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AFV651
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Milan, Lombardy Italy

1,087 legs, 2,148.6 hours
304 legs, 494.6 hours online
1,087 legs, 2,148.6 hours ACARS
10 legs, 15.4 hours event
1,410 legs, 2,961.0 hours total

Posted onPost created on September 23 2012 08:45 ET by Luca Di Biase

Hi there,
since we have probably the best acars beetween VAs, what's about to cancel the possiblility to fill non acars reports?
In case of the impossibility to recover a flight (remote possibility), u just need to refly it (not a big deal!).
I think that the possibility to fill non acars flights can push peoples to cheat.
Just my opinion, dont beat me .-)

Luca Di Biase (AFV651)

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Romania

2,854 legs, 7,290.0 hours
592 legs, 979.1 hours online
2,849 legs, 7,273.4 hours ACARS
3,135 legs, 8,027.4 hours total
9 legs dispatched, 17.6 hours

Posted onPost created on September 23 2012 08:55 ET by Teodor Negru

I don't know if i ever filed one offline, so I'm with Luca on this one

Teodor Negru (AFV152)

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UK

7,232 legs, 12,901.7 hours
419 legs, 601.0 hours online
6,996 legs, 12,331.1 hours ACARS
18 legs, 107.1 hours event
7,919 legs, 14,092.8 hours total
0 legs dispatched, 2.0 hours

Posted onPost created on September 23 2012 09:00 ET by Paul Hale

Luca, Notam#23

Pilots,

Effective immediately Air France Virtual Airlines will no longer require pilots fly 100% of their flights on ACARS. However, listed below will be the stipulations attached to this rule.

1. Non-ACARS flights will not count towards required flight legs for promotion.
2. Promotion eligible flights shall be ACARS submitted, and comply with the 150NM minimum distance flight leg for promotion.
3. Manual PIREP's will be accepted. However, they must comply with all scheduling parameters (i.e. no off schedule flights without authorization from the Operations Department).

Our ultimate goal here at AFVA is to provide a fun and relaxed atmosphere for all. We realize that our software will not immediately work on all computers, and we feel by relaxing this rule we will be giving you, the pilots, a better experience.

Should you have any questions regarding this rule, please contact the operations department. Our e-mail can be found on the "Our Staff" section of the website.

Steve Orloff
Director of Operations
Air France Virtual Arilines

We have to be fair to every pilot!

Paul Hale

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Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA

2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs, 5,926.6 hours online
2,853 legs, 9,199.0 hours ACARS
58 legs, 272.0 hours event
350 legs dispatched, 155.5 hours

Posted onPost created on September 23 2012 09:02 ET by Robert Armstrong

I like having the option... I've had the occasion where sometime during the night ACARS has crashed out and then by being able to file an offline flight I dont have to lose the flight.

Posted onPost created on September 23 2012 09:04 ET by Paul Hale

Luca Di Biase wrote:

Hi there,
since we have probably the best acars beetween VAs, what's about to cancel the possiblility to fill non acars reports?
In case of the impossibility to recover a flight (remote possibility), u just need to refly it (not a big deal!).

Would you be happy to fly it again if you were 14 hours into ATL-JNB and it happened to you?

Paul Hale

Senior Captain, B737-800

Posted onPost created on September 23 2012 09:18 ET by Luca Di Biase

Paul Hale wrote:

Luca Di Biase wrote:

Hi there,
since we have probably the best acars beetween VAs, what's about to cancel the possiblility to fill non acars reports?
In case of the impossibility to recover a flight (remote possibility), u just need to refly it (not a big deal!).

Would you be happy to fly it again if you were 14 hours into ATL-JNB and it happened to you?

not a big deal for me, it's not a job!

Luca Di Biase (AFV651)

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