Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines Airline News

DATE	SUBJECT	AUTHOR
01/14/2010	Automated e-mails - PIREP approval	Steve Orloff
AFVA Pilots: In an effort to reduce the amount of system generated email, and to reduce the clutter to your inbox, pilots will no longer receive email messages when a flight report has been approved. You will continue to receive email messages informing you of the status of flight reports that are placed on hold or are rejected. This will be effective 1 February 2010. //SIGNED// RYAN D. WATKINS, Président - Directuer Général Air France Virtual Airlines
11/27/2009	Aggrey Ellis Promoted to 777 Chief Pilot	Ryan Wilson
I am pleased to announce that Aggrey Ellis has been promoted to the 777 Chief Pilot position. Aggrey was the Assistant Chief Pilot in the 777 program prior to the promotion. Congratulations Aggrey!
11/17/2009	New A320 Chief Pilot	Ryan Wilson
I am proud to announce that Dave Gandolfo is the new A320 Chief Pilot! Dave was a Senior Captain in the A320 program and will bring a wealth of knowledge to the program. Once again, congratulations Dave!
10/26/2009	Austrian Seasonal Flights Active	Steve Orloff
The seasonal Austrian Airlines flights have been added to the database and are now valid for PIREP! Pilots have the opportunity to fly into and out of Innsbruck, arguably one of Europe's toughest airports. These flights will remain in the schedule until March 8th, 2010 and can be found under the "find a flight" or "browse schedule" portion of your pilots center. Good luck and enjoy the holidays! Steve Orloff Chief Operations Officer
08/22/2009	New F100 Chief Pilot	Ryan Wilson
Please join me in congratulating Robert Byrne on being promoted to Chief Pilot of the F100 program! Once again, congratulations!
08/10/2009	Steve Orloff appointed Vice President	Ryan Wilson
I am pleased to announce that Steve Orloff has been appointed Vice President of Operations. Most recently, Steve was Chief Pilot of the F100 program. Prior to that, he was a senior captain in Air France Virtual's prestigious Concorde program. Steve will bring leadership to our operations department. Once again, congratulations Steve! Ryan
01/13/2009	F-100 Assistant Chief Pilot	Caitlyn Champlin
Robert Byrne has been appointed to the Assistant Chief Pilot position of Air France Virtual's F-100 equipment program. Robert brings a wealth of knowledge to our organization and will be a tremendous resource to all AFVA pilots. Welcome aboard, Robert!
12/21/2008	777 Assistant Chief Pilot	Ryan Wilson
Please join me in congratulating Aggrey Ellis on his new position as 777 Assistant Chief Pilot! Aggrey brings a wealth of 777 experience that will be highly valued here at Air France Virtual. Once again, congratulations Aggrey!
12/21/2008	747 Assistant Chief Pilot	Ryan Wilson
Congratulations Timm Dixon on being promoted to Assistant Chief Pilot in the 747 program! Timm brings countless hours of 747 to the staff. Once again, welcome aboard Timm!
11/17/2008	Ryan Wilson appointed Vice President	Caitlyn Champlin
It is with great pleasure that I announce AFV's new Vice President, Chief Pilot Ryan Wilson, effective immediately. Ryan is a highly skilled and accomplished pilot with a combined experience of more than 2,900 flight hours between Air France Virtual and Delta Virtual Airlines. Ryan has a proven, unyielding dedication to AFV and his appointment brings an outstanding addition to the Senior Staff and Human Resources department. Please join me in congratulating Ryan on his new assignment.
11/16/2008	Ryan Watkins new President of Air France Virtual	Luke Kolin
Please join me in congratulating Ryan Watkins as he becomes the third President and CEO of Air France Virtual. Ryan has been with Air France Virtual since prior to the official founding of the virtual airline, and has been working tirelessly behind the scenes during some trying times to provide a quality experience for all of our members. Please join me in congratulating Ryan on his accomplishment, and for accomplishments to come.
07/22/2008	New F-100 Chief Pilot	Ryan Wilson
On behalf of AFV, I would like to welcome Steve Orloff to our staff as Chief Pilot of the F-100 program. Steve transferred from DVA over a year ago and has been a member of both the Concorde and 747 programs at AFV. His knowledge of flight will be invaluable to the new pilots in the F-100 program. Welcome aboard Steve!
05/30/2007	FSX Fleet Entries	Luke Kolin
I am very pleased to announce the first members of the Air France Virtual FSX fleet - the A318/319/320/321 Fleet Installer, and the A330 Fleet Installer. We are slowly moving towards FSX compatibility, and these new Fleet Installers are the first step in that journey.
11/23/2006	Austrian Seasonal Flights Resume	Michael Carter
The ski season is in full swing in Lower Bavaria and northern Austria. Now is the time to make those long awaited flights to Innsbruck, home of the '76 Winter Olympic Games. These will be the only flights for a valid PIREP. These flights will continue through MAR07. Indicate REAL-WORLD FLIGHT in the PIREP comments section upon filing. If flying on-line, be sure to have and know the current procedures. Have fun in Austria! OS278 0835-0915 EDDF-LOWI OS286 1235-1315 EDDF-LOWI OS284 1635-1755 EDDF-LOWI OS288 2115-2235 EDDF-LOWI OS277 0615-0745 LOWI-EDDF OS285 1020-1150 LOWI-EDDF OS283 1415-1540 LOWI-EDDF OS287 1820-1950 LOWI-EDDF OS915 0650-0755 LOWW-LOWI OS903 1000-1110 LOWW-LOWI OS905 1335-1450 LOWW-LOWI OS901 1745-1850 LOWW-LOWI OS913 2105-2205 LOWW-LOWI OS914 0635-0740 LOWI-LOWW OS916 0835-0945 LOWI-LOWW OS904 1135-1250 LOWI-LOWW OS906 1525-1640 LOWI-LOWW OS902 1920-2020 LOWI-LOWW
07/04/2006	B747 Program Active	Michael Carter
Due to popular demand and the continuing use of the Boeing 747 series at Air France, the Boeing 747 program is once again active. Dan Biddle is our Chief Pilot for the program and we hope that Air France continues flying the 747 for the foreseeable future. Welcome back Dan!
04/13/2006	Dan Biddle Appointed as Air France Liason Officer and ACP 727 Program	Michael Carter
Dan's main responsibility will be keeping tabs on the real-world Air France operations so that we may more closely model our virtual Air France airline. He will be responsible for investigating Air France's real world operating schedule, equipment changes, and route structure as well as Star Alliance Partners operations as it relates to Air France Operations. In addition, he is retiring his position as Chief Pilot of the Boeing 747 Program and will be coming aboard as my Assistant Chief Pilot of the Boeing 727 Program. Please welcome and congratulate Dan on his new roles here at Aviation Francais Virtuel.
02/16/2006	Ryan Wilson Joins Air France as Boeing 777 Chief Pilot	Michael Carter
Ryan, I'd like to extend on behalf of the staff and crew at Air France a very warm welcome to this side of the Pond and one of the greatest airlines to come along since Delta. Ryan Wilson will be managing the Boeing 777 Program here at Air France. Ryan is a highly accomplished pilot holding ratings up to and including the Concorde and was a Senior Captain in the Boeing 777 program at Delta. He is a much needed asset here at Air France and will add to the success of this airline. Welcome to Air France Ryan!
12/13/2005	AFV appoints Michael Carter CEO	Luke Kolin
One of my goals for Delta Virtual dating back to 2001 was to expand our community. SkyTeam partners Delta with a number of quality international airlines, which complement Delta in terms of route and fleet structures. Our first expansion in 2004 was to create a companion virtual airline, Aviation Francais Virtuel, based around Air France. The success of AFV has been limited over the past year, but still present. Its existence ensure that our new web application platform was expandable, and with approximately 30 active pilots we are capable of surviving. Part of our weakness is due to upper management; we need passionate individuals focused on Air France and European navigation. Accordingly, on December 13th I will be resigning as the CEO of AFV. Michael Carter has proved to be a passionate, reliable addition to our airline in both a Chief Pilot and Vice-President role, and I am therefore turning the airline over to him to lead into 2006. Just like Delta Virtual did not finally take off until mid-2004 when I relinquished my role as CEO, I expect the same sort of wonderful growth to occur with AFV in the upcoming year. I'll still be around to help. Please join me in congratulating Michael on his new role.
11/09/2005	AFV Server Upgrade	Luke Kolin
Approximately two months ago, Aviation Francais Virtuel moved from a personally hosted machine to a shared server in a data center as part of our web application upgrade. The past 60 days have proven the continually increasing reliability of our new site software, but have also exposed weaknesses in our server hosting. We handle over 40,000 requests every day, serving 2GB a day. Our database has approximately three quarters of a million rows, and is continualy increasing in size. A shared database server is inadequate. As part of our shift to a community funding model, we obtained the resources to rent our own dedicated server. It is a top of the line 3Ghz Pentium IV SuSE linux server, with 2GB of memory and 100GB of storage space. We've spent the last week setting up the server, tuning it and testing it out. I think it's safe to say that it looks to be several times faster and more responsive than what we currently have today, and at $20/month more expensive it is clearly far better value for the money. Accordingly, the web site will be down from approximately 1030 EST to 1130 EST tomorrow while we dump the databases on the existing server and copy them to our new machine. We anticipate this to be a brief interruption in service, with a superior site available for your enjoyment.
10/04/2005	Aviation Francais Virtuel Accepted to IVAO	Michael Carter
Aviation Francais Virtuel is proud to announce the airline's acceptance as a recognized member of the IVAO ATC network. Aviation Francais Virtuel joins the company of such airlines as British Airways, Lufthansa, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Austrian Air.
08/07/2005	Aviation Français Virtuel promotion Martin Osbech F.O. Stage 2	Tom Haug
Aviation Français Virtuel is pleased to announce the promotion of Martin Osbech (AFV036) to the rank of First Officer-Stage 2. He is the second pilot to convert from "recreational" status to ranked line pilot.
07/04/2005	Delta Virtual Airlines congratulates Daniel Biddle	Daniel Counahan
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, I am extremely pleased to welcome Daniel Biddle to our "Century Club". Daniel recently completed 100 flight legs with Aviation Français Virtuel, an accomplishment only a select few of our pilots have achieved. Please join me in congratulating Daniel on outstanding commitment to Aviation Français Virtuel, and we all look forward to more great achievements in the future!
05/25/2005	Delta Virtual Airlines congratulates Philip Rothberg	Dan Biddle
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, I am extremely pleased to welcome Philip Rothberg to our "Double Century Club". Philip recently completed 200 flight legs with Aviation Français Virtuel, an accomplishment only a select few of our pilots have achieved. Please join me in congratulating Philip on outstanding commitment to Aviation Français Virtuel, and we all look forward to more great achievements in the future!
05/24/2005	Captain's Examination-B747-Stage 4 now available	Tom Haug
Due to the efforts of Daniel Biddle (AFV009-Chief Pilot-B747), Aviation Français Virtuel is able to announce the availability of the Captain's Examination-B747-Stage 4. Thank you Daniel.
05/16/2005	B747 First Officer's Examination	Tom Haug
Aviation Français Virtuel takes pleasure in announcing that the examination for B747-First Officer is available for those Stage 3 pilots wishing to either change programs or add an additional rating. Many thanks to Philip Rothberg (AFV001-Check Pilot) and Daniel Biddle B747-400 (AFV009-Chief Pilot) for their contribution.
05/01/2005	Aviation Français Virtuel Flight Encylopedia Now Available	Michael Carter
The new Flight Encyclopedia has been published and is now available in the Document Library. Everything you always wanted to know about navigating in Europe and from Europe to the United States can be found in this document. Many thanks to Luke Kolin for the editing and formatting.
04/08/2005	Daniel Biddle (AFV009) appointed Chief Pilot-B747	Tom Haug
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, it is my honor to announce that Daniel Biddle (AFV009) has accepted the appointment as Chief Pilot-B747 (Stage 4). Daniel brings to this position both experience and dedication to our great hobby. Please join me in congratulating him.
04/07/2005	Kerem Yogurtcugil appointed Chief Pilot - A330	Tom Haug
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, it is my distinct pleasure to announce that Kerem Yogurtcugil has accepted the position of Chief Pilot - A330 (Stage 3). Kerem has proven, by example, his willingness to help his fellow pilots and Aviation Français Virtuel.
04/05/2005	AFVA announces daily documented flights in Europe	Tom Haug
AFVA is proud to announce that starting Monday, April 11, 2005, we will commence daily documented flights in Europe. These flights will be conducted on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. leaving Friday, Saturday, and Sunday open for special events. These flights will be of approximately 1-3 hours (per leg) in duration. The flight will be posted in our AFVA Events section. Departure and arrival times are set so that anyone (Eastern or Western Hemisphere) wanting to fly the AFVA schedule in Europe has the opportunity. Eastern Hemisphere schedules are coordinated with the schedules of FIRs and Euro-Book in Europe.
03/06/2005	Delta Virtual Airlines congratulates Kerem Yogurtcugil	Daniel Counahan
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, I am extremely pleased to welcome Kerem Yogurtcugil to our "Century Club". Kerem recently completed 100 flight legs with Aviation Français Virtuel, an accomplishment only a select few of our pilots have achieved. Please join me in congratulating Kerem on outstanding commitment to Aviation Français Virtuel, and we all look forward to more great achievements in the future!
02/24/2005	Delta Virtual Airlines congratulates Michael Carter	Daniel Counahan
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, I am extremely pleased to welcome Michael Carter to our "Century Club". Michael recently completed 100 flight legs with Aviation Français Virtuel, an accomplishment only a select few of our pilots have achieved. Please join me in congratulating Michael on outstanding commitment to Aviation Français Virtuel, and we all look forward to more great achievements in the future!
01/09/2005	Fleet Library Back Online	Luke Kolin
The Aviation Français Virtuel Fleet Library should be back online. Sorry for any inconvenience.
12/31/2004	Delta Virtual Airlines congratulates Philip Rothberg	Daniel Counahan
On behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel, I am extremely pleased to welcome Philip Rothberg to our "Century Club". Philip recently completed 100 flight legs with Aviation Français Virtuel, an accomplishment only a select few of our pilots have achieved. Please join me in congratulating Philip on outstanding commitment to Aviation Français Virtuel, and we all look forward to more great achievements in the future!
12/05/2004	Dan Biddle Promoted to Senior Pilot	Philip Rothberg
Dan Biddle has been promoted to Senior Pilot in the 747-400 program. Dan has been a contributor to the water cooler and many of us are using the signature images that he has created. Along with this Dan is in the process of flying all the routes of the 747 to make sure that all is well with the route. Dan has beome an invaluable member of AFVA. Lets all congradulate Dan on his well deserved promotion
11/26/2004	Innaugural Event a Resounding Success	Luke Kolin
Congratulations on behalf of Aviation Français Virtuel to the pilots who joined us on our innaugural event across the North Atlantic into Paris today. Paris airspace was filled with aircraft flying AF colors, the first of many afternoons and evenings to come!
11/20/2004	AFV Opens on November 25	Luke Kolin
Aviation Français Virtuel will be opening for general membership on Thursday, November 25th, 2004. We will be celebrating our launch with a trans-Atlantic online event on VATSIM on Friday from a number of Canadian and US destinations into Paris. Please join us!
09/24/2004	System Downtime	Luke Kolin
I will be making some changes to our server infrastructure over this weekend; consolidating two servers into one and ensuring that we again have proper UPS protection on both power and WAN interfaces. We do have a backup server for use so web site downtime should be minimal.
08/29/2004	AFV Officially Launched	Luke Kolin
Aviation Français Virtuel was officially launched today with a small complement of Founding Members. We will be working hard over the next few days and weeks to get the airline ready for general recruiting!
08/25/2004	AFV Ready for Launch	Luke Kolin
The AFV web site is ready for launch, and we are putting together a list of Aviation Français Virtuel founding members that will be joining us very soon!
03/27/2004	Web site work started	Luke Kolin
Welcome to the AFV Web Site!
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