Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines Staff Roster

Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines STAFF ROSTER
Senior Staff
Brian Hankey President and CEO	bhankey@afva.net	Brian is currently the President and CEO of AFVA. He was responsible for the initial launch and then became the Chief Pilot of the A380 program that opened March 1st, 2010. He remained at the helm of the program until September 1st, 2012. 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 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 works as a software delivery manager for a leading software company in the United States. Prior to that, 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 as a Weather Observer. During his time in the Air Force, 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. He is working on his M.A. in International Affairs from Texas A&M University. In his free time, Brian volunteers both at his kids' school on the Advisory Committee and with Scouts BSA as a Commissioner and Assistant Scout Master. Brian currently resides in Austin, TX. with his wife and three boys that are already being imbued with the love of aviation (see the related thread from 2010 in the cooler about AOPA Sun n Fun)
Daniel Duhon Executive Vice President, Chief Pilot - Concorde Program	dduhon@afva.net	Daniel is the Executive Vice President and Chief Pilot of the Concorde Program. Daniel has been flying since he was six months old and has fallen in love with airplanes. He first began flying in the flight simulator world in 2007 with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and migrated to MSFS 2020 in January of 2021. Joining DVA in 2012 after a trip to Albania on Delta Airlines, he became more serious about his virtual career and learned how to fly more realistically. He started in the 737-800 program and then moved up to the 757 program. About 6 months later, he transferred to AFVA and started in the A330 program. After becoming captain in the A330, he transferred to the 777 program and has been in that program ever since. In December 2018, he joined the staff team as an Assistant Chief Pilot in the 777 Program and moved up to Chief Pilot a year later. In May 2021, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Human Resources, joining the Senior Staff team after nearly 8 years with the virtual airline. Outside of the flight simulator, he enjoys the outdoors, traveling, photography, and spending time with friends and family. He is passionate about aviation and eager to help our community and wants everyone at AFVA to have the best experience possible!
Luke Kolin Executive Vice President Information Technology	luke@afva.net	Luke is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Website, ACARS, and server administration.
Chief Pilots
Matt Mulhall Chief Pilot - Stage 1 Program	mmulhall@afva.net	Matt is the Chief Pilot of the Stage 1 Program
Florian Barea Chief Pilot - Stage 2 Program	Barea.florian@orange.fr	Florian is the Chief Pilot of the Stage 2 Program
Sebastiaan Van Der Veen Chief Pilot - Stage 3 Program	svanderveen@afva.net	Sebastian is the Chief Pilot of the Stage 3 Program.
Ben Maskell Chief Pilot - Stage 4 Program (Historical)	b747cp@afva.net	Ben is the Chief Pilot of the Historical Program. He has been flight simming since 2006, where he got hooked on it. He began with British Airways in August 2018 as a Ground Operations Agent at Heathrow terminal 5. After 7 months he was offered the job as an Aircraft Mechanic in the Fleet Support Shorthaul hangar, where he now has full mechanic cover on the A319s, A320s, A321s, A320NEO, A321Neo. In November 2022 he got promoted to an Authorized Aircraft Mechanic, where he moved over to work on the line in terminal 5. In March 2024 he moved from Heathrow Terminal 5 to British Airways long haul casualty team, where he performs all manner of jobs including engine changes. He has approval to work on the B777 as well the Airbus A350. He is the only mechanic on his shift that has mechanic cover on the A350 and to have multiple mechanic ratings on various aircraft. Before he worked at Heathrow in terminal 4 for Cobalt for a year and a half. In 2015 to 2017 for 2 years as a Senior Ramp Operative with Swissport at Southampton airport. He resides in Windsor, England and enjoys, Fishing, snooker, Darts and travelling.

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