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Training Department Q1 Review

Guten Abend! 1 down, 3 to go! What a quarter it has been! Here’s a short summary of what the team has achieved since January this year. January: The month started off with the addition of EGAD (Newtownards), EGCJ (Sherburn-in-Elmet), EGSQ (Clacton) and EGHJ (Bembridge) to our collection of AG/AFISO aerodromes; followed closely by the release of the UKCP (thanks to the Rt Hon gentleman Andy Ford). Since the release of the UKCP, TGNC have integrated its use and setup into the OBS session
Daniel Crookes

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Marketing

Livestreaming Update: Behind the Scope

Hello All! I'm happy to announce that 'Behind the Scope' will be making a return to the VATSIM UK YouTube channel. However, we obviously cannot proceed without your involvement! We are looking for people to live stream their controlling sessions directly onto the YouTube channel, for everyone to see. They will need to read the live chat and, if able, verbally answer ATC related questions that the viewers may have. (Responding verbally to the live chat is not 100% mandatory, dependant on
Harrison Grose

Harrison Grose in Marketing

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Marketing

Graphics

Good afternoon, In the marketing update, I said that people interested in making some banners could help out. I had 16 people express interest, so I made a "Graphics Team". Since March, the Graphics team have been sharing knowledge and expertise in areas of Photoshop and Marketing. We are lucky to have people who are studying this in education or work in marketing. They have been making event banners, graphics for announcements, badges for forum awards, posters for pilots and advertisements
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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ATC Training

New Phonetic Alphabet

Hi all, In order to keep-up with changing worldwide trends, we are today introducing a new phonetic alphabet to be used throughout the UK, effective immediately. Please could all controllers and pilots ensure that they are familiar with the following: Alpachino Bread Cucumber DIVISION! CLEAR THE LOBBY! Entropy Floxinoxinihilipilification Gnome Hexokinase Ionotropic Junior minister Kymograph Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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Marketing

Informal Staff-Ups Introduction

Alright buds,   I know I'm a bit late with this post, but for those of you who haven't already noticed, we have now introduced something called Informal Staff-ups. The idea of the staff-ups are to encourage groups of people to staff up their favourite airports, and we will then advertise them accordingly. This should increase the amount of traffic you'll receive, and make your time on the network more enjoyable. The full details are explained on the forum post here, but we just want to
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in Marketing

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ATC Training

C1 Waiting List

Hi all, It seems there's been a range of information flying around on how the C1 Waiting List works. To clarify, in order to be eligible for a C1 place, you must have: Reached the top of the C1 waiting list; 12 hours on UK ATC positions in the three months prior to a place being offered; At least 10 hours post-S3 on each of the main APP positions in the sector on which you wish to train: LON_S - LL, KK, THAMES, SOLENT; LON_C - ESSEX, BB, NX;
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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Marketing

Marketing Managers

All, I would like to say thank you to everyone who applied, there were some fantastic applications. Please join me in welcoming @Ben Wright and @Harrison Grose who will both be joining the staff team as Marketing Managers. Ben is a known member of the community and will be working alongside me to help with event planning, VACC partnerships and working with the community to promote staff-ups. Harrison has brilliant experience working with video editing software(s), running media channels out
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Staff Changes

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ATC Training

British Summer Time (BST) begins Sunday 31st March at 01:00

"There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music." - John Keats At 1am on Sunday 31st March the clocks will advance one hour. This means that 1am shall immediately become 2am, thieving us all of an hour of our day, and @George Wright will spend the next six months dancing 'the funky chicken' whilst dressed as Bob the Builder. For those of you in other timezones: as you were. For those of us in the UK, we must now engage in intellectual gymnastics every time we use t
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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Marketing

Marketing Manager

All, Application Closing Date: Sunday 10th March 2359z This is notification of the beginning of the application process for the position of Marketing Manager. The marketing department is the face of VATSIM UK and is looking to expand. The marketing manager will be responsible for: Co-ordinating with the PTD to organise more frequent events; Co-ordinating with other departments in the division to ensure relevant information is publicised and promoted including events;
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Vacancy

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United Kingdom

February Changes

Hi all, There’ve been a few staff changes over the past few months. Thanks to: •    @Fraser Cooper for his work as TGI in TG1; •    @Tom Szczypinski for his work as a TGM in TGNC; •    @Tom Knowles for his work as IFR Flight Instructor; •    @James Gibson for his work as Development Flight Instructor. And welcome to: •    @Oliver Gates, who’s joining the team as a TGI for TG1 – he’ll be working with Nathan to develop the mentoring team in TG1 (a TGI for TG2 will be coming
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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Marketing

Marketing Update

All, I have taken over from Trevor and I am settling into my position as the Marketing Director for VATSIM UK. This post is for me to provide an update to the community regarding the marketing department. I’d like to say a thank you to Trevor for his work; he has laid an excellent foundation for me to build on. Events:  I am looking to move events away from Saturday evenings; this is due to feedback from the community. Friday evenings, Saturday/Sunday lunchtimes are something to
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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ATC Training

E duobus unum: Merging Waiting Lists

Hi all, At the beginning of 2017, in the delightfully entitled post ‘Exitus Acta Probat’ (Latin for ‘the end justifies the means’, from the poetry of Ovid, if you’re interested), Sam announced the merger of the old RTSs into the Training Groups (TGs). One of the main reasons for doing so was to reduce the discrepancies in waiting times between the RTSs. In the same spirit, and following discussions with students, mentors, and staff, we have now merged the S2 and S3 waiting lists for TG
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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ATC Training

ATC Training

Dear All, The Training Department is looking to bring on board a number of new members to the ATC Training Team. We are looking to welcome two new Training Group Instructors (TGIs) to the team, one for each Training Group and expand our team of Division Instructors (DIs). Please find below a summarised list of responsibilities and requirements for each role. Training Group Instructor (TGI) Responsibilities: Have overall responsibility for training within their designated gro
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in ATC Training

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United Kingdom

New Marketing Director

I am delighted to announce that Loui Ringer will be joining the DSG as VATSIM UK's new Marketing Director. Loui is well known to the community as our Social Media Manager and is well placed to lead the department. I would like to thank Trevor Hannant for his time on staff and I wish him well in his new adventure. Please join me in congratulating Loui on his appointment!!  
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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ATC Training

CTS Controller Booking Etiquette

Hi all, Following a couple of queries and concerns raised over the last couple of days, I wanted to post a reminder of booking etiquette, particularly for new members who've joined fairly recently and might not be aware of the conventions. The website regulates that "booking shall not be excessive in duration", which is deliberately a rather vague rule (perhaps the main source of confusion). "Excessive" is a difficult term to define, as what may be considered excessive in one case may
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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Pilot Training

Pilot Traning Mentor Recruitment

Calling all Pilots! VATSIM UKs Training Department is one of the few ATOs that provides training for all of the Pilot ratings (P1-P5) and we are looking to expand our mentoring team! The only requirements to mentor are as follows: Hold the rating you wish to mentor; Be a home or visiting a member of VATSIM UK; Be a member in good standing on the network. If you are not currently a member of VATSIM UK you can request to visit here. Append a message to your applic
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Pilot Training

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ATC Training

January Changes

Hi all, After a few months of testing we are adjusting the way that ATC exams are picked up. Previously our Head Examiner has assigned exams to our examiners, the new method will allow examiners to pick up exams without waiting for them to be assigned. Our aim is to minimise the time students are waiting after being submitted for an exam. To ensure that examiner currency and any potential speculative bias is removed, we have set criteria that governs whether an examiner can  pick up and exa
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in ATC Training

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United Kingdom

UK Controller Plugin

Hi all, For a long time, we have wanted to provide our members with more tools that directly aid them in their day to day use of the network. I'm pleased to confirm that today, we are releasing the UK Controller Plugin; a EuroScope plugin for use by controllers in the UK. What Does It Do? Local and General Squawks: If the plugin detects certain conditions that suggest that an aircraft would normally receive a local squawk (e.g. VFR departure), it will assign a local squawk for
VATSIM UK Web Services

VATSIM UK Web Services in United Kingdom

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ATC Training

More aerodromes for S1 AFISOs/AG operators

Hi all, By popular demand, we're adding another four aerodromes to the list of those which validated S1s may control: EGAD Newtownards EGCJ Sherburn-in-Elmet EGSQ Clacton EGHJ Bembridge Documentation for all four of these aerodromes - and many more - is available on the CIX VFR Club website.
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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United Kingdom

Marketing Director

This is notification of the beginning of the application process for the position of Marketing Director (VATUK4). Application Closing Date: Thursday 10th January 2259z The Marketing Director shall: Sit on the Division Staff Group; Have oversight for all marketing within the division; Manage and direct marketing strategy; Be responsible for the Events Manager and Social Media Manager; Be responsible for the planning and execution of division events; Be resp
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in Vacancy

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United Kingdom

Merry Christmas from VATSIM UK

I want to thank everyone who has helped the Division this year whether it be flying in for an exam, mentoring, helping with sector files, document writing, staff roles, the list goes on.  You have all had a part in making this a great year for the Division. 2018 has been a great year for VATSIM UK.  We have seen more students pass ATC and Pilot exams than ever before. We now have a brand new website. Community Awards have been rolled out. Our documentation and sector files have been updated
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Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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Marketing

- Trevor Hannant

Hi all. After some careful consideration, I’ve tendered my resignation to the DSG.  I’ve accepted a new job which will involve some travel and significant work/study on re-training from my current skills hence leaving me with limited time to provide a firm commitment to the Division.  I’d like to thank not only @Simon Irvine and the rest of the DSG for giving me the opportunity to provide support to the Division from “the inside” but to @Layth Al-Wakil, @Alex Ashley and @Loui Ringer wh
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