DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic" Marietta, GA
2,241 legs, 8,967.3 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online 1,899 legs,
7,760.4 hours ACARS 75 legs,
196.3 hours event 2,277 legs, 9,102.2 hours total 91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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November 03 2003 17:38 ET by Luke Kolin
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I'm sure by now all of you know that you can submit a Flight Video in order to get promoted to a higher aircraft stage. What you may not be familiar with in our promotion scheme is that you can do a "check flight" as well.
Our Musketeers flight every Sunday night is a great opportunity to do so. If you're looking to do a check ride, we usually have a decent group of staff out. David Schaum is by every week, and I usually come by every second or third week. Coming out on Sunday night is both easier and more difficult than a flight video. One one hand, you're not going to get the CATIII ILS conditions that Robert likes to assign for the 777 flight videos.
The flip side is that you need to demonstrate proficiency during all stages of flight, including ATC interaction. You are also not guaranteed of good weather, as David and Awais have this charming tendency to fly into airports that are currently having a hurricane pass over, like CYHZ. However, if you've done VATSIM at least once before, come on out. Bottom line, if you can handle the aircraft and don't make a bigger ass out of yourself then I do, you pass. Considering that I have a "six-inch" bottle to throttle rule, that isn't too difficult.
See you Sunday - David has a surprise in store, and I cannot guarntee that the databases haven't already exposed things somewhere!
Luke
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA953
Senior Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
Joined on November 17 2002
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
"V1 means V1..." West Lafayette, IN USA
214 legs, 376.8 hours
211 legs,
373.0 hours online 117 legs,
223.6 hours ACARS
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November 03 2003 18:05 ET by James Brickell
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DVA1190
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on April 21 2003
Everett 250 Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Quincentenary Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Never try, never fail" Greenville, SC
524 legs, 1,777.8 hours
490 legs,
1,650.8 hours online 144 legs,
373.3 hours ACARS 35 legs,
89.2 hours event
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November 03 2003 18:37 ET by David Schaum
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DVA1148
Senior Captain, B777-200
COMM
Joined on March 18 2003
Everett 250 Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Quincentenary Club
"Mongo only pawn...in game of life." Daytona Beach, FL
508 legs, 1,533.6 hours
466 legs,
1,426.2 hours online 224 legs,
680.6 hours ACARS 31 legs,
84.5 hours event
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November 04 2003 05:05 ET by Ralph Snyder
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic" Marietta, GA
2,241 legs, 8,967.3 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online 1,899 legs,
7,760.4 hours ACARS 75 legs,
196.3 hours event 2,277 legs, 9,102.2 hours total 91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 04 2003 14:52 ET by Luke Kolin
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My understanding is that Robert is currently seeking public office, for a position on his local town council, which means that tonight will determine if he spends the next few years suckling on the public teat (although I would guess that most of these local council jobs pay for little more than your gas to the meetings).
He does have a standing invitation, so if we're lucky he'll come out on Sunday, but if he doesn't my suggestion would be to give things a spin with the 777, with the caveat that for aircrew and aircraft certification requirements, you will need to perform a CATII landing irrespective of the current weather conditions.
Cheers!
Luke
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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