AFV230
Senior Captain, A380-800
OLP, PPL
DISPATCHER
Joined on March 14 2008
50 State Club
Pushing Tin Club
Online Five Hundred Club
Imperial Qin Shi Huang Tour
100% Globe Trotter
Historical Double Millenium Club
Skyteam Supremacist
GVA 15 Year Anniversary
250 Tour Club
Sextuple Millenium
Six Million Mile Club
"Every Drop Shapes The Stone"
Georgetown, TX
6,141 legs, 16,455.0 hours
614 legs,
1,045.2 hours online
5,369 legs,
13,981.5 hours ACARS
42 legs,
241.5 hours event
6,427 legs, 17,292.5 hours total
366 legs dispatched, 328.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
January 02 2012 22:25 ET by Brian Hankey
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It is with great pleasure that I announce the following changes effective immediately to the AFVA structure:
1) The F100 has been retired and now our Stage 1 program is hereby known as the ERJ-145 program. The Fokker 100 rating has been moved to the Historical program and will be given out as a secondary rating in that program. Leading the new ERJ-145 program will continue to be Duncan Shiplee who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in his short tenure. He has been working diligently to convert the program documentation to the new specifications and is doing an excellent job. Please join me in congratulating him on his "promotion". Please note that the Fokker 50 and Fokker 70 ratings will still be given out with the ERJ program.
2) To further cement the reality of the A330 program, we are hereby dividing it into two programs, the A330 and the A340. Leading both programs will be the current Chief Pilot of the A330 program, Kerem Yogurtcugil. He will in turn be assisted by an ACP in each program. The ratings will be such that the A330 program will continue to have the twin-engine aircraft that it already posesses. The secondary A340 ratings that used to come with it are now only offered as a part of the A340 program. Similar to the ERJ program, Kerem has the unenviable position of modifying the documentation to reflect the new layout. We will be looking for an experienced member to be filling the shoes of the new A340 ACP position, so please be on the lookout for this position to be posted soon.
3) Following a recent top to bottom review of policies, it was determined that a significant percentage of new hires that were hired into the Stage 3 and higher programs did not have the skills commensurate with controlling and managing that level of airframe complexity. As a result, going forward, new hires to AFVA will now be hired directly into either stage 1 or stage 2 programs only. We feel this will help pilots gain the necessary skills required to progress to the higher more complex stages.
Best Regards,
Brian Hankey
Executive Vice President
Air France Virtual Airlines
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