Air France Virtual Airlines

Welcome to Air France Virtual Airlines's web site. We are a group of flight simulation enthusiasts who fly Air France and its alliance partners' routes using Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2002, 2004 or Flight Simulator X. We are in no way affiliated with Air France.

Since May 2003, we have received over 724,096 visits and received 17,214,180 hits. During this time, our servers have sent out over 746,699,476,366 bytes worth of data. Our members have posted over 144 messages in our discussion forums in the past 24 hours. Our web server has been running for 24 days , 11 hours and 21 minutes.

Please feel free to browse around our web site. Once you join Air France Virtual Airlines' active pilot roster, you may submit flight reports and contribute to our image library. If you are interested in a serious virtual airline, designed for both the experienced pilot and the novice (and all of us that are in between!) we welcome your interest. Click Here to join Air France Virtual Airlines.

If you are interested in a virtual airline with primarily North American operations, we encourage you to visit our sister airline Delta Virtual Airlines.

01/03/2012	New Year and New Changes	Brian Hankey
It is with great pleasure that I announce the following changes effective immediately to the AFVA structure: 1) The F100 has been retired and now our Stage 1 program is hereby known as the ERJ-145 program. The Fokker 100 rating has been moved to the Historical program and will be given out as a secondary rating in that program. Leading the new ERJ-145 program will continue to be Duncan Shiplee who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in his short tenure. He has been working diligently to convert the program documentation to the new specifications and is doing an excellent job. Please join me in congratulating him on his "promotion". Please note that the Fokker 50 and Fokker 70 ratings will still be given out with the ERJ program. 2) To further cement the reality of the A330 program, we are hereby dividing it into two programs, the A330 and the A340. Leading both programs will be the current Chief Pilot of the A330 program, Kerem Yogurtcugil. He will in turn be assisted by an ACP in each program. The ratings will be such that the A330 program will continue to have the twin-engine aircraft that it already posesses. The secondary A340 ratings that used to come with it are now only offered as a part of the A340 program. Similar to the ERJ program, Kerem has the unenviable position of modifying the documentation to reflect the new layout. We will be looking for an experienced member to be filling the shoes of the new A340 ACP position, so please be on the lookout for this position to be posted soon. 3) Following a recent top to bottom review of policies, it was determined that a significant percentage of new hires that were hired into the Stage 3 and higher programs did not have the skills commensurate with controlling and managing that level of airframe complexity. As a result, going forward, new hires to AFVA will now be hired directly into either stage 1 or stage 2 programs only. We feel this will help pilots gain the necessary skills required to progress to the higher more complex stages. Best Regards, Brian Hankey Executive Vice President Air France Virtual Airlines
12/25/2011	Happy Holidays from Air France Virtual Airlines	Brian Hankey
The staff at Air France Virtual Airlines wants to thank each and every one of you for an awesome 2011 and we look forward to an even better 2012!. Happy Holidays to all!!
12/17/2011	Staff members promotions	Fabien Bergeret
Dear pilots, It is with a great pleasure that I announce you that Terry Ward has been promoted A320 Chief Pilot and Duncan Shiplee has been promoted F100 Chief Pilot. Congratulations gentlemen Fabien Bergeret Director of Human Resources AFVA
11/22/2011	New staff members	Fabien Bergeret
Dear pilots, I have the pleasure to announce the entry of new staff members. As Director of Human Resources, I have to highlight their excellent profiles, their professionalism and I'm sure that they will reinforce the high level of quality of our airlines. - Kerem Yogurtcugil now manages the A330 program as Chief Pilot - Sahil Verman is our new B777 Chief Pilot - Mark Stead is our new B747 Chief Pilot - Duncan Shiplee, as F100 Assistant Chief Pilot, helps Terry Ward to manage the F100 program - Alan Meiling is our new B737 Assistant Chief Pilot and helps now Jesse Rouse to manage the B737 program - Robert Armstrong joins the A320 program as Assistant Chief Pilot and manages the A320 program with me Congratulations guys and welcome into the staff. Fabien Bergeret Director of Human Resources A320 Chief Pilot
10/13/2011	Air France Virtual Airlines launches the Flight Academy	Brian Hankey
Delta Virtual Airlines and Air France Virtual Airlines jointly announced today that our newest Flight Academy course, Online Pilot (OLP) course is now available online to all Air France pilots. The Online Pilot (OLP) course is designed as a self-study course with 8 sections including online tests and a check-ride to be flown on the VATSIM network and using our ACARS program. Students will study the required documents and take the tests at their own pace. The tests are open book. Upon successful completion of the written tests, the students will fly the check-ride by choosing one of the check-rides listed. Upon completion, the student will be awarded the Online Pilot (OLP) completion. The successful completion of this course qualifies the pilot to be awarded the VATSIM P1 rating. Leading the Academy will be Yves Le Cabec. Please do not hesitate to contact him or any staff member if you have any questions.

UPCOMING Air France Virtual Airlines ONLINE EVENTS
Too Close For Comfort: KDAL/KDFW	VATSIM	01/28/2012 20:00 ET - 01/28/2012 23:00 ET	Dallas-Love Field TX (DAL) - Dallas-Fort Worth TX (DFW)
Copenhagen Real Time	VATSIM	01/29/2012 11:00 ET - 01/29/2012 16:30 ET	() - ()
Nassau Winter Getaway	VATSIM	01/29/2012 17:00 ET - 01/29/2012 20:00 ET	Atlanta GA (ATL) - Nassau Bahamas (NAS)
Tuesday 1-31*****Airports You Have Yet to Visit: KSGU (DXZ)	VATSIM	01/30/2012 20:00 ET - 01/30/2012 21:00 ET	Salt Lake City UT (SLC) - St. George (New) UT (DXZ)
Controlled Chaos: Port Columbus	VATSIM	03/04/2012 19:00 ET - 03/04/2012 20:00 ET	Atlanta GA (ATL) - Columbus OH (CMH)

If you have questions or comments, please direct them to our Corporate Offices at info@afva.net.

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