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Air France Virtual Airlines STAFF ROSTER
Senior Staff
Ryan Wilson
Président - Directuer Général
rwilson@afva.net Ryan joined DVA in 2004 as a CRJ first officer and moved up through the ranks to become a senior captain in the 777 program at DVA before making the move to AFVA. He accumulated more than over 1,500 hours with DVA before making the move across the pond. Ryan started flight simulator with FS98 and became hooked ever since. Ryan is currently in college in the United States pursuing a degree in accounting.
Brian Hankey
Executive Vice President, Chief Pilot, Airbus A380 Program
bhankey@afva.net Brian is currently the Executive Vice-President of AFVA. He was responsible for the initial launch and then became the Chief Pilot of the A380 program that opened March 1st, 2010. Brian Hankey has been flying with Flight Simulators since 1990-91 with version 4. He has been involved with Virtual Airlines since 1995 when he joined WestWind Airlines. During his tenure with WWAL, he held successive management roles around the globe. In 2000, Brian was a the CEO of a couple of smaller airlines that eventually became part of the Unity Airways Group in 2001.

He joined the Global Virtual Airlines Group in 2008, starting as a 757 pilot for Delta Virtual Airlines then was selected to become the Assistant Chief Pilot of the CRJ Program at DVA. In January 2010, he was transferred from Delta Virtual Airlines to Air France Virtual Airlines where he was selected to become the 1st Chief Pilot for the Airbus A380 program.

Professionally speaking, Brian is an electronic banking Project Manager. Prior to this, he spent several years with successive companies where he was involved in new-hire training development, the redesign of training curriculum and manuals, as well as disaster recovery team efforts, developing policies and procedures and working with customers to resolve technical issues.

He began his career with the United States Air Force where he developed and edited training programs for personnel responsible for monitoring weather conditions. He holds a B.A. in history from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Brian currently resides in Austin, TX. with his wife and three small boys that are already being imbued with the love of aviation (see the related thread in the cooler about AOPA Sun n Fun)
Steve Orloff
Vice-Président - Opérations
sorloff@afva.net BLOG Steve is the Vice President of Operations at Air France Virtual Airlines. As the Vice President of Operations, he oversees the day to day operations of the airline. He joined Delta Virtual in April of 2006 and a year later transferred to Air France Virtual as a Boeing 747-400 First Officer. He is currently employed as a paid-on-call Firefighter and is an engineering student at a major Midwest university. When he's not in school or working, he likes to enjoy the outdoors.
Online Events
Jesse Rouse
Director of Events, Assistant Chief Pilot - Boeing 737 Program
airfrance_a380@live.com Jesse is the Director of Events and also the Assistant Chief Pilot of the 737 program and Director of Events. He takes very much pride in flying, just take a look at his logbook. He lives in a small city in eastern Ohio and is attending his Sophomore year of High School. He is in the band as 1st chair Oboe and 2nd chair Clarinet. Jesse is also trying to learn advance French in feeling that it is appropriate since he is a part of Air France Virtual.
Information Technology
Luke Kolin
General Counsel
luke@afva.net As the Vice President of Air France Virtual Airlines, Luke is responsible for the technological infrastructure of our arline, as well as Delta Virtual Airlines. Luke works for a major cable channel in the northern suburbs of Atlanta.
Chief Pilots
Robert Armstrong
Chief Pilot, A320 Program
rarmstrong@afva.net Robert is the Chief Pilot for the A320 Program.
Kerem Yogurtcugil
Chief Pilot, A330 Program
kyogurtcugil@afva.net Kerem is the Chief Pilot in the A330 Program.
Terry Ward
Chief Pilot, Historical Program
tward@afva.net Terry is the Chief Pilot of the AFVA Historical program.
Alan Meiling
Chief Pilot, Boeing 737 Program
ameiling@afva.net Alan is the Chief Pilot of the 737 Program
Mark Stead
Chief Pilot, Boeing 747 Program
mstead@afva.net Mark is the Chief Pilot of the Boeing 747 Program.
Sahil Verman
Chief Pilot, Boeing 777 Program
sverman@afva.net Sahil is the Chief Pilot of the 777 Program.
Duncan Shiplee
Chief Pilot, Embraer 145 Program
dshiplee@afva.net Duncan Shiplee is a CP in the ERJ-145 program.
Flight Academy
Yves Le Cabec
Director of Air France Virtual Flight Academy
ylecabec@afva.net Yves Le Cabec is the Director of the Flight Academy.
Administrative Services
Fabien Bergeret
Director of Human Resources
fbergeret@afva.net Fabien is a PhD. in Biophysics and Biochemistry on academic Research in Montréal (Canada, Québec).

Passionate about Aviation and a regular traveler on the real Air France, he joined AFVA at the end of May 2010. Fabien is in charge of the Human Resources Department.
 

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