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P1 PPL(A) Launch

P1 PPL(A) Goes Live!!! The Training Department has been working hard over the past few months to develop our P1 PPL(A) course which aligns with the new VATSIM network-wide ratings. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to the collective tens if not hundreds of hours to produce content, video lessons, Moodle questions, and lesson planning; your work has helped immensely in making these courses possible. A massive thank you to: @Lewis Hammett @John
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Member Services

Member Services Assistant

Hi folks, I am very pleased to announce that @Luke Peters and @James Thomas will be joining the Member Services team as Member Services Assistants! Both Luke and James bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team and will play vital roles in the upcoming projects and plans we have for the department. Please join me in welcoming both of them to the team!
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Pilot Training

VATSIM Pilot Ratings 2020 - Update 2

Good evening all , As of 2259z this evening VATSIM UK will no longer be offering training for the current pilot ratings. During the next 5 days, ATOs and the central VATSIM pilot training team will be making the necessary changes to documentation and systems to reflect the new pilot ratings which are set to go live on August 18th 0000z. Please see details below on how this affects you in you are currently training for a pilot rating in VATSIM UK: P1 (Online Pilot) The P1 (Onl
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United Kingdom

VFR Flight Instructor

Hi all!  ☀️  I am pleased to announce that @Darren Hill has joined the Training team in his new role as VFR Flight Instructor ✈️. Darren has been a committed mentor and significant contributor to Pilot Training for several years, and has played a key role in the production of our new P1 PPL(A) rating for the soon to be released new pilot ratings.  Please join me in welcoming him to the team! Thanks, Dan    
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Technology

Slack's Retirement & Our Transition To Discord

Hey all, Some of you may have seen some of our work in recent months to explore the possibility of setting up a Discord server for VATSIM UK members. This followed suggestions by members that Discord could be used within the Division as a replacement to Slack and, potentially, TeamSpeak. It has been nearly 6 years since we started with Slack. In that time, we have exchanged over 1.1 million messages between nearly 3000 members. We are pleased to announce that we are now ready to
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ATC Training

OBS - S1 Training Projects!

Good afternoon! Training Airport Expansion I am pleased to announce that over the coming months we will be expanding the location of our OBS - S1 training airports to include East Midlands (EGNX) and London Stansted (EGSS). Why the expansion? Since the introduction of our OBS - S1 exams we have noticed an increase in the number of session students are having before they are submitted for their exam. This is resulting in the sweatbox positions for Manchester (EGCC) and Edinbur
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Marketing

Media Manager

Evening all,   @Thomas Greer will be joining the marketing department as the new "Media Manager". I look forward to seeing what we can achieve with another pair of hands.    Please join me in welcoming Thomas to the staff team! 
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Training Department Q2 2020

Afternoon all! Please see a summary of our progress and achievements throughout the second quarter of this year! ATC Training This quarter saw the restructuring TG1 & TG2 into a Tower Training Group and an Approach Training Group, with instructors dedicated to each rating programme. This move towards a more linear structure has allowed our mentors to operate across different positions more easily, and has drastically improved our instructors ability to personalise our students
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ATC Training

[POLICY] ATC Training Handbook

Hi all, Back in September of 2018 when the ATC and Pilot Training Departments merged into one - I was adamant that the ATC Training side of things needed an Operations Manual similar to the manual we are required to have as past of our ATO for Pilot Training. The purpose being to provide anyone who operates within the Training Department with guidance, advice, and direction on how we operate so that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. When we started making this manual we sud
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Pilot Training

Pilot Training Handbook Release

Hi all, Back in September of 2018 when the ATC and Pilot Training Departments merged into one - I was adamant that the ATC Training side of things needed an Operations Manual similar to the manual we are required to have as past of our ATO for Pilot Training. The purpose being to provide anyone who operates within the Training Department with guidance, advice, and direction on how we operate so that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. In order to standardise the way that our
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Division Policy 7.5.0

Division Policy 7.5.0 is now in effect. This policy is changed to reflect adjustments to procedures to be followed when operating on a solo endorsement (STV, SAV and SEV). Thanks, Dan
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Marketing

Media Manager

Job Summary The marketing department is the face of the Division. We are looking for a member to join our small team and assist us with various tasks. We are looking for someone who has experience with video editing softwares, photoshop and live-streaming.  Main Duties Posting event statistics for UK events on Facebook and Twitter Engaging with our community on social media, as well as organising promotional events/competitions Organising YouTube live streams - this
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United Kingdom

VFR Flight Instructor

Hi all, Applications for the position of VFR Pilot Instructor are now open. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing and delivering VATSIM UK's P2 and P3 courses. Below is a summary of the general tasks and requirements for the role applicable to the P2 (Flight Fundamentals) and P3 (VFR Pilot courses). General Tasks: Has overall responsibility for training of the Flight Fundamentals and VFR Pilot courses in accordance with the P2 (Flight Fundamentals) Syllabus a
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United Kingdom

COVID-19 & VATSIM UK

As we continue to adapt to a new normal of living in global pandemic, the division continues to adapt to the change in circumstance. For many members, staff or not, we find our lives extricably changed. Some people find themselves with much more time, and others, with less as they try and balance childcare with remote working and a myriad other real-life issues including of course restrictions on daily life and concerns about health of themselves and others. Across the world, VATSIM has of cours
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Training Department

Hi all, I hope everyone is keeping well! I am pleased to announce that we have some new, (and old), faces joining the training team. With the recent re-structure of the Training Groups, the ever growing demand on our training, and the high calibre of applicants for the recently advertised roles in training, we took the opportunity to appoint two more instructors than was originally planned. @Adam Farquharson will be joining the team as a Training Group Instructor for the Tower Tra
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United Kingdom

Division Conflict Resolution Manager

The appointment of Sean Reedman as the DCRM of the UK Division has now concluded.   Phillip Speer has accepted my invitation to take this role.   Sean has been a participant in running the division for a significant amount of time (circa 10 years) and has contributed many thousands of volunteer hours including as the division director. This has undoubtably shaped the division and contributed to our success in this time. We thank him for these contributions.   Philli
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ATC Training

Training Group Restructure

Hi all, Around 300 million years ago, the movements of the Earth's tectonic plates saw the continents combine to form the Pangaean supercontinent. It lasted for roughly 100 million years, before fragmenting to form the continents and oceans we see today. The plates keep moving; approximately 250 million years from now, it's likely that the continents will once again coalesce to form a new supercontinent - Pangaea Ultima. In January 2017, our division's Regional Training Schemes - RTSs
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Marketing

Events During This Time

Community, During this time of world crisis and advice to stay at home, the network traffic has increased. The increase in network activity has seen advantages to all departments; ATC Training have seen a large influx of mentoring sessions being conducted, as well as exams being pushed through. Web services have been working harder than ever to work on ensuring the systems that we use daily are up and running, as well as implementing new features. Operations have been able to approve and wo
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Pilot Training

VATSIM Pilot Ratings 2020 - Update 1

Hi all, VATSIM have decided to postpone the launch of the new pilot ratings to September 1st . As a result of this we will now continue to issue training places for our P2, P3 and vIR(A) courses; and continue to run our P1 Seminars. If we receive any further updates we will let everyone know!  Thanks, Dan 
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United Kingdom

Training Group Instructor (TG2/S3)

Hi all, We are now recruiting for a new Training Group Instructor for TG2. General Tasks: Have overall responsibility for training within their designated training group; Select and train new mentors; Review ATC feedback; Maintain training standards in their designated training group (inc. by ‘sitting in’ on mentoring sessions & exams); Organise group seminars as appropriate; Issue SxVs; Review student progress and when necessary forw
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United Kingdom

Training Group Instructor (TG1/S2)

Hi all, We are now recruiting for a new Training Group Instructor for TG1. General Tasks: Have overall responsibility for training within their designated training group; Select and train new mentors; Review ATC feedback; Maintain training standards in their designated training group (inc. by ‘sitting in’ on mentoring sessions & exams); Organise group seminars as appropriate; Issue SxVs; Review student progress and when necessary forw
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United Kingdom

Training Department

Hi all, Over the past few months there has been a fair amount of changes brewing in the background regarding staff in the Training Department. Rather than cover the forum in a blanket of forums posts, it made more sense to wait until the final changes had been finalised - so here we go! ATC Training: Recently with the launch of our Member Services Department we have now removed the role of Training Group Manager from our staff structure, as a result of this work being carried out
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