EL AL pilots trained with VATIL members in an unprecedented cooperation between an airline and a virtual ATC organization.EL AL Israel airlines cooperated with VATSIM Israel (VATIL) in a first training session of it'a kind. EL AL's trainee pilots and their tutors visited VATIL members' homes to train flying skills online on VATSIM.The goals set by EL AL for this session were:1. To practice normal 737 procedures.2. To practice ATC communication in a realistic environment.3. To practice aircraft systems operation (especially A/P and FMC).4. For this first session

What a great thing for us simmers! Congrats to VATIL! :)KP

Great news indeed! I always thought that our Flight Simulator with today's level of realism could be a useful addition for real airline pilot training, and this is the proof!Congratulations and I really hope that you stay in contact with them ;-)What did they think about the controllers? Might be interesting for them to hear some feedback from a real airline.Regards,Holger SeilzBAW0715

I can confirm that VATIL LLBG online atc is handled real professional way and can be very useful for real studets pilots trainingNothing can replace intracting with real controlers and virtual online frafficBest sim training pilots can haveAs real as it gets Well done guys