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AFV611
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on January 22 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Online Quadricentenary Club
DC-3 Millenium Club
Imperial Qin Shi Huang Tour
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Five Million Mile Club
Skyteam Supremacist
The Indomitable Machine
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
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 09:33 ET by Paul Hale
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Pilots and staff,
Senior staff would like to make you all aware that our Director of Historical Operations, Roger Taylor has decided to retire from staff duties with Air France/KLM virtual airlines with immediate effect.
Roger has been with us now for just over four years and in that time has held virtually every staff position available , starting with his first promotion as an Assistant Chief Pilot in the old F100 program through to his time as a dedicated senior staff member serving as Vice President Of Operations for nearly 18 months.
Our enormous historical program here is largely down to the extraordinary efforts Roger has put in over the years going through old historical timetables that he collected as a real world hobby and then implementing into our schedules. This has been an extremely long and painstaking task and although not totally complete, the vast majority of the work has been done so Roger leaves us with our historical program in very good shape.
Roger has recently suffered with some health issues and also has just got married and both of these things have contributed to his decision to retire from our staff, he wants to spend more time doing the things that he loves real world and spending quality time with his new wife.
Roger will be staying on at AFVA as a pilot but has no current plans to fly, although we hope to see him gracing the skies of Africa or Madagascar in his trusty DC3 again sometime soon.
We can't begin to thank Roger enough for for the incredible work he has put in here over the years and whoever steps into his role in the future will have enormous shoes to fill.
Please join us in thanking Roger for his incredible work to help our airline become what it is today and to wish him a very happy retirement.
It has been a pleasure to work alongside him for the past years
Thanks Roger!
Brian Hankey
President and CEO
Paul Hale
EVP Operations
Fabien Bergeret
EVP HR
Paul HaleSenior Captain, B737-800
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AFV885
Senior Captain, Concorde
Joined on June 01 2014
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Under African Skies
Historical Millenium Club
Million Mile Club
Double Millenium Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
"Stable? Yes Sir! Continue approach!"
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2,656 legs, 3,487.0 hours
10 legs,
11.6 hours online
2,612 legs,
3,416.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 09:36 ET by Silvian Baltac
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Thanks Roger for all your great work! 
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AFV656
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on June 22 2012
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
The Penguins Of Madagascar
B737 Two Fifty Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Millenium Club
Online Five Hundred Club
Million Mile Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
"Acta non Verba"
Aarhus, Denmark
1,216 legs, 2,945.8 hours
596 legs,
1,149.4 hours online
1,142 legs,
2,692.2 hours ACARS
45 legs,
228.9 hours event
18 legs dispatched, 14.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 09:36 ET by Zacharias Dupont
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Sad to hear this, but thank you for all your work, it is greatly appreciated!
I wish you the best!
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AFV813
Captain, B737-800
OLP, VFROLP
Joined on September 24 2013
Double Century Club
International Tourist
"A good landing is a one you can walk away from"
England United Kingdom
224 legs, 356.7 hours
18 legs,
36.4 hours online
218 legs,
335.3 hours ACARS
1 legs dispatched, 3.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 09:39 ET by Imogen Thompson
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Shame for us to loose such a great staff member! 
Thanks for all your hard work Roger and we wish you well!
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AFV878
Senior Captain, B787-9
OLP
DISPATCHER
Joined on October 22 2013
Dispatch Maestro
Diplomatic Mission
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
50 State Club
Historical Millenium Club
Under African Skies
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Triple Millenium Club
Two Million Mile Club
"Locked and loaded! I've got tone!"
Ottawa, ON Canada
3,212 legs, 5,140.3 hours
88 legs,
120.5 hours online
3,202 legs,
5,115.8 hours ACARS
3 legs,
37.4 hours event
3,558 legs, 6,172.9 hours total
114 legs dispatched, 61.3
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 09:44 ET by Martin Zelikovitz
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| Roger, you'll be missed. I am awed at the fantastic work you've done with our historical routes. I wish you all the very best in your post AFVA endeavors. Have a wonderful retirement and I hope to see you in the skies flying the old bucket!
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AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
Boeing Buckle Down
Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!"
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
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 09:50 ET by Robert Armstrong
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| Roger, all your hard work is much appreciated! You'll be truly missed
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AFV742
Senior Captain, Concorde
VFROLP, OLP
DISPATCHER
Joined on April 07 2012
50 State Club
Diplomatic Mission
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Two Million Mile Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Triple Millenium Club
Under African Skies
Historical Millenium Club
AF/KLM Fleet Master
"Don't count the days, make the days count!"
Dublin, Ireland
3,788 legs, 6,596.7 hours
1,494 legs,
2,805.8 hours online
3,588 legs,
6,113.7 hours ACARS
53 legs,
241.9 hours event
4,070 legs, 7,227.4 hours total
89 legs dispatched, 54.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 06 2015 13:38 ET by Daniel Healy
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Thank you Roger for all your fine work during your time here, your dedication and hard work to achieve perfection in the schedules is extraordinary. Best of luck for the future, hope to see you soon, be it in the skies or popping in to make sure we haven't undone all of your incredible work!
Daniel HealySenior Captain, Concorde
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AFV868
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
Joined on March 24 2014
GVA 1 Year Anniversary
Diplomatic Mission
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
50 State Club
Online Five Hundred Club
B737 Two Fifty Club
(1)-800 Club
"When in doubt, Fly!"
R?ga, R?gas pils?ta Latvia
846 legs, 1,550.2 hours
676 legs,
1,210.8 hours online
845 legs,
1,549.0 hours ACARS
6 legs,
42.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 07 2015 10:08 ET by Serge Nanovsky
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Thanks a lot, Roger!
Your monumental work will remain as an example of dedication and persistence for all of us!
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