| DATE | SUBJECT | AUTHOR |
| 01/20/2023 | Announcing the 2023 Middle Earth Tour | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all!
I am pleased to announce a new Tour available for all AFVA pilots starting February 8, 2023! This tour will take you around both islands of New Zealand to see some spectacular views and give you the opportunity to visit some filming locations of the Lord of the Rings films! Be sure to review the Briefing document of this tour carefully as it has important information about the destinations along this tour. I would also like to take this opportunity to point out a new NOTAM regarding flight tours: NOTAM #49. This NOTAM allows for exceptions to aircraft equipment type usage on flight tours and is referenced in the briefing for this Flight Tour. Click Here for Tour Details
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| 01/17/2023 | Staff Stats update | Alan Barber |
| Top approvers for January so far are as follows:
Alan Barber 69 reports Calum Macdonald 38 reports Daniel Duhon 9 reports Ben Maskell 7 reports Teodor Negru 6 reports Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/16/2023 | Legs flown - update | Alan Barber |
| Halfway through January already!
Here is the state of play for the most legs flown this month so far: Calum Macdonald 24 flights Alan Barber 22 flights Mahendra Putut 19 flights Zacharias Dupont 13 flights Brian Hankey 13 flights With pilots returning to their real world commitments following the Christmas break things are slowing down a bit in terms of legs flown but we are on course for around 260 for the month. Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/13/2023 | Top 5 Optimal landings so far for January | Alan Barber |
| Hi Pilots
Here are the top 5 optimal landings so far this month. These are rated using a combination of Touchdown Speed and Distance from Threshold. Martin Zelikovitz 01/06/23 DL4763 Leg 1 B737-700 -210 ft/min 1,201 ft State College PA Runway 24 Zacharias Dupont 01/02/23 HV201 Leg 1 B737-800 -255 ft/min 1,359 ft Tenerife-South Spain Runway 07 Alan Barber 01/01/23 DL2543 Leg 1 B737-800 -204 ft/min 1,308 ft Atlanta GA Runway 27R Calum Macdonald 01/03/23 AF4144 Leg 1 ERJ-170 -173 ft/min 1,209 ft Edinburgh United Kingdom Runway 24 Silvian Baltac 01/08/23 WAH3014 Leg 3 A320 -187 ft/min 1,346 ft King Salmon AK Runway 30 Well flown all! Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/11/2023 | Top flight approvers update | Alan Barber |
| Here is the state of play in the race to be top approver for the month of January. I honestly don't sit at my PC waiting for new completed flights to appear, honest!
1. Alan Barber - 50 Reports 2. Calum Macdonald - 14 Reports 3. Ben Maskell - 8 Reports Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/10/2023 | New AFVA Pilot Accomplishment Available | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all!
I am pleased to announce that we have a new plot accomplishment available: the "50 Events Club" to recognize event participation sooner and to encourage more pilots to participate in our Events. We are planning to include some exciting events on the horizon so sign up and fly with us! AFVA Staff |
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| 01/09/2023 | New Year Flight Report stats | Alan Barber |
| We hope 2023 has got off to a good start for everyone.
We are going to attempt to update you all on statistics a bit more often, maybe inspire some healthy competition! So, without further ado, the top 5 pilots for the first week of January 2023 are: Calum Macdonald 15 reports Alan Barber 15 Reports Mahndra Putut 11 Reports Zacharias Dupont 7 Reports Brian Hankey 5 Reports A good effort so far, lets keep it going. Current totals across all pilots puts us on target for 300 reports this month, let's try and beat that! AFVA Staff |
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| 01/09/2023 | New NOTAM entry | Alan Barber |
| Hi Pilots
If I may draw your attention to NOTAM 48 issued today. As a reminder, this is regarding ending the usage of MSFS Additional Aircraft (TBM and Citation). https://www.afva.net/notams.do Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/09/2023 | Liu Bang Tour Part 1 | Alan Barber |
| I am pleased to announce that the Liu Bang Pt. 1 tour is now online.
This is a multi part tour which will enable you to visit all the large airports in China that are available for MSFS2020. It goes without saying that users of other simulators will be able to complete it too. Check it out here https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0x14 Feedback always welcome! Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/07/2023 | Pilot Accomplishments | Alan Barber |
| Somewhat belated congratulation to the following pilots and accomplisments achieved in recent weeks:
01/05/2023 Mahendra Putut Joined Online Century Club 12/29/2022 Mahendra Putut Joined B737 Century Club 12/29/2022 Mahendra Putut Joined Century Club 12/24/2022 Calum Macdonald Joined Online Quadricentenary Club 12/24/2022 Calum Macdonald Joined Quadricentenary Club 12/15/2022 Matt Mulhall Joined GVA 10 Year Anniversary 12/10/2022 Sebastien Teycheney Joined European City Bash 12/08/2022 Fernando Antao Joined B737 Two Fifty Club Milestones that show dedication to the VA! Well done and thank you for your continued support. Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/06/2023 | F1 VIP tour online | Alan Barber |
| So, here's a chance to travel with the teams or journalists on direct flights, even if you are stowaways in the hold!
https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0x13 As usual, enjoy it and feedback gratefully received! Alan Barber abarber |
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| 01/05/2023 | A relaxing US trip! | Alan Barber |
| A trip round the top 10 US Tourist destinations according to World Atlas.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-usa-tourist-destinations.html In reverse order, picture yourself in..... 10. New York City 9. Yosemite 8. Florida Keys 7. Tennessee Smoky Mountains 6. Grand Canyon 5. Michigan's Northern Peninsula 4. Chicago 3. New Orleans 2. Drive down California Coast 1. Acadia National Park Relax and enjoy! Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/04/2023 | Top Euro Capital Cities Online | Alan Barber |
| And like London Buses, they arrive in groups!
Check out this short tour here https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0x11 Hope you all enjoy it! Alan Barber abarber@AFVA.net |
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| 01/04/2023 | F1 Tour now Available | Alan Barber |
| Hi Pilots - A belated Happy New Year from me!
The first tour in my role as tour guide has been released, check it out here https://www.afva.net/tour.do?id=0xf I am always open to feedback and to answer any questions you may have. Keep an eye out for more tours soon. Enjoy and Best regards Alan Barber abarber@afva.net |
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| 01/01/2023 | AFVA Year in Review: 2022 | Daniel Duhon |
| Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Operations Report ending December 31, 2022
Airline totals to date: Active Pilots: 91 Total flights to date: 135,082 flights; 368,239 hours; 156,074,454 Statute Miles Online Flights: 45,137 flights; 120,201 hours; 49,949,413 Statute Miles Per Pilot Average to date: 46.1 flights; 125.6 hours; 53,231 Statute Miles 2022 Totals: Flights: 2,994 Flights Hours: 9,275.3 Hours Flight Distance: 3,646,856 Statute Miles By simulator: MSFS(2020): 1,554 (51.9%) P3D: 649 (21.7%) FSX: 372 (12.4%) XP11: 241 (8.0%) FS2004: 165 (5.5%) XP12: 13 (0.4%) Top 10 Aircraft: 1. A320: 778 flights 2. B737-800: 229 flights 3. B737-700: 183 flights 4. ERJ-190: 102 flights 5. Concorde: 95 flights 6. ERJ-170: 86 flights 7. B747-400: 85 flights 8. A380-800: 75 flights 9. DC-3: 65 flights 10. B777-300ER: 65 flights Top 15 pilots: 1. Brian Hankey: 299 flights 2. Calum MacDonald: 280 flights 3. Nathanael Farias: 197 flights 4. Matt Mulhall: 183 flights 5. Frederic Honnart: 163 flights 6. Georges Eid: 152 flights 7. Fernando Antao: 139 flights 8. Richard Bailey: 126 flights 9. Daniel Duhon: 116 flights 10. Pedro Serrano: 80 flights 11. Marcel Teljeur: 78 flights 12. Florian Barea: 72 flights 13. Teodor Negru: 72 flights 14. Ben Maskell: 68 flights 15. Silvian Baltac: 64 flights Top 10 Landing stats: 1. Orjan Polman 2. Pedro Costa 3. Alan Barber 4. Mohamed Targhi 5. Matt Mulhall 6. Mazmur The 7. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen 8. Natanael Farias 9. Frederic Honnart 10. Jack Foley Flight Tour Statistics: Concorde Tour 86-01: 2 pilots Concorde Tour 86-02: 2 pilots Concorde Tour 87-01: 1 pilot Concorde Tour 87-02: 1 pilot Concorde Tour 87-03: 2 pilots Tour de France 2022: 4 pilots AFVA Around the World Tour 2022: 2 pilot Staff Statistics: Top Flight Reviewers: 1. Calum MacDonald: 526 flights 2. Florian Barea: 472 flights 3. Frederic Honnart: 389 flights 4. Teodor Negru: 377 flights 5. Ben Maskell: 327 flights 6. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 320 flights 7. Daniel Duhon: 158 flights 8. Brian Hankey: 84 flights 9. Alan Barber: 81 flights 10. Georges Eid: 79 flights 11. Matt Mulhall: 76 flights 12. Ethan Fortier: 49 flights 13. Julian Robbrecht: 38 flights 14. Tomas Bloemink: 25 flights 15 Benjamin Buske: 8 flights Check Ride stats: 1. A320: 45 rides 2. B737-800: 30 rides 3. A350-900: 15 rides 4. B747-400: 8 rides 5. B767-300: 8 rides Thank you all for your contributions this past year! As we review these statistics from 2022, we hope you continue to enjoy all that we offer at AFVA and look forward to all of the new things that 2023 brings! Happy New Year to all! AFVA Operations AFVA Staff AFVA Senior Staff |
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| 12/25/2022 | Merry Christmas! | Daniel Duhon |
| On behalf of AFVA and our staff, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! As we spend time with family and celebrate the close of this year pretty soon, we wanted to greet you and wish you a wonderful time during this season!
Cheers, AFVA Staff |
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| 12/04/2022 | Airline Statistics: November 2022 | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for November 2022:
Total November: 146 legs, 577.2 hours Of these, 87 flights were flown online (VATSIM, IVAO, POSCON, PilotEdge, etc.) Simulator Statistics: MSFS: 80 reports (54.8%) P3D: 30 reports (20.5%) XP10/11/12: 23 reports (15.8%) FS2004: 11 reports (7.5%) FSX: 2 reports (1.4%) Top 5 Aircraft: A320: 33 reports B737-800: 20 reports ERJ-190: 14 reports A310: 11 reports ERJ-170: 8 reports Top 10 Pilots: Calum MacDonald: 21 reports Fernando Antao: 14 reports Matt Mulhall: 11 reports Florian Barea: 11 reports Brian Hankey: 11 reports Richard Bailey: 10 reports Cristiano Quinzi: 9 reports Ben Maskell: 9 reports Georges Eid: 7 reports Adam Balogh: 6 reports Congratulations to Calum MacDonald for earning the top spot this month! On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in November and we hope you have an outstanding December and end to 2022! AFVA Operations |
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| 11/02/2022 | Airline Statistics: October 2022 | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for October 2022
Total October: 242 legs, 668.7 hours Simulator Statistics: MSFS: 163 reports (67.4%) P3D: 41 reports (16.9%) XP10/11/12: 22 reports (9.1%) FSX: 12 reports (5.0%) FSX: 4 reports (1.7%) Top 5 Aircraft: A320: 74 reports B737-800: 29 reports ERJ-190: 21 reports Beech B350: 15 reports B737-600: 11 reports Top 10 Pilots: Natanael Farias: 49 reports Brian Hankey: 32 reports Calum MacDonald: 31 reports Fernando Antao: 22 reports Matt Mulhall: 21 reports Richard Bailey: 13 reports Pedro Serrano: 11 reports Zandefer Webb: 10 reports Daniel Duhon: 8 reports Sebatiaan Van Der Veen: 6 reports Congratulations to Natanael Farias for earning the top spot this month! On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in October and we hope you have an outstanding November! AFVA Operations |
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| 10/06/2022 | AF/KLM VA August and September Statistics | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for August-September 2022
Total August: 249 legs, 725.8 hours Total September: 198 legs, 695.3 hours Cumulative: 447 legs, 1,421.1 hours Simulator Statistics (total): MSFS: 250 reports (55.9%) P3D: 61 reports (13.6%) XP10/11/12: 53 reports (11.8%) FS2004: 48 reports (10.7%) FSX: 35 reports (7.8%) Top 10 Aircraft (total): A320: 106 reports DHC-6: 44 reports B737-800: 36 reports B737-BBJ1: 29 reports B747-400: 17 reports B737-700: 16 reports A220-3(C-Series): 13 reports B737-600: 10 reports F70: 9 reports B777-300: 9 reports Top 10 Pilots (total): Brian Hankey: 67 reports Matt Mulhall: 29 reports Teodor Negru: 29 reports Nathanael Dantas Farias: 28 reports Richard Bailey: 28 reports Sebastien Teycheney: 20 reports Daniel Duhon: 20 reports Zandefer Webb: 19 reports Marcel Teljeur: 16 reports Geroges Eid: 16 reports Congratulations to Brian Hankey for earning the top spot this month! On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in August and September! We hope you have a great October! AFVA Staff |
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| 09/22/2022 | AFVA Flight Academy Open! | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello All,
It is with great pleasure to announce that the Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Flight Academy is now open for enrollments! Thanks to the hard work of Ethan Fortier, Benjamin Buske, and Daniel Duhon, we are excited for this update in our VA! We are currently authorized to offer the VATSIM P1 (PPL) certification, which will be reflected on your VATSIM account upon successful completion of the course. We hope you all take advantage of this opportunity to develop your skills and become a better virtual pilot! To enroll in the course, you must be an active member, you will need to have completed at least 5 flights with AFVA, and you will need to request enrollment here: https://www.afva.net/academy.do Once you request enrollment, you will be enrolled in the course. Please contact cfi@afva.net if you have any questions regarding the Flight Academy! Best, Daniel Duhon CFI, AFVA Flight Academy Executive Vice President, HR Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Brian Hankey President & CEO Chief Pilot A380 Program Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines AFVA Staff AFVA Senior Staff |
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| 09/06/2022 | Simbrief and Volanta Integration! | Daniel Duhon |
| All,
We are proud to announce that we have integrated Simbrief into our flight planning resources. In order to utilize the Simbrief functionality of flight planning, you will need to provide your Navigraph ID on your pilot profile. If you do not have a Navigraph ID, it is easy and free to obtain a Navigraph ID. In order to obtain this, you will need to go to https://navigraph.com/signup?user=&redirect_uri= and enter your information here. For those that have a Navigraph ID already, you can disregard this step. Once you have followed the steps for this you will need to provide your Navigraph ID to Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines. To add your Navigraph ID to your profile, go into the pilot center and click on edit profile. Then, scroll down until you see the "Email Address and External IDs" section. Enter your Navigraph ID in the "Navigraph ID" field. To utilize the Simbrief feature with Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines, you will plan a flight using the standard find a flight method. Once you have found a flight and added it to your logbook as a draft flight assignment, you will see a box that says "click here to create a simbrief dispatch package." Once you’ve clicked on that, a new tab or window will pop up and take you to the login for Simbrief, unless you’re already logged in. If you’re not logged in, you will log in with your Navigraph ID (it is free to create one) then you will be presented with a progress bar that will calculate your fuel and pax info. It will auto-generate a pax number as well. Once the loading has completed you’ll be returned to your draft flight assignment page where the route will be plotted automatically and you will have to option to download the flight plan to your sim platform, your dispatch documentation briefing to where you can download this from the draft flight assignment page. We are also happy to announce that we now support exporting your logbook to Volanta via a CSV download. You can take advantage of this feature by visiting your logbook, then using the "Export as" dropdown to select "Volanta CSV" for importing to Volanta. Then you may go to your Volanta Settings>Import/Export>Manual and select your CSV download from your logbook. We are excited to have these two new features implemented into AFVA and we hope they are useful to everyone! Best, Brian Hankey President & CEO Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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| 08/05/2022 | New B787-9 Program Chief Pilot | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello Everyone!
I am pleased to announce that Matt Mulhall is the new Chief Pilot of the B787-9 Program! Matt has been with the airline since December of 2012 and is eager to serve in this new role in the VA. Please join me in congratulating him on this new position! Brian Hankey President & CEO Daniel Duhon Executive VP, Human Resources Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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| 08/01/2022 | Airline Statistics July 2022 | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for July, 2022
Total July: 322 legs, 892.1 hours Simulator Statistics: MSFS: 180 reports (55.9%) FSX: 53 reports (16.5%) P3D: 51 reports (15.8%) FS2004: 20 reports (6.2%) XP10/11: 18 reports (5.6%) A320: 103 reports B737-700: 48 reports A330-200: 18 reports B777-200ER: 14 reports B777-300ER: 13 reports Top 10 Pilots: Matt Mulhall: 42 reports Frederic Honnart: 35 reports Calum MacDonald: 34 reports Nathanael Dantas Farias: 27 reports Brian Hankey: 22 reports Mike McCarthy: 20 reports Georges Eid: 19 reports Daniel Duhon: 18 reports Richard Bailey: 14 reports Frank Van De Laar: 12 reports Congratulations to Matt Mulhall for earning the top spot this month! On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in July! We hope you have a great August as well! AFVA Staff |
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| 07/13/2022 | Airline Stats June, 2022 | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for June, 2022
Total June: 344 legs, 956.9 hours Simulator Statistics: MSFS: 226 reports (65.7%) FSX: 53 reports (15.4%) XP10/11: 31 reports (9.0%) P3D: 25 reports (7.3%) FS2004: 9 reports (2.6%) A320: 102 reports B737-700: 44 reports DC-3: 40 reports MD-88: 16 reports Concorde: 15 reports Top 10 Pilots: Natanael Dantas Farias: 53 reports Frederic Honnart: 43 reports Georges Eid: 29 reports Matt Mulhall: 24 reports Richard Bailey: 23 reports Fernando Antao: 18 reports Lucas Preziosi: 17 reports Brian Hankey: 17 reports Calum Macdonald: 14 reports Pedro Serrano: 13 reports On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in June! We hope you have a great July as well! AFVA Staff |
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| 06/07/2022 | Airline Statistics for May 2022 | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for May, 2022
Total May: 267 legs, 828.4 hours Simulator Statistics: MSFS: 135 reports (50.6%) P3D: 49 reports (18.4%) XP10/11: 41 reports (15.4%) FSX: 30 reports (11.2%) FS2004: 12 reports (4.5%) B737-700: 45 reports A320: 40 reports B737-800: 30 reports Concorde: 28 reports Super Connie: 10 reports Top 10 Pilots: Richard Bailey: 36 reports Georges Eid: 26 reports Calum MacDonald: 24 reports Daniel Duhon: 24 reports Fernando Antao: 22 reports Brian Hankey: 18 reports Silvian Baltac: 15 reports Frederic Honnart: 14 reports Orjan Polman: 12 reports Salem Azzouz: 10 reports On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in May! We hope you have a great June as well! AFVA Staff |
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| 06/05/2022 | B787-9 Program Chief Pilot Position Opening | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
I am pleased to announce a new job opening for the AFVA Staff. There is an open position as the Chief Pilot in the B787-9 Program. Please review the job requirements listed on the Career Opportunities Page and apply if you feel you are a good fit for the job. We encourage anyone who meets the qualifications to apply! For a detailed list of requirements and to apply for this position, go here: https://www.afva.net/job.do?id=0x38 We look forward to seeing all of your applications! Sincerely, Brian Hankey President and CEO bhankey@afva.net Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President, HR dduhon@afva.net Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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| 06/05/2022 | Staff Changes | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
I have the duty to announce that Tomas Bloemink is resigning from his role as B787 Chief Pilot, effective today. He has many real-life commitments that have led to him making this decision as he is not able to fulfill his time commitments here. For the time being, Daniel Duhon will take on the responsibilities of this position until a successor can be found. Please join me in thanking Tomas for his hard work and dedication to AFVA! He will be sticking around as an active pilot and remain a part of our community. We wish you the best Tomas! Be on the lookout in the near future for a new job posting. Cheers, AF/KLM VA Staff Brian Hankey President and CEO bhankey@afva.net Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President, HR dduhon@afva.net |
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| 05/04/2022 | AF/KLM VA April Statistics | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for April, 2022
Total April: 311 legs, 1173.9 hours Simulator Statistics: MSFS: 119 reports (38.3%) FSX: 91 reports (29.3%) P3D: 82 reports (26.4%) XP10/11: 11 reports (3.5%) FS2004: 8 reports (2.6%) A320: 87 reports Super Connie: 42 reports Constellation: 25 reports Concorde: 19 reports ERJ-145: 17 reports Great job representing the Historical fleet this month! Top 10 Pilots: Frederic Honnart: 73 reports Brian Hankey: 21 reports Calum MacDonald: 19 reports Alexander Surmenev: 18 reports Alan Barber: 18 reports Matt Mulhall: 15 reports Axel Tato: 13 reports Silvian Baltac: 12 reports Ben Maskell: 12 reports Zandafer Webb: 10 reports Marcel Teljeur: 8 reports On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in April! We hope you have a great May as well! AFVA Staff |
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| 04/04/2022 | AF/KLM VA March Statistics | Daniel Duhon |
| Here are the Airline Statistics for March, 2022
Total March: 185 legs, 490.5 hours Simulator Statistics: P3D: 82 reports (44.3%) MSFS: 72 reports (38.9%) FSX: 14 reports (7.6%) XP10/11: 11 reports (5.9%) FS2004: 6 reports (3.2%) A320: 62 reports A380-800: 27 reports ERJ-190: 12 reports CRJ-700: 9 reports B737-800: 9 reports Top 10 Pilots: Brian Hankey: 31 reports Calum Macdonald: 20 reports Matt Mulhall: 18 reports Pedro Serrano: 9 reports Ben Maskell: 9 reports Jack Foley: 8 reports Geroges Eid: 8 reports Florian Barea: 8 reports Pedro Costa: 7 reports Daniel Duhon: 7 reports Zandafer Webb: 7 reports On behalf of the Air France/KLM Virtual Staff, we want to thank you for all your contributions in March! We hope you have a great April as well! AFVA Staff |
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| 03/07/2022 | February Statistics | Daniel Duhon |
| AFVA Flight Statistics for February 2022:
Top Pilots this month: 1. Calum Macdonald: 59 reports 2. Natanael Dantas Farias: 32 reports 3. Brian Hankey: 27 reports 4. Georges Eid: 24 reports 5. Zandafer Webb: 12 reports 6. Roberto Reyes: 11 reports 7. Pedro Serrano: 10 reports 7. Mazmur The: 10 reports 7. Julian Robbrecht: 10 reports 7. Sebastien Teycheney: 10 reports 8. Matt Mulhall: 9 reports 9. James Mclemore: 7 reports 9. Marcel Teljeur: 7 reports 10. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 6 reports 10. Cyriac Jose: 6 reports 10. Teodor Negru: 6 reports Airline Stats: Top 5 Equipment Types: A320: 92 reports A380-800: 25 reports ERJ-190: 24 reports ERJ-170: 16 reports B777-200ER: 16 reports B777-300ER: 13 reports Simulator Versions: 1. FS2020: 127 reports (44.9%) 2. P3D: 110 reports (38.9%) 3. FSX: 25 reports (8.8%) 4. FS2004: 13 reports (4.6%) 5. XP10/11: 8 reports (2.8%) Total Legs in February 2022: 283 reports 869.1 hours, up from 253 reports in January. We hope you are all doing well, AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 02/07/2022 | New Historical Program Chief Pilot | Daniel Duhon |
| Greetings all!
I am pleased to announce a couple of updates for AFVA. First off, Frederic Honnart (AFV1044) has been selected to fill the Historical Program Chief Pilot role. Frederic has many years experience with Flight Simulation and particularly enjoys the challenges of our historical fleet. His knowledge and willingness to give back to our community make him a good fit for the job! Please join me in congratulating Frederic on his well-earned promotion! The second order of business is regarding the Regional Airliners Program. Our stage 1 program is getting an update soon. The changes to this program are meant to follow real life trends, as well as provide more flexibility to pilots as there are different addons available for different simulators. That being said, we are changing the default equipment type in the Regional Airliners program from the ERJ-175 to the A220-3(CSeries). Please note that this will not affect anyone who already has the ratings. This change will implement a new check ride for the A220 as well as added exam questions for the FO and Captains exams. The ERJ-175 check ride will still be available on request in order to accommodate those who may not have access to an A220 addon, or for anyone who would prefer to use the ERJ instead. More details on this will be announced at a later date so keep an eye out for another announcement for that. We hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy! Best regards, Brian Hankey President & CEO Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines bhankey@afva.net Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines dduhon@afva.net AFVA Staff Team |
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| 02/07/2022 | AFVA January 2022 Stats | Daniel Duhon |
| AFVA Stats for January 2022:
Top Pilots this month: 1. Calum Macdonald: 30 reports 2. Brian Hankey: 25 reports 3. Teodor Negru: 18 reports 3. Fernando Antao: 18 reports 4. James Mclemore: 15 reports 5. Mazmur The: 14 reports 6. Sebastien Teycheney: 13 reports 7. Natanael Dantas Farias: 11 reports 7. Florian Barea: 11 reports 8. Salman Jan Sardar: 9 reports 8. Marcel Teljeur: 9 reports 8. Silvian Baltac: 9 reports 8. Pedro Costa: 9 reports 9. Pedro Serrano: 7 reports 9. Ben Maskell: 7 reports 10. Mohamed Targhi: 6 reports 10. Kostas Kollias: 6 reports Congratulations to Calum Macdonald for earning the top spot for this month! Keep up the good work! Also, there were a bunch of ties last month. Airline Stats: Top 5 Equipment Types: A320: 69 reports A350-900: 21 reports B737-800: 18 reports ERJ-170: 17 reports A380-800: 16 reports A220-3(CSeries): 13 reports Simulator Versions: 1. P3D: 85 reports (33.6%) 2. FS2020: 81 reports (32.0%) 3. FSX: 33 reports (13.0%) 4. FS2004: 29 reports (11.5%) 5. XP10/11: 25 reports (9.9%) Total Legs in January 2022: 253 reports 733.0 hours We hope that everyone has a great February and continues to put in the same effort next month! We hope you are all doing well, AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 01/01/2022 | Happy New Year! AFVA 2021 Year in Review | Daniel Duhon |
| Happy New Year Everyone!
As we look forward to the new year, let us take a moment to reflect on 2021: In 2021, we flew a total of 5,007 Legs, 12,391.5 hours, and covered 4,708,947 miles. The top 10 Equipment types flown were: 1. A320: 1,634 reports 2. B737-800: 332 reports 3. Cessna 208B: 241 reports 4. ERJ-145: 190 reports 5. DC-3: 158 reports 6. A380: 142 reports 7. A330-300: 131 reports 8. B737-700: 123 reports 9. CRJ-700: 120 reports 10. B747-400: 111 reports The top 20 Pilots of 2021 were: 1. Brian Hankey: 455 reports 2. Paul Hale: 401 reports 3. Frederic Honnart: 346 reports 4. Lucas Preziosi: 292 reports 5. Georges Eid: 286 reports 6. Teodor Negru: 217 reports 7. Fernando Antao: 204 reports 8. Alan Barber: 199 reports 9. Daniel Duhon: 190 reports 10. Florian Barea: 174 reports 11. Silvian Baltac: 138 reports 12. Fredrik Martensson: 133 reports 13. Calum MacDonald: 119 reports 14. Sebastien Teycheney: 101 reports 15. Mazmur The: 93 reports 16. Pedro Serrano: 78 reports 16. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 78 reports 17. Ian Roxburgh: 76 reports 17. Marcel Teljeur: 76 reports 18. Adam Balogh: 74 reports 18. Martin Zelikovitz: 74 reports 19. Ben Maskell: 73 reports 20. Mohamed Targhi: 72 reports Great job guys! Our staff did an outstanding job grading PIREPS this year. Our top 10 approvers are: 1. Florian Barea: 1,511 reports 2. Daniel Duhon: 917 reports 3. Alan Barber: 607 reports 4. Ben Maskell: 382 reports 5. Paul Hale: 324 reports 6. Benjamin Buske: 264 reports 7. Teodor Negru: 213 reports 8. Tomas Bloemink: 154 reports 9. Ethan Fortier: 132 reports 10. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 129 reports In 2021, we welcomed 10 new pilots and 3 new staff members. On behalf of all of the staff and community, we wish you a Happy New Year and a great 2022! Best, AFVA Staff |
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| 12/25/2021 | Merry Christmas to all! | Daniel Duhon |
| On behalf of the AF/KLM VA Staff, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
We hope you all are doing well and enjoying time with family, friends, and others you may be celebrating with. Whether you are staying home or traveling, I hope you have a joyful and merry holiday season. Happy holidays and stay safe! AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 12/04/2021 | AFVA November Stats | Daniel Duhon |
| AFVA Stats for November 2021:
Top Pilots this month: 1. Frederic Honnart: 46 reports 2. Calum MacDonald: 30 reports 3. Georges Eid: 22 reports 4. Fernando Antao: 18 reports 5. Mazmur The: 17 reports 6. Sebastien Teycheney: 16 reports 7. Adam Balogh: 12 reports 7. Florian Barea: 12 reports 8. Pedro Serrano: 11 reports 8. Richard Bailey: 11 reports 9. Brian Hankey: 10 reports 10. Daniel Duhon: 9 reports Congratulations to Frederic for earning the top spot for the third month in a row! Keep up the good work! Airline Stats: Top 5 Equipment Types: A320: 86 reports DC-3: 31 reports ERJ-190: 25 reports DC-6B: 17 reports B737-800: 13 reports B747-400: 11 reports Simulator Versions: 1. FS2020: 102 reports (37.0%) 2. FSX: 69 reports (25.0%) 3. P3D: 69 reports (25.0%) 4. XP10/11: 24 reports (8.7%) 5. FS2004: 12 reports (4.3%) Total Legs in September 2021: 276 reports 929.0 hours We hope that everyone has a great December and continues to put in the same effort next month! Happy Holidays! We hope you are all doing well, AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 11/13/2021 | Latest Staff Updates | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello All!
I am pleased to announce a couple of new staff changes that have taken place recently. Benjamin Buske has decided to step down as Chief Pilot of the ERJ-190 Program due to real-world commitments. He has done a fantastic job of leading our entry-level program and we are thankful for his willingness to help! He will remain on staff as Assistant Chief Pilot of the program. We have also decided to change the naming of the ERJ-190 Program as well to better reflect the nature of the Program. It will now be called the "Regional Airliners Program." Taking Ben's place as Chief Pilot will be Calum MacDonald. Calum is passionate about the ERJ aircraft and is eager to help out his fellow pilots! We are excited to have him join our team! Please join me in congratulating Calum on this well-earned promotion! Along with changing the name of the program, we have also added the A220-1 and A220-3 to the program ratings and all pilots with the Regional program ratings should gain those ratings automatically. If you do not have the A220 rating and believe you should, please submit a help desk ticket at https://afva.net/helpdesk.do . Lastly, I would like to remind everyone that there is still time to apply for the Historical Airliners Chief Pilot position if you are interested! We hope everyone is doing well! Cheers, AFVA Staff Brian Hankey CEO & President bhankey@afva.net Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President dduhon@afva.net Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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| 11/10/2021 | Open Position for Chief Pilot of the Historical Program | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
Following the passing of Terry Ward, we have an opening in our staff for the position of Chief Pilot of the Historical Program. We would like to open up this offer to anyone who is qualified and passionate about our Historical Jet and Propliners. We are looking for someone who is eager to help out fellow pilots, provide new ideas to help promote our VA, and someone who is experienced in Flight Simulation. If you are interested in applying, you can find the application, as well as a detailed list of requirements, here: https://www.afva.net/job.do?id=0x37 Please contact us with any questions and we look forward to reading your applications! Best Regards, Brian Hankey bhankey@afva.net President & CEO Daniel Duhon dduhon@afva.net Executive Vice President Senior Staff Air France/KLM Virtual |
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| 11/05/2021 | Airline Stats for October 2021 | Daniel Duhon |
| AFVA Stats for October 2021:
Top Pilots this month: 1. Frederic Honnart: 47 reports 2. Lucas Preziosi: 26 reports 3. Sebastien Teycheney: 25 reports 4. Brian Hankey: 24 reports 5. Fernando Antao: 20 reports 6. Mazmur The: 18 reports 6. Richard Bailey: 18 reports 7. Mohamed Targhi: 16 reports 8. Georges Eid: 15 reports 9. Orjan Polman: 12 reports 10. Silvian Baltac: 10 reports 10. Andre Selon: 10 reports 10. Florian Barea: 10 reports Congratulations to Frederic for once again earning the top spot this month! Also, welcome to our new pilots this month: First Officer Kai He Airline Stats: Top 5 Equipment Types: A320: 111 reports DC-3: 37 reports B737-800: 30 reports DC-6B: 13 reports B737-700: 13 reports B747-400: 12 reports Simulator Versions: 1. FS2020: 126 reports (36.8%) 2. FSX: 94 reports (27.5%) 3. P3D: 76 reports (22.2%) 4. XP10/11: 38 reports (11.1%) 5. FS2004: 8 reports (2.3%) Total Legs in September 2021: 342 reports We hope that everyone has a great November and continues to put in the same effort next month! We hope you are all doing well, AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 10/02/2021 | Passing of an Icon - Terry Ward | Brian Hankey |
| All,
It is with great sadness and sorrow that I regretfully announce the passing of Terry Ward (AFV278). He passed away peacefully on August 30th. In continuation with our tradition set with Robert Taylor, a new accomplishment set at the number of flights (7,232) that he ended his career at AFVA with has been established: "The Indomitable Machine". This is in reference to the fact that he was known as Terry "The Machine" Ward amongst the AFVA staff members that worked alongside him. |
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| 10/01/2021 | Airline Stats for September 2021 | Daniel Duhon |
| AFVA Stats for September 2021:
Top Pilots this month: 1. Frederic Honnart: 57 reports 2. Calum Macdonald: 31 reports 3. Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 27 reports 4. Mohamed Targhi: 20 reports 4. Mazmur The: 20 reports 5. Sebastien Teycheney: 19 reports 5. Brian Hankey: 19 reports 6. Fernando Antao: 17 reports 7. Florian Barea: 15 reports 8. Richard Bailey: 11 reports 8. Daniel Duhon: 11 reports 8. Benjamin Buske: 11 reports 9. Nicolai Glibstrup: 10 reports 9. Georges Eid: 10 reports 10. Ben Maskell: 9 reports Congratulations to Frederic for earning the top spot this month! Also, welcome to our new pilots this month: Nicolai Glibstrup and Joan Herrera Airline Stats: Top 5 Equipment Types: A320: 107 reports S340: 33 reports B737-800: 27 reports B737-700: 26 reports DC-3: 21 reports Simulator Versions: 1. FS2020: 114 reports (32.9%) 2. P3D: 108 reports (31.2%) 3. FSX: 87 reports (25.1%) 4. XP10/11: 32 reports (9.2%) 5. FS2004: 5 reports (1.4%) Total Legs in September 2021: 346 We hope that everyone has a great October and continues to put in great effort next month! We hope you are all doing well, AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 09/29/2021 | KLM615 and KLM616 Historical Flights Added | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all!
I am pleased to announce the addition of some new historical routes into our schedule! These flights com from the 1936 route between Amsterdam and Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia) in the Douglas DC-3. These flights are listed in our schedules as KLH6151-KLH6154 for the Eastbound route and KLH6161-KLH6164 for the Westbound route. We hope you enjoy these new flights! If you are interested in the full details or the flights, view the timetable here: http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/kl/kl3610fe/kl3610-3.jpg We hope you are all doing well! - AF/KLM VA Staff |
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| 09/01/2021 | Airline Statistics for August | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
Here are the stats for the month of August: Most flights logged: Sebastiaan Van Der Veen: 42 reports Lucas Preziosi: 38 reports Daniel Duhon: 29 reports Fernando Antao: 27 reports Calum Macdonald: 26 reports Sebastien Teycheney: 17 reports Silvian Baltac: 16 reports Florian Barea: 16 reports Mohamed Targhi: 10 reports Benjamin Buske: 10 reports Great job to our newest Chief Pilot, Sebastiaan, for earning the top spot this month, followed by Lucas and Daniel! Excellent contributions from all of the non-staff pilots once again this month, great work! Total number of PIREPS filed in August was 323 The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 85 reports B737-700: 25 reports B737-800: 22 Reports ERJ-190: 15 reports DC-6B: 15 reports Simulator versions used in August: P3D: 123 Legs (38.1%) MSFS: 100 legs (33.3%) FSX: 52 legs (16.1%) X-Plane: 35 legs (10.8%) FS9: 13 Legs (4.0%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in August and continuing to contribute to the success of this great VA. Let’s see if we can top it in September! Have a fantastic September everyone, and stay safe! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 08/09/2021 | New B737 Chief Pilot | Daniel Duhon |
| It is with great pleasure that I get to announce that we have a new Chief Pilot for the 737 Program! Please join me in welcoming Sebastiaan Van Der Veen to his new position!
Sebastiaan is excited to join our staff team and bring some great ideas to help our Virtual Airline grow. He has been with AFVA since 2019 and is eager to help out. Congratulations Sebastiaan! We hope you are all doing well! Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President of HR dduhon@afva.net Brian Hankey President and CEO bhankey@afva.net AFVA Senior Staff |
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| 08/01/2021 | Flight Statistics for July 2021 | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
Here are the stats for the month of July: Most flights logged: Lucas Preziosi: 74 reports Brian Hankey: 48 reports Fernando Antao: 44 reports Daniel Duhon: 32 reports Florian Barea: 21 reports Silvian Baltac: 16 reports Sebastien Teychenet: 14 reports Calum Macdonald: 12 reports Georges Eid: 11 reports Tomas Bloemink: 11 reports Great job Lucas for earning the top spot this month, followed by Brain and Fernando! Excellent contributions from all of the non-staff pilots this month, great work! Total number of PIREPS filed in July was 390 The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 82 reports ERJ-145: 35 reports CRJ-700: 27 Reports B737-800: 26 reports DC-6B: 14 reports Simulator versions used in May: MSFS2020: 133 Legs (34.1%) P3D: 118 legs (30.3%) FSX: 103 legs (26.4%) X-Plane: 25 legs (6.4%) FS9: 11 Legs (2.8%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in July and continuing to contribute to the success of this great VA. Let’s see if we can get even more flights in in August! Have a fantastic August everyone, and stay safe! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 07/07/2021 | B737 Chief Pilot Position Open | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello everyone,
I hope you are all doing well! I am excited to announce that a new career opportunities to join the staff at AFVA have now been opened. This position is open to ANYBODY in the airline who meets the criteria listed in the job description. We are currently seeking a Chief Pilot to join our Boeing 737 program Please read thoroughly through the job description and eligibility criteria before making your application. Boeing 737 Chief Pilot: https://www.afva.net/job.do?id=0x35 All applications must be made online via the above links. Good luck and please do not hesitate to email us with any questions. Best Regards, Brian Hankey bhankey@afva.net President & CEO, Air France Virtual Airlines Daniel Duhon dduhon@afva.net Executive Vice President Air France Virtual Airlines |
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| 07/06/2021 | New Air France Virtual Airlines Events Coordinator | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
I am pleased to announce that Lucas Preziosi has stepped up to be our new Events Coordinator for AFVA! He will be responsible for updating the Events calendar and creating new events for everyone to participate in. Lucas has been flying for AFVA for the past 5 years and is eager to help out in our events department. Keep an eye out for new events being posted and see which ones you may be interested in! Please join me in congratulating Lucas on this promotion! Best regards, Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President Brian Hankey President & CEO Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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| 07/01/2021 | AFVA June Statistics | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
Here are the stats for the month of June: Most flights logged: Lucas Preziosi: 64 reports Frederic Honnart: 42 reports Brian Hankey: 20 reports Georges Eid: 18 reports Florian Barea: 18 reports Mazmur The: 17 reports Pedro Costa: 16 reports Daniel Duhon: 16 reports Pedro Serrano: 13 reports Fernando Antao: 13 reports Outstanding job to Lucas for earning the top spot this month beating our staff, followed by Frederic and Brian! Excellent contributions from all of the non-staff pilots this month, great work! Total number of PIREPS filed in June was 340 Compared to 697 in June 2020 The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 95 reports CRJ-700: 23 reports B707-320: 23 Reports ERJ-145: 19 reports B737-800: 18 reports Simulator versions used in May: MSFS2020: 139 Legs (40.9%) P3D: 90 legs (26.5%) FSX: 86 legs (25.3%) X-Plane: 12 legs (3.5%) FS9: 12 Legs (3.5%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in June and making this amazing VA a continuing success. Let’s see if we can get even more flights in in July! Have a fantastic July everyone, and stay safe! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 06/28/2021 | Retirement of Paul Hale as Executive Vice-President | Brian Hankey |
| All - I regretfully have the duty to announce that I have accepted the request of Paul Hale to retire, effective immediately, as Executive Vice-President at Air France Virtual Airlines. Paul has served AFVA as a staff member for the past 10 years including the past 8 years as Executive Vice-President at the Senior Staff level. His real-world commitments required him to reach this decision, one which was not taken lightly. It has been his absolute pleasure to serve the airline at the staff level and he now hands over the reins to Daniel Duhon.
Daniel has fantastic ideas and a level of enthusiasm that he had in his early days. He requests that we "please continue to fly with us and keep this VA flying high, where it should be." Paul - it has been a pleasure working with you and I look forward to seeing you in the virtual skies! |
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| 06/01/2021 | May AFVA Statistics | Daniel Duhon |
| Hello all,
Here are the stats for May: Most flights are done logged: Brian Hankey: 64 reports Frederic Honnart: 53 reports Paul Hale: 48 reports Fernando Antao: 34 reports Georges Eid: 30 reports Daniel Duhon: 21 reports Lucas Preziosi: 17 reports Florian Barea: 15 reports Ben Maskell: 10 reports Patrick Buteau: 9 reports Congratulations to Brian for earning the top spot this month, followed by Frederic and Paul! Excellent contributions from Fernando, Lucas and Patrick as non-staff pilots, great work guys! Total number of PIREPS filed in May was 396 The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 163 reports ERJ-145: 64 reports B737-800: 28 Reports Cessna 208B: 19 reports CRJ-700: 15 reports Simulator versions used in May: MSFS2020: 174 Legs (43.9%) P3D: 119 legs (30.1%) FSX: 74 legs (18.7%) X-Plane: 17 legs (4.2%) FS9: 12 Legs (3.0%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in May and making this amazing VA a continuing success. Let’s see if we can get even more flights in in June! Have a fantastic June everyone, and stay safe! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 05/09/2021 | New addition to the Senior Staff Team | Paul Hale |
| Pilots,
It gives me great pleasure to announce a new addition to the AFVA Senior Staff team. Brian and I are becoming increasingly busy with real world work commitments and haven't been able to devote as much time to running the airline as we used to or would like to. As such, we made a decision to bring in a 3rd Senior Staff member who will generate fresh ideas and enthusiasm, can devote the time needed and be jointly responsible for the general day-to-day running of the airline. It gives me great pleasure to announce the promotion of Daniel Duhon from Boeing 777 Chief Pilot to his new position of Executive Vice President of HR. Daniel joined AFVA in 2013 as a 13 year old first officer after transferring to us from Delta Virtual Airlines. He has progressed through the ranks and held positions including Dispatcher, Boeing 777 Assistant Chief Pilot and Boeing 777 Chief Pilot before gaining this promotion to Senior Staff. Please join us in congratulating Daniel on this very well deserved promotion. Brian Hankey, CEO & Paul Hale EVP, Operations |
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| 04/01/2021 | March AFVA Stats | Paul Hale |
| Hi Pilots,
Here are the stats for March: Most flights logged: Paul Hale: 106 reports Teodor Negru: 78 reports Brian Hankey: 69 reports Alan Barber: 48 reports Frederik Martensson: 45 reports Georges Eid: 38 reports Julian Robbrecht: 33 Reports Martin Zelikovitz: 26 reports Frederic Honnart: 15 reports Clarence McGaha: 15 reports Congratulations to Paul for top spot again this month followed by Ted and Brian! Excellent contributions from Georges, Julian, Frederic and Clarence as non-staff pilots, great work guys! Total number of PIREPS filed in March was 600 The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 245 reports A380: 45 reports EMB145: 38 Reports B737-800: 38 reports A330-300: 37 reports Simulator versions used in March: MSFS2020: 351 Legs (58.5%) P3D: 88 legs (14.7%) FS9: 85 legs (14.2%) FSX: 52 Legs (8.7%) X-Plane 24 Legs (4.0%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in March and making this amazing VA a continuing success. Have a fantastic April everyone! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 03/01/2021 | AFVA Stats for February | Paul Hale |
| Hi Pilots,
Here are the stats for February: Most flights logged: Paul Hale: 103 reports Alan Barber: 89 reports Brian Hankey: 71 reports Lucas Preziozi: 55 reports Teodor Negru: 47 reports Georges Eid: 37 reports Martin Zelikovitz: 29 reports Florian Barea: 17 reports Silvian Baltac: 16 reports Daniel Duhon: 15 Reports Congratulations to Paul for top spot closely followed by Alan and Brian! Excellent contributions from Lucas and Georges as non-staff pilots, great work guys! The staff team continue our challenge: Can any line pilot step up and finish top of the statistics in any of the next 2 months? Anybody who does will receive a Flight Sim Related product for their simulator chosen by the senior staff team. Total number of PIREPS filed in February was 581 The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 247 reports B737-800: 66 reports B737-400: 56 reports Cessna 208B: 30 reports Cessna citation: 23 reports Simulator versions used in February: MSFS2020: 324 Legs (55.8%) P3D: 122 legs (21.0%) FSX: 67 Legs (11.5%) FS9: 62 legs (10.7%) X-Plane 6 Legs (1.0%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in February and making this amazing VA a continuing success. Have a fantastic March everyone! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 02/04/2021 | Additional Aircraft available to fly when using MSFS2020 | Paul Hale |
| Hi pilots,
With many of our pilots flying using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and the lack of available current aircraft available for that simulator, we have decided to break protocol and allow 2 new air-frames to be flown when logging flights with AFVA. MSFS2020 pilots will now be able to use the Cessna Longitude and TBM930 to file flight reports here, this has been introduced on a temporary basis and will be reviewed regularly as more aircraft options for this simulator are released. Please check your pilot profiles and see if you have the ratings, some pilots would have had them assigned automatically from being in the ERJ program at some point during their AFVA careers. If you do not have the ratings and want them added, please submit a help desk ticket and the ratings will be assigned to you. Please DO NOT fly either of these air-frames until you see the ratings in your pilot profiles or have been assigned them manually following a help desk request or the flight will risk being rejected. Please note: These ratings will only be accepted on MSFS2020 PIREPs and have been brought in as a special measure for pilots using this simulator due to a lack of available aircraft, Anybody using P3D, X-Plane or FSX will already have a huge array of air-frame options available for them to fly so shouldn't need to use these 2 new aircraft and run the risk of a flight rejection if they do. Enjoy the new ratings, Brian, Fredrik and Paul AFVA Senior Staff |
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| 02/01/2021 | Flight Statistics for january | Paul Hale |
| Hi Pilots,
Here are the stats for January: Most flights logged: Alan Barber: 75 reports Fredrik Martensson: 72 reports Paul Hale: 69 Reports Terry Ward: 60 reports Brian Hankey: 60 reports Teodor Negru: 49 reports Georges Eid: 32 reports Silvian Baltac: 28 reports Lucas Preziozi: 24 Reports Martin Zelikovitz: 20 Reports Congratulations to Alan for top spot in a closely contested month! The staff team set down a challenge: Can any line pilot step up and finish top of the statistics in any of the next 3 months? Anybody who does will receive a Flight Sim Related product for their simulator chosen by the senior staff team. Total number of PIREPS filed in January was 670 which is an increase of 73 on Decembers figure The top 5 Equipment types flown were: A320: 224 reports Cessna 208B: 109 reports B737-300: 49 reports B737-800: 38 reports Beechcraft B350: 35 reports Simulator versions used in January: MSFS2020: 395 Legs (59.0%) P3D: 132 legs (19.7%) FSX: 65 Legs (9.7%) FS9: 65 legs (9.7%) X-Plane 13 Legs (1.9%) Thanks to you all for your efforts in January and making this amazing VA a continuing success. Have a fantastic February everyone! Best Regards, The AFVA staff team |
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| 01/01/2021 | Happy New Year: AFVA 2020 Year in review | Paul Hale |
| The staff team at AFVA would like to wish you and your families a very happy new year after an extremely challenging 2020 for us all!
Here are the 2020 AFVA statistics: 7644 legs for a combined total of 18741 hours were flown at AFVA during 2020 which was 1546 more legs than were flown in 2019 The top 10 equipment types flown were the following: Airbus A320: 1447 Legs Boeing 737-800: 1351 Legs Aérospatiale ATR72: 72 351 Legs Airbus A321: 316 Legs Douglas DC-3: 265 Legs Boeing 727-200: 260 legs Airbus A319: 248 legs Boeing 747-400: 238 Legs Cessna C208: 204 legs De havilland DHC-6: 162 legs The top 20 pilots of 2020 based on legs flown were: Terry Ward: 1019 Legs Paul Hale: 990 Legs Brian Hankey: 620 Legs Alan Barber: 430 Legs Fredrik Martensson: 338 legs Silvian Baltac: 269 Legs Georges Eid: 237 legs Daniel Duhon: 199 Legs Ben Maskell: 164 Legs Simon Hansen: 161 Legs Ethan Fortier: 161 Legs Frederic Honnart: 153 Legs Kostas Kollias: 128 legs Martin Zelikovitz: 123 Legs Giuseppe Bezzato: 106 legs Daniel Healy: 103 Legs Richard Bailey: 99 Legs Marcel teljur: 97 legs Bin Zhang: 97 Legs Klaus Legrand: 96 legs Our staff team are entirely voluntary and do an amazing job behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly, I would like to thank each and every one of them for their hard work. The top 10 PIREP approvers in 2020 were: Alan Barber: 1696 Approvals Daniel Duhon: 1483 Approvals Teodor Negru: 784 Approvals Terry Ward: 710 Approvals Ben Maskell: 578 Approvals Tomas Bloemink: 573 Approvals Paul Hale: 519 Approvals Florian Barea: 125 Approvals Ethan Fortier: 111 Approvals Benjamin Buske: 97 Approvals From the entire staff team, we wish you a happy and prosperous 2021! Best wishes, AFVA Staff |
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| 08/31/2020 | MSFS Support (Updated) | Brian Hankey |
| ACARS support has been implemented for all AFVA flights. Please make sure to update your ACARS to at least ACARS 3.4 Build 150 Beta 15. This is the first version that incorporates MSFS Support. Manual PIREPs for MSFS (showing a different sim) will be accepted until MSFS support has been released as Build 151
Keep the flights coming in! |
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| 08/17/2020 | MSFS Support | Fredrik Martensson |
| With the much anticipated release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on the 18th August, we wanted to share that at this time, there will initially be no ACARS support for this sim due to compatibility issues between MSFS and ACARS and the lack of FSUIPC or Simconnect support at release, If you want to use the new sim to fly AFVA flights these can be submitted as a MANUAL PIREP, and you must add the comment "MSFS2020".
Note: All Normal flight rules apply (Flight in the schedule, you are airframe type rated etc). We will provide updates as they become available |
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| 12/26/2019 | New Historical Airline - Air Alpes Historical | Brian Hankey |
| Thanks to the hard work of Paul Hale in continuing to research some of the former airlines that eventually made up today's Air France, we have the pleasure of announcing a small contributor that eventually was absorbed into Air France - Air Alpes.
Air Alpes was a founded in 1961, with its registered office at Chambéry Airport. Operations were initially with a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, mainly offering flying lessons and carrying supplies into the mountains. Glacier skiing drop-offs were very important during the first years of Air Alpes' operation. The company built its own airstrips, called altiports at various high-altitude locations. Landings could only be achieved with guidance from the ground. A very close cooperation was established between the company and ski-instructors and guides from the various ski-resorts. The main glaciers of Mont Blanc, the Tarentaise Valley, the Vanoise massif and Oisans were now accessible. For each flight only a maximum of six customers and their guide could be accommodated. After mountain operations proved insufficient to keep the airline afloat, they became agents of both Air France and UTA (forerunners to today's codeshares). By 1978, even that wasn't enough to keep the airline afloat, and it was acquired by TAT and absorbed into the larger TAT group. The new destinations in the schedule include L'Alpe d'Huez, Courchevel. Meribel, Megève, Annecy, and Annemasse France. Please note that Dash-8s are the largest type that are approved for these flights. |
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| 12/16/2019 | A350 program launched today, Staff changes and New career opportunity | Paul Hale |
| Hello pilots,
I am extremely pleased to announce that today marks the launch of the A350 program, and brings the programs at AFVA up to date, it also marks the closure of the old A340 Program. The opening of the new A350 program means a number of staff changes need to be made. Firstly Fredrik Martensson has been transferred across from 747 Chief Pilot to head the new program as A350 Chief Pilot, Alan Barber previously 777 Chief Pilot has switched programs to fill the void left behind by Fredrik and is the new 747 Chief Pilot, lastly and by no means least Daniel Duhon has been promoted from 777 Assistant Chief Pilot to 777 Chief Pilot. Congratulations to all 3 of you and we wish you good luck in your new respective programs. Following on from these changes, we are also on the lookout for a new member of staff to take over the Embraer 190 program as Chief Pilot, this position is open to all staff and line pilots but we particularly encourage applications from pilots who are keen to step into a first staff role within the airline, a full job specification can be found here: https://www.afva.net/job.do?id=0x34 Lastly, we wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a fantastic Christmas and a prosperous new year! Best regards and seasons greetings, Brian and Paul Brian Hankey President & CEO Paul Hale Executive Vice President Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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| 05/17/2019 | New Boeing 747 Chief Pilot | Paul Hale |
| Pilots,
It gives me great pleasure to announce our new Boeing 747 Chief Pilot will be Fredrik Martensson Fredrik has done a fantastic job as Chief Pilot in the entry level ERJ190 program and also as our X-Plane X-pert but showed a real passion to run our "Queen of the skies" program Please join me in congratulating Fredrik on his well deserved promotion. Fredrik's promotion leaves a gap for a Chief Pilot to join the staff in the ERJ program and a new career opportunity post for that role will be advertised in the near future. Best regards, Brian Hankey President & CEO Paul Hale Executive Vice President Air France/KLM Virtual Airlines |
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