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DVA6794
Captain, B757-200
Joined on December 28 2008
Century Club
Online Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Riverside, CA USA
188 legs, 330.8 hours
174 legs,
312.6 hours online 185 legs,
325.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 16 2011 22:36 ET by Aaron Stout
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I had a question on charters. Did a little bit of digging around in the Water Cooler, but didn't see anything in regards to this. My question is, using ACARS, are we able to do charters somehow that one can dig up...either sports or military, through say flightaware.com? I don't think it's a problem unless, from experimenting minimally with ACARS, one cannot operate say a military charts into airport not listed in ACARS, eg, KRIV (March ARB in Riverside, CA...near KONT / ONT) or similar military specific facilities. Is this something the programing folks can handle simply with ACARS and just add more airports? Be kinda fun to dig such trips up and fly them seeing as to how DL may get a lot busier soon with Obama's plan to bring em' all home before the end of the year. Thanks!
Aaron StoutCaptain, B757-200
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DVA3403
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on July 30 2006
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club
B737 100 Club
Eurocap Club
50 State Club
""Did we land or were we shot down?"" Au Sable Charter Township, MI
282 legs, 652.8 hours
34 legs,
68.9 hours online 271 legs,
634.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 16 2011 22:39 ET by Robert Baker
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Aaron,
If my reading here in the water cooler is correct you'll have to create a help desk issue requesting a specific flight, then the staff will approve or deny it. But don't quote me, just interpreting what i read in the watercooler
Robert BakerCaptain, B747-400
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DVA6794
Captain, B757-200
Joined on December 28 2008
Century Club
Online Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Riverside, CA USA
188 legs, 330.8 hours
174 legs,
312.6 hours online 185 legs,
325.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 17 2011 01:56 ET by Aaron Stout
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Hmmm, well that wouldn't work, lol...just because usually it's not a week ahead, or even a day ahead most times. I tend to see them day of. Now, granted, for charters into ONT, I have a little knowledge on those for the simple fact I work for DL in ONT...but that's the extent of that, lol.
Aaron StoutCaptain, B757-200
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DVA2434
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on July 01 2005
50 State Club
Online Century Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Nine Century Club
Boston, MA
943 legs, 3,373.4 hours
193 legs,
398.7 hours online 915 legs,
3,292.9 hours ACARS 113 legs dispatched, 138.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 17 2011 09:40 ET by Dylan Neidorff
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The only way to request / fly a charter (which is defined as a route that is not available between Delta, Delta Historic and applicable codeshares) is to contact the help desk and wait for approval. Charters can not be flown when ever, nor can a blanket charter approval occur. The leg between the two cities needs to be created by staff, thus the reason it needs to be requested. If you fly a charter on your own, the ACPs/CPs/Staff will get a "Flight Route Not Found" flag in the PIREP and will hold the PIREP. On the other hand, you can request more than one charter at a time, but once created by staff you will have 14 days to complete....Then poof, its gone.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Dylan
ACP737
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DVA6794
Captain, B757-200
Joined on December 28 2008
Century Club
Online Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Riverside, CA USA
188 legs, 330.8 hours
174 legs,
312.6 hours online 185 legs,
325.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
November 17 2011 17:42 ET by Aaron Stout
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Seems like a lot of over complicated work for something that could be fun to do. Guess I'll stick with 'Find A Flight'
Aaron StoutCaptain, B757-200
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DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM
Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"De oppresso liber" Surry, ME
1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs,
767.8 hours online 1,107 legs,
1,674.5 hours ACARS 55 legs,
114.8 hours event 195 legs dispatched, 134.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 17 2011 19:29 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
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It's easy.
From ICAO and ID (KSLC/SLC) the Time Zone (GMT-5 for instance)
to Airport codes and Time Zone
Aircraft you want to fly
A brief description (Want to fly from SLC to MARS because it's my home)
Put in as a help desk issue titled Charter Flight Request - and that's it.
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