NEW AFV PILOT
First Officer, A330-200
Joined on December 20 2010
Middle East
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Posted onPost created on
December 25 2010 00:11 ET by Jamal Hussein
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AFV281
Captain, A330-200
OLP
Joined on May 11 2009
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
Online Quadricentenary Club
Two Million Mile Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Flying Colonel
Baby Bus Century Club
Thiruvalla, Kerala India
1,614 legs, 5,515.0 hours
1,165 legs,
3,463.6 hours online
1,577 legs,
5,407.5 hours ACARS
76 legs,
207.1 hours event
2,227 legs, 7,283.2 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
December 25 2010 04:00 ET by Saifudeen Shamsudeen
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AFV003
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on May 03 2002
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Century Club
"Oh yeah, NOTAM #19 is a must!"
Indianapolis, IN
144 legs, 376.9 hours
59 legs,
129.5 hours online
121 legs,
328.9 hours ACARS
8 legs,
27.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
27 legs dispatched, 38.6
hours
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Posted onPost created on
December 25 2010 08:03 ET by Caitlyn Champlin
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Welcome Jamal!
To clarify a few points Chief Shamsudeen made, we do make program placement decisions based on several factors including previous experience and entry examination scores. I've yet to review your application and examination, but you must have done very well. We don't organize our airline by hub airports like most virtual airlines. Rather we're organized around aircraft "Stages" so as to be able to group aircraft based on similarities in characteristics and levels of complexity. The A330 is Stage 3 at Air France Virtual Airlines, and is the maximum Stage we will initially place a pilot new to our airline.
To get a better idea of our organization and how our VA works internally, I recommend browsing through the Pilot Promotion Manual in the document library which you can access via the Pilot Center when you log into the website. This manual will also detail the promotion requirements and how to obtain additional type ratings or transfer to other aircraft and programs. Basically as a Stage 3 pilot you're able to obtain ratings or transfer to the B747 program after meeting the minimum requirements, which won't take long.
Don't feel that we ignored your request for placement in the 747. We just don't hire directly into Stage 4 and above equipment programs. Any specific questions about your equipment type or airline general can always be referred to your Chief Pilot, or use the Our Staff page to find a member of the Senior Staff. Our email addresses are all listed there for you.
Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help get you started!
Ryan
Caitlyn ChamplinSenior Captain, B737-800
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AFV292
Senior Captain, A380-800
Joined on March 02 2009
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Diplomatic Mission
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Flying Colonel
Two Million Mile Club
Historical Five Hundred Club
Under African Skies
"Flying steadily onwards and upwards"
ZA
1,845 legs, 5,394.9 hours
1,833 legs,
5,371.5 hours ACARS
1,908 legs, 5,542.5 hours total
3 legs dispatched, 4.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 08 2011 14:49 ET by Mark Stead
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| I started my VA career as a CRJ pilot (small jet) so don't feel bad about getting hired into the A330 program-you just skipped 2 stages-that's a good thing! I had to work my way up, which,in retrospect, was the best thing to happen to me-it's made me into, I hope, a good pilot. With the A330 program-you should get a rating for the Airbus A340 (4 engine aircraft) so please try to train on that as well as do flights in the 2 engine A330-they do handle differently so it's good getting training in both,especially a 4 engine jet. Do your 10 flights in the A330 program, do your Captains exam A330 then do the First Officer exam 747 then you can do your checkride in the 747-i'd suggest flying the checkride a couple of times and practice stages of your CR-the taxi, takeoff,SID,cruise,STAR,landing as a testflight on ACARS before doing it for real. Then you should pass your CR without a problem. Make VERY sure you follow the instructions on the CR and check what you'll be failed on, especially your landing speed- the 747 is heavy so does require a faster landing speed-roughly 140KIAS-not as quick as Concorde!-Concorde is about 160KIAS-check with your CP if not sure-no checkrides are allowed to be discussed in the cooler. Understanding how to follow SIDS and STARS are vital to passing your CR, so read all the chart stuff we have here in your pilot centre and you'll be fine-Practice and practice and practice makes a better pilot!
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