Air France Virtual Airlines NOTAMs

ID	DATE	SUBJECT
27	04/17/2010	Cargo Operations active
Pilots, Air France Virtual Airlines is proud to announce the beginning of our Cargo Operations! In conjunction with the real world Air France/KLM Cargo Operations, the B747-400ERF and the B777-200LRF profiles have been added to the website. These ratings will come with the B747 and B777 program ratings, respectively. Pilots already rated in the B747 and/or B777 have had the ratings added to their profile; there will not be a separate check ride or exam for the cargo variants. We are currently in the process of changing the equipment listed on cargo routes from passenger to cargo variants. However, any route can be flown with a cargo aircraft as long as the aircraft can safely make the flight. Remember, cargo aircraft have a much shorter range! Any questions should be directed to the operations department.
26	03/25/2010	NOTAM #19 Rescinded
NOTAM #19 is hereby rescinded. The NOTAM required pilots to indicate Track Message Identifiers in the flight report comment block. Pilots are still encouraged to ensure they have the correct track message prior to trans oceanic flight, however, it is no longer required to indicate the TMI in the PIREP. Please direct any questions to the Director of Operations.
25	03/02/2010	A380 fuel burn data
Pilots, Over the next 30 days, the AFVA staff will be updating the fuel burn figures on the A380. It has come to our attention that initial testing has put these values a bit too low, and they will need to be re-figured. Any A380 PIREP's submitted will not be held or rejected for fuel amounts until testing is completed and the A380 AOM is up to date with the new fuel figures. Thank you for your cooperation! Steve Orloff Director of Operations Air France Virtual Airlines
24	03/01/2010	A380 program officially open
It is with great pleasure that I announce the A380 program is officially open. Effective 12:00 GMT, the exams, fleet installer, aircraft operating manual, and check ride will be fully online. Leading the A380 program will be Brian Hankey. Brian is no stranger to the staff, having been the Assistant Chief Pilot for the CRJ-200 over at Delta Virtual Airlines. Please join me in welcoming Brian to his new role, and to celebrating the opening of the Airbus A380 program. Currently, in accordance with the Pilot Promotion Manual, all Stage 4 pilots are eligible to apply for transfer into the A380 equipment program, or to request additional type ratings. Additionally, the Senior staff is expanding this option to all Senior Captains, Stages 1 through 4. All AFVA Senior Captains will be eligible for transfer and/or additional type rating for the A380. Steve Orloff Director of Operations - Air France Virtual Airlines
23	01/22/2010	ACARS Policy
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
22	10/26/2009	AFVA Diversion Policy
Pilots, As of October 26th, 2009, AFVA has officially published our policy on diversions. Pilots that wish to have failures set will be allowed to file a flight report. There are a couple of pertinent points that you must keep in mind when the need to divert comes up: 1. AFVA will accept flight reports when the pilot needed to return to the origin airport. 2. Diversions because of fuel levels will NOT be accepted for credit. 3. Pilots that need to divert to another airport (one that is not their destination airport) must divert to an airport that is listed in our schedule. If a pilot needs to divert and there are no airfields in our schedule that are within range, pilots can divert to any suitable airfield; however, the flight report will not be accepted. The premise for this rule is the limitations of our ACARS program. 4. If a pilot successfully diverts to an airport in our schedule, the pilot must continue on from that airport to the original destination airport using the same call sign with the next subsequent leg number for either leg to count for credit. Should a pilot choose not to continue onto the original destination airport, the filed leg will be rejected. 5. Finally, pilots must detail in the ACARS comment block the nature of the failure causing diversion, as well as actions taken. Any questions regarding this policy can be directed to the Chief Operations Officer. Steve Orloff Chief Operations Officer
21	05/03/2009	F100 Manual First Edition Now Available
The first edition of the official F100 operating manual is now available and can be downloaded from the Document Library.
20	03/02/2009	Air France Virtual and X-Plane
The following directive shall govern the use of X-Plane for participation within Air France Virtual Airlines: 1. The X-Plane platform and any related software will not be supported by AFVA in any technical manner. 2. AFVA members whose primary means of participation at AFVA is X-Plane may only submit PIREPs for those flights conducted on the VATSIM network. This is in lieu of ACARS, as it is not compatible with X-Plane. 3. Any discrepancy with a PIREP submitted by an X-Plane user shall be placed on hold and referred to a member of the Senior Staff. 4. Checkrides for promotion and additional rating requests must be coordinated on an individual basis between the pilot and the Chief Pilot or Assistant Chief Pilot who will be administering the checkride. 4(a). Due to lack of X-Plane support, the decision on the method used to conduct the above described checkride shall be at the discretion of the Chief Pilot or Assistant Chief Pilot. The Senior Staff will be available to advise the CP/ACP as necessary. //SIGNED// RYAN D. WATKINS, President Air France Virtual Airlines
17	12/09/2008	Copyright and Trademark Policy
The official AFVA policy for the use of copyright and trademark material has been posted in the AFVA Document Library. This document is made available to all members and all are strongly urged to review it.
16	11/07/2008	Air France Virtual Airlines Callsign Useage
All Air France Virtual Airlines flight operations conducted on either the IVAO or VATSIM networks shall use the callsign AFRxxx. The verbal callsign is "Air France xxx", where xxx represents your actual flight number. The callsign AFV has been reserved and is in use by Air Florida Virtual Airlines, and is not to be used by Air France Virtual pilots conducting official AFVA flights.
14	09/25/2007	Notice for all Chief Pilots and Assistant Chief Pilots
Effective immediately all Air France Chief Pilot’s and Assistant Chief Pilot’s will be required to log in to AFV at least every 48 hours. This will be to ensure that applicants who have submitted exams and check rides will have them graded in a timely manner. If any CP or ACP will not be able to check in at this interval they will be asked to please post an “out of the office” sticky in the AFV Operations forum with an estimated time of return. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. RYAN D. WATKINS, President Air France Virtual Airlines
13	07/16/2007	Charts for France and Greater Europe
Please take the time to download and familiarize yourself with the appropriate charts during operations in France. Particularly de Gaulle and the other major Air France hubs. http://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/html/frameset_aip_uk.htm Other charts for greater Europe can be found on these sites: http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/login.jsp;WLSSecurityAesSessionCookie=RpvojiirqRKINRLtBPQAmoIh5NTrwRBYtHkLacCWuZaRyM42KbGN!-5129559657572848025!172422922!80!7002 http://www.eurocontrol.int/aim/public/standard_page/web_eur.html PIREP's will increasingly be checked for correct routing, departure, and arrival information. Crews assigned to Stage Three and above programs will be checked more often than the lower stages.
10	12/11/2006	ACARS FILING BECOMES MANDATORY
Effective immediately all line pilots will be required to submit PIREP's via ACARS. ACARS is available in the Pilot Center under the Fleet Library. Download it, install it, and read the readme.txt. PIREPS submitted via manual entry through the Pilot Center will no longer be accepted. Past incidences of fraudulent PIREP submission has forced management to adopt this policy. Michael E. Carter Chief Executive Officer Aviation Francais Virtuel
7	12/13/2005	Our new President and CEO
One of my goals for Delta Virtual dating back to 2001 was to expand our community. SkyTeam partners Delta with a number of quality international airlines, which complement Delta in terms of route and fleet structures. Our first expansion in 2004 was to create this virtual airline, Aviation Francais Virtuel, based around Air France. The success of AFV has been limited over the past year, but still present. Its existence ensure that our new web application platform was expandable, and with approximately 30 active pilots we are capable of surviving. Part of our weakness is due to upper management; we need passionate individuals focused on Air France and European navigation. Accordingly, on December 13th I will be resigning as the CEO of AFV. Michael Carter has proved to be a passionate, reliable addition to our airline in both a Chief Pilot and Vice-President role, and I am therefore turning the airline over to him to lead into 2006. Just like Delta Virtual did not finally take off until mid-2004 when I relinquished my role as CEO, I expect the same sort of wonderful growth to occur with AFV in the upcoming year. This airline does not deserve a part-time CEO; it needs someone whose primary focus is Air France and is dedicated to making us one of the best virtual airlines in the world. I am confident that Michael is capable of taking us to the next level, and I hope you will help him. My last official duty as your CEO is to recognize two pilots that have been dedicated AFV members for many months. I wish to congratulate Mark Sanderson and Nazim Karadig, as they become Senior Captains in the A320 and A330 programs. Please join me in congratulating Michael on his new role, and Mark and Nazim on their accomplishments.
6	12/05/2005	Important Fix for ServInfo when on the IVAO Network
If you use ServInfo for display flight information, connecting to the network or voice servers, you need to read this and make the neccesary changes or ServInfo will bomb out every time... This is from a post at the IVAO forum that fixes the ServInfo problem cause by IVAO changing their domain name. This fix will not hurt your computer or corrupt your software and is reversable at any time. "At this time, IVAE is still not modified to work with the new .aero domain, and perharps you have return to the old servinfo . If you don't want waiting for the new release, I have a solution to make the actual IVAE working with the new domain. This solution is only temporary, and IS NOT definitive (when the new IVAE will be delivered, you have to return to the original situation before this first-aid patch). First locate the hosts file on your windows system, it should be in \windows\system32\drivers\etc directory. Then change the read-only state to read/write of the file. Edit the hosts file with notepad, and add the following line at the end : 80.237.209.124 www.ivao.org (Do not cut and paste this. Type it in manually) This cause the IP name resolution system, to NOT use the DNS for the www.ivao.org address, but use the IP mentionned (and forced) in this file. The IP 80.237.209.124 is the new www.ivao.aero address. This IP can be checked, opening a Windows-Commands box and enter the following command : nslookup www.ivao.aero. Michael
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