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04JUL05-01 ISSUE
FLYING TIGERS GROUP – VA FRANCE Projects review
VAF P-INV 04JUL05 issue rev.01 Christian Chaix Senior VP Flight Operations VA FRANCE
with contributions from : Frédéric Calmet, Director Online Division (AF310) Jost Van Vossen, Executive VP Flight Operations (AF015) Edouard Duchamp, Assistant Flight Operations Director (AF940) Pierre Ayoun, IVAO C1 CDG ATC (AF124)
© Christian Chaix / VA FRANCE 2005. All rights reserved.
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Step 1, the website structure ! Replace every “Virtual Air France” by “VA France”...
Website home page (ivao, vatsim certified, (pub), Firefox link) with clear links to other sections
VA introduction ➢
“Legal” layout regarding the real AF-KL, disclaimer
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What's a VA, why ?
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Subscribing (maybe a new questionnaire ?)
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How it works in the VA, in the FTG (short version)
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After subscribing (first pirep, automatic deletion)
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LOA, 3 months automatic deletion
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Flying for the whole FTG
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What we offer in particular
The management team, who is who and who does what
Member space clearly identified, concentrating the useful links (ie not public) in a php-nuke icons way ➢
Maybe the yet-to-decide “next flight” here
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Communication (n°1bis to show how it's important) ✔
The board (warmly recommend subscribing to it)
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Mailing list
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The members ✗
Find a pilot
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Pilot Roster
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Top 50
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Flight Desk (yup, we have to keep some old names lol) ✔
Find a flight (ie Amadeus form)
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Pre-flight briefing (you type in the ICAO dep-arr, eventually the acft type)
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Flight Plan (and parity ? Yet to decide) (you can suggest one, but it'll be checked)
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FP file (addons/FS) (user can add one, checked too)
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Needed charts (airport, approach, SID/STAR)
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Fleet aircraft available for this flight (Pierre's idea here), appropriate FS model ?
Pilot Logbook
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The fleet (types, regs, current parking airport...that's the whole of Pierre's idea)
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Training Center ✔
How it works in the VA, in the FTG (bis) ✗
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New pilots
Quickstart
Ranks (table, promotion conditions)
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Amadeus researches
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Codeshares explanation, links to the Skyteam, Star Alliance and oneworld EXEs
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Classic / cargo schedules
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Pilot School
PIREPs ✗
Basis
How to prepare and complete a PIREP
Recommended fields (ie the facultative ones), what one should not to (direct GPS)
PIREPs are being checked, what one should add to comments if any problem
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ACARS theory
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How to use ACARS (FTG FT, FK scripts...and consider using the free FSacars)
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Piloting basis
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IFR flight, VOR, NDB navigation, ILS approaches (read LLZ/GP on the panel), checklists
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Charts reading (sid/star, puis cartes d'approche, different reading depths)
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Realistic flight planning
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Basis syntax (typical flight plan)
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Short- / medium-haul : RVSM airspace, airways, neodd/sweven rule (or N/S – E/O)
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Long-haul : using NATs (with natplot ?), respecting CVSM if applicable
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Getting the charts navdata.at link
Flight rules (not V/I FR lol) ✗
Flight levels : RVSM, CVSM, neodd/sweven, FLs mentioned on the enroute charts
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Cruise speeds (modulo the Cost Index, 35 for AF on short-haul)
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Standard aircraft performance (“Training Center”, xx Guide)
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Programming MCDUs (PMDG, PSS, ...) : links to tutorials, recommend Navdata updates
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Online flight (non-biased reference)
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Generalities, online flight rules & regulations (“Online Center”)
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IVAO, 1st connection, IvAp flightplan, company channel, to-be flyins
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VATSIM, 1st connection, any volunteers for SB3/FSInn ?, to-be flyins
Internal formation (Pilot School), on IVAO ✗
Learning curse, instructors
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Subscribing (as students only)
Downloads (without favoring free nor payware) ✔
Free/payware sceneries (CDG, AMS first, the others then)
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Free/payware aircraft/panels
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Free/payware tools
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FS / addons flightplans (user submit / check)
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Step 2 : new welcome email...with uptodate names ! Welcome to Virtual Air France! Please feel free to take a look around our website! It is important that you read our New Pilots section and our membership rules. It contains everything you'll need to know before flying. You are invited to participate on our message board. Remember you have 7 days to submit your first PIREP or your account will be deleted. Thank You for choosing Virtual Air France, have a great time flying with us! On behalf of Virtual Air France, with my best regards Stephane Goddard Chief Executive Officer
