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In August, Eastern Airlines Virtual celebrates 18 years of being an active virtual airlines. To commemorate this special event, EAV has released textures of the new Eastern Airlines colors for the PMDG B772 & MD-11, and the Level-D B767 along with other freeware models. EAV has also released a new South America Tour for its pilots to enjoy! Thank you to our current and past members who have come to EAV to create new friendships as we share our great passion for flight simming. Eastern Airlines Virtual offers many benefits including: -10 hubs spread across the United States, from traditional Eastern Airlines hubs in Miami and Atlanta to non-traditional Eastern hubs in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Seattle. -Fleet Hanger with Aircraft ranging from modern aircraft in new liveries to traditional Eastern Airlines birds in the iconic Eastern Hockey Stick livery. -Earn Ribbons and Medals flying Tours and Challenges. Our web site contains a complete pilot profile page where you can view and keep track of all your awards. -Ranking system based on hours flown and participation. -NO hourly or minimum rank requirements to fly bigger aircraft. Come see us at www.easternairlinesvirtual.com and see how we're still "Earning our Wings, Everyday".

Welcome to Dragonair Virtual Airlines, a Hong Kong based airline. Our vision is to provide a professional environment for our pilot and offer a realistic Live ATC, ACARS and auto PIREP system by VAFinancials and VATSIM. Dragonair received the Best Regional Airline in Asia by Skytrax in 2013. Our route and fleets structure is base on the REAL Dragonair schedule that service to China, Japan and South East Asia. However, in virtual world, Dragonair Virtual Airlines is not only a regional airline. Dragonair Virtual Airlines serve Europe, North America ,Oceania and most the of world as well. Now we are having 3 hubs which is Hong Kong (VHHH), Paris(LFPG) and New York(KJFK) to connect more than 500 destinations and 120 countries. Hong Kong international airport is one the most busiest airport in passenger & cargo traffic. In the future, we are looking for a new Cargo hubs to expend the destinations and let our pilots to land at the most busiest airport around the world. Ready to develop your pilot career in Dragonair Virtural airlines? We look forward to receiving your application. Digi Yu CEO Dragonair Virtual Airlines www.dragonairva.org

I've been a part of some VA or another since I started flying on VATSIM in 2005. Every single one has shared the same common issue for me; enabling a ban on time compression. For years I just accepted it, falling in with the majority and only flying flights I could fly in real time based on my real life schedule. Since the PMDG 777 has come out with it's auto time compression tool and very recently an app in the Avsim Library called QuantumLeap (warp to any fix/lat or long coordinates in FSX), I've started reevaluating what I get the most enjoyment out of; being part of a VA or participating in my hobby how I want to. For me, the answer in the end was very simple. This is a hobby, not a job. While I can definitely see the value of trying to mimic real world operations that the majority of VA's try to do, you have to draw a line between realism and hobby. I don't have the time to fly a 16 hour long haul flight in real time, and I don't have the desire to just set the autopilot overnight, set my alarm and come to land it. This isn't realistic, and yet is widely accepted by VA's while at the same time time compression is considered "not realistic and not tolerated." Well I think it's ridiculous that VA's have this double standard. Why shouldn't I get to fly my sim how I want to while being a part of a group of other hobbyists that share the same passion I do? We're not getting paid to fly for a VA, so why have these restrictions as if we were? I've seen the argument of "it's not fair to other pilots who earn their hours legitimately." Well so what? Can we spend these hours on real life merchandise? If a pilot wants to speed up their flight and lose real hours, it only affects that pilot, not the entire virtual airline. Some VA's even went as far as requiring the pilot to push a button every 30-60 min in the VA ACARs program just to make sure the pilot was still at his computer. Am I really expected to push a button every hour for 16 hours if I want to fly a flight from the U.S. overseas to Asia or Australia? This is absurd. This turns the hobby into a job. In 2005 my time was largely freed up. Now, I have a career job with a 40 hour work week and I don't want to make being part of a VA a second job. So far, every one I've joined has felt like a second job. Instead of creating an environment where it's fun to fly how you like, you have to conform to their version of how you are expected to participate in YOUR hobby. And it's YOURS. Not anyone else's hobby. So finally, I've decided to hang my hat with virtual airlines and fly how I want to. While I'm a bit sad that I can't be a part of like-minded groups of people representing an airline from the real world, at the same time I'm a bit relieved that I'm not so hung up with restriction after restriction that ultimately was taking all the fun out of this hobby. If I have two hours to fly but I want to fly from LAX to Hong Kong, I can do this without having to worry about my PIREP being rejected. Yeah well, I file my own PIREPs now with FSCaptain, and FSCaptain doesn't care if I use time compression or if I use a 3rd party program to warp to any waypoint in my flightplan for the purpose of saving time and finishing an enjoyable flight based on real life time constraints. I don't know how many other people think like this, and maybe I'm in the minority. That's ok though. I'd rather be myself and enjoy this hobby then conform to the masses and be a part of a VA "just because". I guess I'm really writing all this so that VA's can take a step back and realize that some pilots may be discouraged from joining because of silly restrictions like this. You guys (the VA's) want to create an inviting community for people to come together and enjoy flight simming as a group, but at the same time you're really putting a crutch on people that don't have the time or energy to fly longer flights to interesting and exotic destinations because real life doesn't allow it. Maybe I'm totally wrong, and opening up these kinds of restrictions wouldn't increase your participation rate at all. I have no idea. All I know is I refuse to be a part of any VA that prevents me from enjoying flight simming as I want to enjoy it. In the end, there is realism, and then there is our hobby. If you actually made it through that entire rant, thanks for reading. If you didn't read any of it and only skipped to this small print, then maybe this thread isn't for you because I'm NOT putting a ;TLDR footnote. P.S. I'm sure someone will say it, so I'll just add that my signature now represents the fact I choose to represent the real United Airlines virtually over VATSIM and NOT because I still belong to one of the 10 billion virtual united airlines that exist. My mom was a FA for United for 35+ years, so I have deep sentimental value for United as I flew with them as a kid for free all the time. Strange, I know...but hey that's life.

It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that Kim Stolt has been promoted to Chief Pilot and EVP of Training in addition to his other duties effective September 15. Kim flies jets for a living and is an FAA certified flight instructor. He has over 8,000 hours of flight time at WestWind. He has been involved in leadership at WestWind longer than I can remember. He is one of only a handful of pilots at WW that I consider to be qualified for this job. This promotion has been in the works for a few months, but we wanted to give Kim some time with his family over the summer months before taking on new responsibilities. Kim, replaces Ed Ward, Jr. who had held the position since the early days of the airline. A few months ago, Ed decided it was time to retire. Ed did a superb job for WestWind and he will be missed. He will forever be remembered as one of the pioneers of the airline. Please help me welcome Kim as he takes us into the next chapter of the airline. Mike Gibbs President (Posted 9/14/2013)

Hello all. Today American Jet Charter Virtual is NOW HIRING pilots of all skill levels! We have just updated our website so it looks twice as good and we are now finishing up our new Teamspeak Set up. Some things we have here at AJC are routes where you can fly all over the world or even just in the same country. We also have some great pilots who love to fly and talk, we now have a Team Speak 3 Server so you can have a chat with us even when you are flying. And if you are one of those helpful people we also have some staff vacancy's spare so come along and join the fun at American Jet Charter...visit our Website at http://www.americanjetva.com/ we also have our own custom VAFs 5 acars system along with our aircraft and repaints. If you are interested in joining us you are only a few clicks away from flying around the world! To apply, go to our website www.americanjetva.com and click the Sign up tab! Sincerely, Max Fitzmaurice AJC COO www.americanjetva.com

Hello, we are looking for new pilots for our new airline, Sun Country Virtual. Any PMDG aircraft will be accepted for our airline. Our free-ware fleet is: Beechcraft model 99 Cessna Citation X Md-83 737-700 737-800 We will be buying all the things that are needed in order to have a good and fun virtual airline. All of our aircraft will have a good virtual cockpit, and should be good and fun to fly. If you have any questions please reply or send me a e-mail at: SunCountryVA@hotmail.com

My Treatment at British Virtual Airways ROUND 2 Some of you will recall that recently, I posted a message here about my treatment at BA Virtual. Some flightsim and avsim.com members and a member of the BA Board of Directors asked me to reapply to BA, assuring me that my first experience was a simple misunderstanding. Others mistakenly thought I was queue jumping, which is hard for me to comprehend, because I just wanted to keep my place in line. Because I wanted to fly David Maltby’s BAC 111 so badly, and no other VA flies her, and I had been working with a graphic artist to redevelop her paintkit, I thought I’d give it another go. On my second attempt to join BA Virtual, my treatment from HR Representative Antony McGarr and HR Director Tom Mosely was beyond appalling. Here are the email chains for you to see. I’ve edited little bits to protect the graphic artist’s privacy and for length, but nothing of any consequence. I am hoping the viewership here admonishes these people for their outrageous conduct, and I am somehow allowed to join due to public pressure. If I showed contempt, as they accuse, surely a little distain for their conduct is justified? If I am wrong, I welcome thoughtful criticism of how I have handled this debacle. However, I truly believe people who are willing to understand the details will see that the staff at BA are the ones who demonstrated completely unwarranted contempt and rudeness for an applicant whose only mistake was challenging them on lying to me, and getting the facts wrong. If I'm wrong, I'll send a note of apology. If I'm right, I'll complain to vatsim. You decide. The Executive Summary:- After waiting 3 weeks, I was told to correct a minor, fixable error on my app. When I contacted HR as instructed, I was informed that my application was deleted! I would have to re-apply and wait again. -When I appealed to the CEO, I was again told to re-apply, and made fun of me for my “presumed sense of influence.” He instructed me to go to the end of 137 person long list (when I was at #41, which meant several more weeks of waiting). I thought this unfair, contrary to what I was originally told, and just plain rude. -When I posted my original story on avsim and flightsim, members privately encouraged me to re-apply, including a BA Board Member. So, wanting to fly David Maltby’s BAC 111, which only BA allows, I thought surely we could resolve our differences. Based on their encouragement, I decided to give it another go. -When I re-applied, as per HR staffer and CEO instructions, the very same HR staffer immediately terminated my app because he didn't like my avsim post!!! When I appealed to the HR Dir., he wrote an appallingly rude confirmation of my termination, and obviously got a lot of facts wrong as well. The Detailed Summary: HR Staff Antony McGarr wrote: We regret to inform you that your request to join British Airways Virtual was rejected at the application stage for the following reason: I am unsure why you now wish to apply again, especially after your posting in AVSIM. I tried to explain last time that had you just sent me another application, then I was fully prepared to respect your place in the queue but you did not seem prepared to listen to me. You then wrote to the CEO as someone with "more common sense", and decided to go off on one again. I find that quite offensive to be honest; I am a health care professional in my real life and consider myself to have integrity and common sense. I think taking into consideration your dissatisfaction with British Airways Virtual, then it would be best for all parties if you found a VA more able to satisfy your requirements. I am sure you will perceive this as being treated "shabbily" again, as you put it, but I think we are clearly just falling short of your expectations. For that I can only apologise and wish you luck in finding a VA that you are happy with. Antony McGarr British Airways Virtual HR Team www.bavirtual.co.uk *** I responded: So, you have rather prejudically terminated my app again. You indicated you were prepared to respect my place in the queue. When? You informed me that you had deleted my app., sir, before I even emailed you to voice my concern. Thus, either former statement is a lie, or the latter one is. Integrity and common sense has nothing to do with being a health care professional. Do we have to have credentials to fly with BA? I am a former ambulance paramedic, soldier with the Canadian Armed Forces, and I am currently a health inspector. I have degrees in law and education, and I am a teacher in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers. Does this make me a better person? I should hope not. I'm just a person who wants to fly a BAC-1-11 I've spent hundreds of hours on with a little structure and fellowship. I'm going to ask you to reconsider your decision. Let us put the past in the past. My post on avsim (and there is another on flightsim.com with many more responders) is completely factual. 100% of the comments on flightsim.com were very supportive. A member of your Board has even privately contacted me to ask me to re-apply, and is looking into the details of why I was treated like crap. He told me that if BA wouldn't make things right, I should take my grievance to VATSIM, as they track this sort of thing with VAs that want to partner with them. I am prepared to do that and a lot more if you want to continue with this arrogant attitude. If I am to be denied, surely it must be because I failed your entrance exam, or some section of your code of conduct, which would require membership in the first place. I cannot see any reason why, as mature adults, you and I cannot put our differences of perspective behind us and allow my application to go forward, without prejudice. I ask for fair treatment, for my place in the queue to be respected, and for a little dignity. If you ignore me, then be prepared for a battle. I didn't make any errors in the app THIS time, and was invited to re-apply by the CEO and a Board member. So, what will it be? *** Mr. McGarr replies by informing me he will forward the matter to Tom Mosely, HR Director, for a final decision. Thus, here is the email I sent to Mr. Mosely: To: Tom Moseley I understand that Antony McGarr has referred my case to you for a final say. I would just like to summarize my position: About a month ago, I applied to BA, made an error on the ivao box, and after 3 weeks of waiting, got an email informing me of the error. I was told it was correctable if I got in touch right away, which I did. The response was shocking: It was a fatal error and my app. was already deleted, I would have to re-apply. The waiting list was twice as long as when I started at that point, making for a 6 to 8 week wait. This seemed quite unfair and totally unnecessary. So, I appealed to keep my app. position to Mr. McGarr and the CEO. The CEO replied (in a very mocking tone) that with my "presumed" influence, I should have no trouble flying elsewhere, etc., and completely ignored every point I tried to make. Neither one of them cared about a BAC-111 I had worked on for the site, and their tone was unmistakably rude and dismissive. They seemed to think I wanted to jump the line and be treated differently. I did not. I just wanted to join without having to wait another 2 months because of a simple error, especially one that I was told was entirely correctable. So, in my frustration, I posted an article on Avsim and Flightsim about this experience, which I did not embellish one iota. 80% of the respondents on Avsim and 100% of the respondents on Flightsim were very supportive. I was told to complain to Vatsim, which I have not yet done. More importantly, a Board member from BA very courteously told me he would look into the matter, AND he strongly encouraged me to re-apply!!! I took this advice to heart, and re-applied, because a few other posts also re-assured me that BA was actually not at all like what I had experienced to-date. When I did so, Mr. McGarr promptly terminated my application with extreme prejudice, a move which I found profoundly outrageous, as both him and the CEO had just finished telling me that this was precisely what I had to do to get things going again. He mentioned the Avsim post, which he found offensive. I replied to him that everything in that post was factual, that (most of) the respondents were very supportive, and that a Board member asked me to reapply. I suspect he then realized he was quite out of order, as his final response was to put my fate in your hands for a final decision. All I ask is to have my position in line respected (this time), and be treated with a bit of fairness and dignity. I spend a lot of time flying this BAC, as it is real world certified and a lot of fun to fly because of the lack of automation, and would like to do so with a bit of structure and comradery that only BA offers (because only you let members fly her). In exchange, you get a real world pilot, a fantastic new version of the BAC-111, and someone who will re-post a fabulous ending to an awkward start on Avsim and Flightsim. What say you sir? Will BA give me a chance and let bygones be bygones, or am I to be treated like a pyriah, terminated before even having a chance to join because of a misunderstanding that snowballed into this rather sad story? You have to admire my persistence, if nothing else... Believe me, you won't be sorry for letting me in. I would like to start a fresh page with Mr. McGarr and your CEO... I await your decision. Regards, Lorne *** Tom Mosely’s response: Hello Lorne, I have seen all of your emails to both the HR department and the CEO and I can say all I have seen nothing but contempt for the management team here at British Airways Virtual. As has already been said by much of the team here, any further applications will be refused. Someone with the kind of attitude that you have shown on several occasions is not welcome here at British Airways Virtual. I wish you luck with your search for another VA. Please note that we have sent you several emails explaining the situation to you and any further emails from you will now be ignored. Kind Regards, Tom Moseley Director of Human Resources British Airways Virtual http://www.bavirtual.co.uk *** My final response, edited for length: Hello Tom- You wrote: "Contempt for the management team... As has already been said by much of the mgmt. team here, further applications will be refused." You obviously cannot think or read with any degree of accuity, sadly. The only person there who has denied my application is Antony McGarr. That is 1 (one) person... The only people I have expressed anything close to contempt for is Antony, for obvious reasons, and perhaps your CEO, who ignored much of the content of my letter to him. When the CEO did reply, he mocked me with my "presumed influence" which was entirely outrageous, completely uncalled for, beyond rude, and just plain odd.

I just thought I'd let the membership know that as a new pilot in real life, I thought it would be interesting to join a good VA and have some fun, and maybe learn a few things. I've been simming for 20 years, so this was a natural extension of the hobby. After a lot of research, British Airways VA looked good. They are a Vatsim partner, been around awhile, and they let you fly my beloved freeware David Maltby BAC 1-11. When I applied, I learned that there is a waiting list. I asked how long it would take, the reply was a week or two as people leave, because they have a membership cap. Well, almost 3 weeks later, I had risen to the mighty ranking of 47th on their list, and I was shocked to finally get an email from their "HR" saying I'm rejected because I entered the wrong IVAO code... However, their email states that this can be corrected, just contact them. Well, I did just that. The HR told me I would have to re-apply, period, and go to the very end of the line, which was now 137. Considering it had taken nearly 3 weeks to go from 80 something to 47, I was not pleased. I pleaded with the HR and CEO, telling them I was a pilot in real life, had a lot to contribute, and had friends who were interested in joining who were very experienced pilots, one of whom was an instructor and one of whom was an ATC for the military. I also told them I would be working on a repaint of a BA BAC 111 with an extremely talented designer (who has several thousand downloads here) and we were looking forward to offering this photo real paint to their membership. They sent me back stern replies basically telling me to go rub salt. When I appealed to their better natures, and told them I thought this was terribly unfair, the CEO sent me back an email, mocking me, telling me that I was rude, and presumed that I was "influencial" (and thus somehow worthy of being treated with a bit of dignity I suppose). Needless to say, that was the end of that experience. BA enjoys treating applicants extremely rudely by; -making people wait months, but saying it only takes a week or so -jerking people around (with an initial email saying a totally insignificant error was correctable if you contacted HR right away (which I did), and then tossing my application and making me re-apply because I entered one number of an IVAO code incorrectly) -by mocking me when I appealed to their better nature. I simply asked them to let a guy who was serious about this hobby stay where I was on the waiting list with the error corrected. I was told I was presuming that I was influencial, and made to feel rather stupid for asking to be treated with a bit of fairness. Stay away from these people my fellow simmers. And if anyone knows a good VA, preferrably one that lets me fly the BAC 111 and would love some free repaints, please let me know. Regards, Lorne Jordan

Hi All: This weekend I launched a new Delta VA at deltavirtual.org. Come check it out. Look forward to your thoughts., Regards, J

Hello FS painters, I am in the process of getting my very own fictional VA started up and running and am in need of aircraft repaints. Painter needs to have experience with PMDG paintkits as our flagship is the 737. But we also operate a mixed fleet type as well. Please reply that you are interested or PM me for details, compensation for your time and work can be discussed and negotiated on a package or per aircraft basis. Thanks and Happy Contrails! -Nate

As we approach our Grand Opening...we want to invite everyone to check our VA out and join! Yes we know what you all are thinking...ANOTHER DELTA! But... We strive to provide you a unique virtual experience that we think no other virtual airline can provide! Replicating Delta's day-by-day operations you can fly virtually anywhere using Delta's fleet from an A319, A320, A330 to a Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 and MD 80, MD90 aswell as a DC 9-50 We would love to be your virtual airline of choice where, not only you fly for a hobby. You come to talk and spend time with the people that make your hobby, passion, and love for flying on FS possible. We are in our BETA stages and I can only say that IT GETS BETTER! With all that said...make sure you mark your calendars on March 1, 2013! To commemorate our opening...all flights will be out of ATL! Schedules will be posted this week! See YOU in the virtual skies! Join Today! -Ariel CEO vDelta Airlines

Good Eveing Pilots. I'm Mark & i'm the VCEO at WeGo Airways. We have been running for the last 7months but (like all the rest i guess) looking for new pilots and staff members!! We are a 5 tier airline. 1) Normal passenger operations for our fictional airline WeGo Airways (We even have paints avaliable for FSX users) 2) Cargo Division 3) Executive Division, Flying business jets all around the world. 4) Charter Division. Basically fly where ever you want using any plane in our fleet. 5) WeGo World. Another Passenger division for our fictional alliance. Real world schedules for real world airline. Currently we have 5 airlines in the alliance with 5 more set to join this month!!! Check us out at www.wegoairwaysva.co.uk to find out which airlines we have avaliable for you to fly. Although the type of aircraft you can fly is restricted by rank on passenger operations you can fly any plane in our fleet for any other operations (and earn hours, points and Virtual Money whilst flying them). So you like flying the T7. carry out a few T7 cargo ops and you'll have enough points in no time to fly the passengers. We believe that fly in your sim is a hobby and therefore we allow you to pause in flight (must disconnect from online client). We allow you to fly over night whilst you sleep if you wish. you can fly online or offline if you wish. you only need to file a pirep every 60days and if you cant commit to that just let us no. there is no restrictions on how much time you want off all we ask is you let us know. Although we don't believe in a big staff roster we are always looking for schedule managers which will give you added benefits. (Read our SOP for more info) Any questions please don't hesitate to ask or email us at ops@wegoairwaysva.co.uk Look forward to hearing from you See you in the skies. Mark VCEO WeGo Airways

Hey guys, I am very happy to announce that I have opened a VA with 2 other aviation enthusiasts. We have everything from planes, from the super modern to the old DC-6, Sud Aviation Caravelle, and the DC-8. We consist of 4 airlines, the main airline is Phoenix Airways. we also have real airlines that suffer from bankruptcy, so we have brought virtual 3 airlives to life, while the world-famous Swissair (not SWISS) would be the German LTU and the Ukrainian AeroSvit! we are currently in the process of updating the TWA flight plans! If you want to know more about us, feel free to visit our Discord server: https://discord.gg/bF4Fr79 or visit our website, which we are in the process of expanding: http://phoenix-airways-va.ch/index.php/ We look forward to you!

Lark Charter Aviation Intro Hello all, I am a beginner flight simmer and I enjoy flying helicopters and turboprop aircraft. Unfortunately, I don't get a chance to fly very often. But one of my other hobbies is community building. I am recruiting partners to launch Lark Charter Aviation. What is LCA? Lark Charter Aviation is a virtual organization specializing in helicopter charters & tours, and GA charter flights. Our pilots will have a chance to fly out of unique locations to interesting destinations. When LCA is up and running, we'll be organizing events, and participating in VATSim & other community events. Virtual Structure Lark Charter Aviation will operate, initially, a fleet of Bell Model 407s out of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (KJRB) with charter destinations to: - KACY (Atlantic City Int'l, Atlantic City, NJ) - KFOK (FSG Airport, Westhampton, NY) - 87N (Southampton Heliport, Southampton, NY) - KHTO (East Hampton Airport, East Hampton, NY) - KUUU (Newport State Airport, Newport, RI) - KHYA (Cape Cod Gateway Airport, Hyannis, MA) - 1B2 (Katama Airport, Martha's Vineyard, MA) - 09W (South Capitol Street Heliport, Washington, DC) 407 pilots will also have the opportunity to fly 3 tour routes around New York City: - Manhattan Tour (Highlights: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, 1 World Trade, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Chelsea Piers, Times Square, The Intrepid, Central Park) - Big Apple Tour (Manhattan Tour Plus: Columbia University, Grant's Tomb, Yankee Stadium, The Palisades, George Washington Bridge & the northern tip of Manhattan) - Empire Tour (Manhattan + Big Apple Tours Plus: Verazzano Bridge & Brooklyn/Brooklyn Bridge) Our fixed wing hub will be Teeterboro Airport (KTEB) operating a fleet of Beechcraft King Air 350i & Cessna Citation CJ4s. Regular charter flight destinations out of Teeterboro will be: - KBVT (Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport, Burlington, VT) - MYNN (Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau, Bahamas) - CYUL (Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Canada) - others as filed by pilots Next Steps I am recruiting experienced sim flyers for the following roles: Flight Operations Director (FOD) - This person will assist in developing and maintaining SOP's regarding flight operations (testing & introducing new aircraft & aircraft models, as well as FS2020 mods & add-ons to improve user experience & immersion as well as trouble shooting with members as they implement). Senior Training Officers (STO) - These individuals will be available for training sessions & check rides for LCA's members (must have significant experience in at least one of our aircraft). Flight Line Operations Director (FLOD) - This people will assist members with technical programs used to interact with the in-game flight sim community (IATO, VATSim, etc). Human Resources Director (HR) - Our HR department will be actively recruiting new pilots, and will act as moderators in our Discord channel. Graphic Designer - This person will help to create the visual branding of Lark Charter Aviation. The ideal candidate will have experience designing liveries for MS2020 aircraft. Content Creators - Sim aviators who actively stream or create content for Twitch or YouTube who are willing to represent LCA. I obviously don't expect every video or stream to be an LCA flight. But, charters and tour flights could be a fun addition to your content calendar. What I'll be doing: - Logo & branding package - I'm working right now on designing a logo set for LCA. - Website & Discord development - I am researching VA management software, and once I settle on the best one for us, will begin building a website around it. - Recruiting pilots & staff - Developing partnerships If you're interested in joining as a pilot, or helping to build Lark, you can join the Discord at: https://discord.gg/GngWeTSmTe

Star Alliance Virtual has opened its doors to the flight simulation community after two months in planning, and endless hours creating the organization and its infrastructure! Initially founded in October 2013, Star Alliance Virtual brings new ideas and operations to the flight simulation community, such as the ability to fly without needing an ACARS system, but you also won't have to submit a manual flight report. The Star Alliance Virtual organization has very limited sets of regulations and rules, unlike other virtual organizations, and the staff and pilot team understand this is a hobby, and there are many different types of flight simulator users out there, that is why Star Alliance Virtual caters to all simulator users! If you use a Microsoft Flight Simulator, come join us! If you use X-Plane, that's great too! Do you have hours from VATSIM or IVAO that you would like to transfer? Great! We will transfer them all! For more information, or to apply, please go to www.vstaralliance.org. Blue skies!

Hey Pilots & Controllers We have just opened our registration pages to new pilots. We opened at the start of February and believe we have something for everybody. Flying anything from Cessna Caravan up to the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380. We have for areas of the airline. The main passenger section where the planes are locked by rank. The Cargo section where you can fly any plane you like (booking allowing). Executive section where you fly our corporate virtual customers in our executive fleet. and finally our charter division flying our any of our planes to places the main airline doesn't cover. We have based the airline on fantastic payware scenery and awesome freeware scenery so where ever you go your sure to find somewhere to fly. We also have a pilot shop for you to spend your hard earned virtual money. We don't believe that your virtual airline should come before your home life so we DO allow you to pause your flights, leave the cockpit (as long as your not online) and if you really want fly over night whilst your sleeping in your bed. we also only require you to fly once every 60days, and if you cant fly within that time just let us know and we'll keep your account open. We have a teamspeak where we hope once we're fully up and running will be a place of great community and a little bit of banter. we currently use the free version of Kacars as our tracker but are on the waiting list for a custom package. We are also partnered with aerosoft, FS2Crew, Simbrief with others in the pipeline. Which means we have discounts available for you after a while of service. I'm sure I've probably forgotten some stuff so come take a look at our airline at http://www.wegoairwaysva.co.uk read our SOP and we look forward to seeing you. Thanks for reading, and we look forward to hearing from you guys and gals Mark VCEO WeGo Airways P.S any questions please don't hesitate to ask :-)

Hi! I've been looking into getting into VATSIM for some time now, but I wanna join a VA. I'm very experienced with the NGX, CS 757, CS 707, and Airbus X. Does anybody have any recommendations? I was looking at Virtual Blue (JetBlue virtual). The only problem is, sometimes I can't do a flight a month because of school and all the clubs/ teams I'm a part of (#rifleteamislife ... and yes, my school has a rifle team). If anybody has any recommendations for a lenient and noob-friendly VA, please tell me! Thanks, Phil EDIT: Oh, and I would prefer a east-coast US based VA. Thanks!

Hello Fellow VA Pilots, For all you BBJ fans, come check out our updated website. We've got a larger fleet covering the US and Europe. Pilots are home-based and can add custom routes to our existing 20,000 + route database. http://www.virtualvams.org Let me know if you have any questions: operations@virtualvams.org -Ethan

I am starting a new Virtual Airline called Happair Virtual but I am unable to create a good livery. I would appreciate any suggestions. Please send liveries in .dds format as I do not have a good image editing software. The VA's logo and motto is given below: https://goo.gl/photos/TokSHTzsKtHcwHm89

A few weeks ago I reported the launching of a new VA, virtual Air Logistics. vAL is a different kind of virtual airline for a different kind of virtual pilot. I’m happy to report that we are growing at a healthy pace and have partnered with a great group of freeware scenery designers. More about this in a minute. Why vAL? vAL offers the virtual pilot a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. We fully understand that many things in life come before our hobbies. We never expect you to put your virtual aviation career ahead of family, work, school and other life commitments. We offer schedules ranging from just 30 minutes of flying time up to 1-2 hours. Our goal at vAL is to start small and grow based on the number of members and overall flight activity. Currently we have pilot bases in Colorado and Alaska and pilots can fly from either as they desire. Our flight schedules offer the virtual pilot a wide range of prop driven aircraft including the Piper Cub J3, DHC-2 Beaver (all variants), C185 (all variants), the C208 and for those wanting a little more power, we offer many routes on the Beech 1900D. vAL offers some fantastic bush flying throughout the Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon region with new routes and destinations added each week. Finally, with our brand new partnership with Return to Misty Moorings, vAL offers an opportunity for virtual pilots to really get a sense of what bush flying is all about and strengthens our “No Runway Too Short, No Airfield Too Remote” philosophy. Return to Misty Moorings is a freeware scenery site offering additional sceneries, missions and much more for the Orbx/FTX regions in the Pacific Northwest. virtual Air Logistics, a different kind of virtual airline for a different kind of virtual pilot. Thank you for your time. Jerry

Hello! I'm looking for some people that would be interested in joining my VA team. We're an already established VA with about 55 members. However, our ACARS system is in need of work, along with our website. We're working on establishing Projectfly into our system, but we're having a hard time with it. Along with that, I've tried downloading VAM (virtual airline's manager) to re-do our website, but even after watching videos and looking at the FAQ, I still can't quite get it. Our current website is https://www.ttavirtual.com, and you'll see it's not competitive at all compared to other VA's. If anyone's interested in working with us, please comment and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks, Jacob, CEO Trans-Texas Virtual

Hello all! SkyGreece Virtual has launched. The RW SkyGreece Airlines will start flying early in 2014 making it the official airline of Greece. A few days ago the real airline posted our video on their official Facebook page. Video 1 Video 2 We have now started to hire pilots! Join today! Some of the cool things we offer... - Customized kACARS - Professional re-paints for all major addons - Pilot e-mail (name@skygreeceva.com) - Dedicated Teamspeak server - Fast HTML5 VA website with mobile support - Professional graphics & Marketing - Real world aviation employees deploying the realist possible fleets & routes Our website

Southwest Virtual is HIRING! Southwest Virtual Airlines is now HIRING! Requirements: Ages 14 and up Been in another VA before Can fly in Flight Simulator Positions: Hub Managers LAX MDW HOU DAL DEN Human Resources Routes Manager About: We are the new Southwest Virtual! We started up because other Southwest Airlines are not being active when we want to be! We believe in young people (and that is why we have ages set so low for our job requirements) We are a laid back airlines because being in a Virtual Airlines should not be a job, it should be a hobby! Anyway, if you would like to apply, shoot me an email at apply@southwestvirtual.net and sign up on southwestvirtual.net

Express Virtual is a new VA (virtual airline) that was created by Collin Shea and Alex Kulak. WE ARE HIRING!! we use vafinancials for a real life experience of charging for broken planes, passengers, and cargo. We us 3 different planes as of right now the

Hello everyone! I am pleased to announce that we are hiring our final two staff positions needed before we launch the airline this fall. We are in full development and we can't wait to open our doors! We do need some help though. Two key positions are left to be filled! We are in need of the following: Fleet Director Will be responsible for painting and managing our aircraft fleet. Must have experience with high quality repainting. Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application. Chief Pilot Will be responsible for creating and managing our training academy and ensuring our pilots are getting trained to VATSIM standards. Will also be responsible for hiring and managing training instructors as well as updating pilot information through the VATSIM ATO Program. A very high knowledge of flying aircraft and/or flight simulator is required. Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application. We cannot wait to hear from you! Don't be shy, send me a PM so you can find out more information or set up an interview. Why not become part of the next big VA? Thanks for your time!