"
Attica Greece

475 legs, 813.0 hours
426 legs, 734.3 hours online
472 legs, 809.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 08 2007 03:29 ET by Evangelos Kagklis

I dont really agree with that. About the virtual money. The bonuses when you fly is starting as f/o and go as a senior cpt. Do type ratings etc and this is very challenging by itself.

Evangelos Kagklis

Captain, MD-11

DVA4726
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on July 17 2007

"DAL4726, Go Around"
Phoenix, AZ USA

56 legs, 87.5 hours
27 legs, 41.5 hours online
42 legs, 67.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 08 2007 12:41 ET by Orville Lewis

The staff is already really busy going through the filed flights and deciding which ones get accepted and which ones don't. We don't want to add another burden by making them figure out how much money all get also. DVA has a lot of resouces to train us to become talented virtual pilots with the testing center, the document library, and the no-brainer idea, in my opinion, the stages of aircrafts.
Basicly, if you want to recieve virtual money, participate in some VA that does that.

My 2 cents

Orville Lewis (DVA4726)

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 08 2007 18:42 ET by Daniel Haro

depends on what staff has to say but its just an idea.

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours

Posted onPost created on December 08 2007 20:23 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

If you want to play with virtual $$ - try FSEconomy

www.fseconomy.com

and

http://xhellyaviation.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

DVA4613
Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL

Joined on June 21 2007
Online Century Club
Triple Century Club

"Idle, Flare, Rollout, CMD"
Wilmington, NC

326 legs, 994.4 hours
129 legs, 418.7 hours online
224 legs, 748.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 08 2007 22:57 ET by Terrell Brownlee

Daniel, you might as well give up; no one is really warming up to your idea.

Terrell Brownlee

Captain, B767-300

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 09 2007 01:14 ET by Daniel Haro

yeah, I dropped the idea.

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

Posted onPost created on December 09 2007 10:10 ET by Terrell Brownlee

Oh, ok. Where did you come up with this idea, anyhow?

Terrell Brownlee

Captain, B767-300

Posted onPost created on December 09 2007 11:32 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

Daniel, some airlines like Air Source manage themselves with this "virtual money", if you still feel like giving it a try, check out http://www.air-source.us/

Hope this helps wink

DVA5259
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on November 15 2007

Sacramento, CA USA

45 legs, 70.4 hours
5 legs, 9.1 hours online
43 legs, 66.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 09 2007 12:54 ET by Daniel Haro

Some VA's have it some dont, but im sticking with Delta VA all the way. wink

Daniel Haro

First Officer, B777-200

DVA3721
Captain, B777-200

Joined on November 14 2006
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club

Kent, WA

342 legs, 935.3 hours
36 legs, 66.4 hours online
225 legs, 647.5 hours ACARS
4 legs, 9.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 20 2007 16:56 ET by Ian Phillips

I know ups vac has it. I never really liked it though.

Ian Phillips

Captain, B777-200

DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club

"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe

277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs, 397.0 hours online
244 legs, 456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs, 80.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on December 20 2007 17:17 ET by Mark Salter

I don't agree with this for a variety of reasons.

Mark Salter

Senior Captain, CRJ-200

DVA4949
Captain, DC-6
E-MAIL

Joined on September 04 2007

"The Hemisphere Dancer"
Southeastern United States

92 legs, 119.2 hours
49 legs, 67.2 hours online
67 legs, 93.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 22 2007 10:11 ET by Chris Prine Jr.

you can always get fspassangers, that way you can earn money for your flight on the side, and update and repair and or purchase your aircraft, that sounds like something you would like...

Chris Prine Jr. (DVA4949)

Posted onPost created on December 22 2007 12:59 ET by David Eugenio Gomez

This thread should be put to sleep.

David Eugenio Gomez (DVA1933)

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

Posted onPost created on December 22 2007 15:33 ET by Manuel Hernandez

I think we have heard everyones thoughts on this one. Thanks for your input!!!

Manuel Hernandez

Senior Captain, B757-200

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