VATSIM VACC CZ Official Site

At now the VATSIM network has a brand new main webpage. The structure is the same as in the old one, but there is a new design with some new features, some will be added in a near future.

The designer of the page is Florian Harms (VATSIM Germany).

All the functionalities needed for your flight preparation like as FPL form, member registration form, other member services, statistics pages, etc., remain unchanged at this moment.

You can check the brief world history of on-line flight simulation or read the very effective remarks how to connect with FSInn or SB to the network.

On behalf of the Founders and members of the Executive Committee, the VATSIM Board of Governors is pleased to announce the official release of the Global Ratings Policy, version 2.0 (more commonly known as GRP 2.0).

The full policy will shortly be posted on the VATSIM website (along with an announcement on our home page).

As in any global policy affecting a large part of the membership, we know that not everyone will be satisfied with every aspect of the policy, but the EC has worked diligently with a large part of the VATSIM community to craft a policy which meets the Founders' intent of an inclusive policy that is workable and can be applied on a global basis across all of VATSIM. Anyone with questions about the policy is asked to contact their local ARTCC/FIR staff for clarification. A special forum has been created where questions and policy clarification can be obtained from the EC as necessary.

This policy does NOT apply to pilots, only to controllers on the VATSIM.

We would like to take this opportunity invite you to once again enjoy the virtual skies and scopes of VATSIM.

On behalf of
VATSIM Founders
VATSIM Board of Governors
VATSIM Executive Council

Dave Klain
President

To view the new features see the dedicated forum: http://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f...

Download : http://www.euroscope.hu/

On line manual : http://www.euroscope.hu/mediawiki/

Dedicated support forum : http://forums.vatsim.net/viewforum.php?f...

Congratulations to Gergely & team for a great upgrade to Euroscope as well as its documentation & support.

I wish you all the best for this Christmas holidays and a happy new year with lots of quality controlling. Keep 'em separated !

Regards
Kyprianos Biris
Vatsim Europe Region Director

Sky Blue Radio is presenting a very special live Flight Sim in Focus show this Saturday August 22nd at 18.00z.

Join Jeff 'JT' Turner and special guests current President of Vatsim David Klain and former president Richard Jenkins as they explore the future of Flight Simulation and the place of Vatsim in the continuing development of Flight Simulation and aviation in general.

Listeners will also have a chance to put their questions and/or comments to either David or Richard via the Sky Blue Radio website.

If you have a question you would like to send in now for the show then please your question with your name and location to fsfocus@skyblueradio.com

Tune in with Wee Tune Beestie in your cockpit com2 radio on 123.45, through the Sky Blue Radio website or through the Sky Blue Radio link in the Vroute software.

Sky Blue Radio

On behalf of the Board of Governors, I am pleased to announce that Terry Scanlan has been appointed to the role of Vice President, Operations - VATGOV2.

CW:
Terry is no stranger to the network, having been the VATOCE Regional Director since VATSIM first stood up, an organizer of the World Flight charity fund raiser and most recently President of the Executive Committee. He has truly been one of the mainstays of the VATSIM organization literally since "day 1" and we are pleased to welcome him to his new position.

Please join me in welcoming Terry to the Board of Governors where I know he will help take VATSIM and our hobby to a higher level.

VATSIM Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
Issued by David Klain (874106), 13-Jul-2009 10:54 UTC
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Most of you are aware that the Air Traffic Controller Global Ratings Policy (GRP) is under review following direction from the VATSIM Founders. VATSIM staff at all levels from ARTCC/FIR staff to Division Staff to Regional Staff to the Board of Governors have been working hard over the last few months to revise the policy, correct some of the problems highlighted by the current policy, and establish an effective, streamlined process that accomplishes the goals laid out by the Founders.

While the GRP review is not yet complete, the work has progressed to a point where it is time to start implementing some of the changes in a controlled, phased manner to minimize disruption.

One of the biggest changes is the institution of a new controller rating which will better align ratings with ATC positions on the network. To that end, the position of S2 is being implemented network-wide. The result will be that ratings will directly correlate to positions a controller is qualified to work, specifically:

S1 - Clearance Delivery/Ground
S2 - Tower
S3 - Approach
C1 - Center

The C3 rating will remain a "Senior Controller" not tied to any specific position. Within the next 30 days, all controllers who are qualified to work Tower will be promoted to S2 and receive automated emails notifying them of this rating upgrade.It is important to note that the upgrade to S2 will carry no additional qualifications for those controllers presently certified to work Tower, but it will more clearly delineate between the S1 contollers presently Tower qualified and those who are still working on their Tower certification (who will remain at the S1 rating).

Network software has been updated so that S2 Tower controllers can login using their new rating on the appropriate controller client once their rating upgrade is processed.

Anyone with questions concerning this upgrade should contact their Divisional Staff leadership for assistance. If by August 12th a person has not been upgraded to S2 and they believe they should have been, they should also contact their Division Staff, but please delay inquiries until after the 12th as there are several thousand controllers to process and we anticipate it taking the full 30 days to process all accounts in some of the larger divisions.

I want to emphasize that this change has NO impact on network operations and is totally transparent to pilots.

Once the GRP review is complete, I will send out further updates detailing what changes, if any are being adopted by the VATSIM network.

all the best,
Dave Klain
President

With great pleasure we would like announce that David Klain has been unanimously elected as the new President of VATSIM.

Dave brings a wealth of experience to the position, having served previously on the VATSIM Board of Governors as Vice President, Operations for the past 2.5 years. A keen real world pilot, he has a passion for our hobby that is rare to find.

Taking up the role as VATSIM's first non-founder President, David replaces Richard Jenkins who takes a well earned back seat after 10 years helping us enjoy the hobby we all love so much.

VATSIM Board of Governors