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DVA11045
Captain, A320
Joined on September 09 2012
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Stafford, VA
88 legs, 143.4 hours
86 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 13:55 ET by Larry Schechter
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New guy here. I joined DVA a couple of weeks ago and even though I've just had a single flight I'm getting into reading the threads and am enjoying using the site. (It's got me motivated to fly more) As a newbie I need instruction with regard to ACARS. How do I carry out an ACARS flight and where do I start? If there's more information than can be put in a thread can someone send me a link to where any and all questions about conducting an ACARS flight is? I checked the DVA site and haven't found anything. If I'm missing a part of the site that covers this can some one direct me to it?
Larry SchechterCaptain, A320
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DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP
Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA
2,305 legs, 9,284.6 hours
240 legs,
553.9 hours online
1,963 legs,
8,077.7 hours ACARS
75 legs,
196.3 hours event
2,341 legs, 9,419.5 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 13:59 ET by Luke Kolin
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Have you looked at the ACARS manual? It's a little out of date but a good start.
Cheers!
Luke KolinSenior Captain, MD-11
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DVA11045
Captain, A320
Joined on September 09 2012
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Stafford, VA
88 legs, 143.4 hours
86 legs,
140.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 15:01 ET by Larry Schechter
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Just checked it out. Looks like I have my answers. Don't know why I didn't check the docs before posting. As one H. Simpson so eloquently puts it...... DOH!
Larry SchechterCaptain, A320
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DVA8060
First Officer, B737-800
Joined on December 06 2009
B757 100 Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Swindon, UK
347 legs, 998.9 hours
280 legs,
861.5 hours online
343 legs,
986.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 17:45 ET by Jamie Moss
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No harm in posting sir, many people here are fantastic when it comes to giving advice, as Luke proved welcome to DVA, nice aircraft to start off your career, see you in the skies
Jamie MossFirst Officer, B737-800
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DVA10641
Assistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
OLP
Joined on March 29 2012
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Million Mile Club
US Mountaineer Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
Everett 1500 Club
Events Quintuple Century Club
Rosemount, MN USA
1,987 legs, 4,456.2 hours
1,865 legs,
3,929.2 hours online
1,967 legs,
4,422.4 hours ACARS
638 legs,
1,290.5 hours event
18 legs dispatched, 157.2
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2012 21:25 ET by Jason Boche
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The Pilot Center is where most of your resources are. That's located here: http://www.deltava.org/pilotcenter.do
DVA has excellent reading material and manuals for aircraft, operations, aviation, training, etc. here: http://www.deltava.org/doclibrary.do
Fleet, ACARS, and other software downloads are here: http://www.deltava.org/fleetlibrary.do
These forums are also a wealth of knowledge. Feel free to use the Search funciton located here: http://www.deltava.org/coolersearch.do or post your topic & you'll receive an answer quickly.
Jason BocheAssistant Chief Pilot, B757-200
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DVA8436
Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on March 26 2010
50 State Club
B757 100 Club
Globetrotter
Two Million Mile Club
Flying Colonel
Burbank 500 Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'm getting way too old for this!"
Chula Vista, CA USA
1,828 legs, 6,493.6 hours
27 legs,
71.6 hours online
1,823 legs,
6,462.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2012 04:48 ET by Raymond Hammer
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Welcome Larry, As Jason says there is an amazing amount of information about DVA and simming in general in the DVA document library and I have found numerous answers to my questions by using the search utility here in the Water Cooler. If you have a question, chances are that someone else has already asked it. You can also just drop someone an email, most people will answer if they have time and know the answer. Again, welcome aboard.
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DVA455
Senior Captain, MD-88
Joined on April 29 2002
Century Club
"Aquatone"
Shelbyville, IN
132 legs, 255.8 hours
79 legs,
158.6 hours online
29 legs,
52.9 hours ACARS
2 legs,
3.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
23 legs dispatched, 11.3
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 08 2012 11:35 ET by Ryan Watkins
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Looks like an answered question, but welcome to DVA! I think you'll find it very rewarding to fly for this company.
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