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Web Services Directors

With Ant leaving his position on the DSG I have been thinking on how best our web services should be managed. The work that the Web Services Department do for the Division has grown and grown over the past  18 months.  We are also part of the way through some major changes both to pilot and atc training as well as the move over to core. I have decided that it would best serve the Division if we split Web Services into two departments each with its own focus to help us with the changes

Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in Staff Changes

Web Department Changes

Folks I am making some changes to the Web Department.  As you know web has been working as two teams over the past 14 months.  This has really had its benefits, for example, the expansion of CORE and the introduction of Flight Training Exercises where the two teams worked hand in hand in launching these. Over the next 12 months, we will be launching a new website, start the migration of CTS into CORE as well as the rollout of a new ATC plugin.  With this in mind, I have decided to brin

Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in 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

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Vacancy

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    

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Staff Changes

VATSIM UK Open Evening - Sunday 24th July 1815z

On Sunday the 24th of July between 1915 and 1945 local there will be a VATSIM UK Open Evening, This is your chance to quiz the DSG team.  I'll be there along with Callum, Adam, Ant, Alex, James and Barrie.  This will give you the chance to ask about ATC training, events, community, pilot training or anything else that's going on in the Division. This will take place in Teamspeak. I hope to see you there!! 

Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2023 - Bookings now open

We are pleased to announce that tickets for VATSIM UK Live! are now available to purchase from our website (live.vatsim.uk). Here you will find tickets available for purchase, options for hotel accommodation as well as other information about the weekend. Due to the great support of members previously and the pricing from the venue this year, we’re offering an inflation busting price match to last year. Weekend tickets are available at £30 and day tickets are available at £20.   If you

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2023

The organisers of VATSIM UK Live! are pleased to announce that the next event will take place on 19th and 20th August 2023. The event will take place at Conference Aston, Birmingham. This is the only in-person event of the year for VATSIM UK. We look forward to welcoming all interested members to join us to fly, control and socialise during this weekend. Our event runs from 10am to 10pm on both Saturday and Sunday.   What is VATSIM UK Live!? This event is an in-person event hosted

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2022 - Bookings Now available

We are pleased to inform you that bookings are now available for VATSIM UK Live! 2022 at Conference Aston in Birmingham, UK. You can book via our website - live.vatsim.uk Our event tickets will cost £20 for a single day (either Saturday or Sunday) or £30 for the whole weekend. Accommodation:- this is available at Conference Aston itself, we recommend either booking directly via their website or via a third party provider (hotels.com or booking.com) - this year there is no option to bo

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2022

VATSIM UK Live! Is pleased to announce that our event will return on the weekend of 13th & 14th August 2022 at Conference Aston in Birmingham. VATSIM UK Live! is an in person event - where members of the network join together to control and fly from the same room for two days.   We understand that this is at short notice, but working out how to best run an in-person event (including logistics, insurances etc.) is a challenge as we move out of the pandemic. As organisers, we wanted

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2020

We are pleased to announce the return of VATSIM UK Live! for the 9th edition. We will return to Conference Aston (in the same room we used in 2019) in Birmingham on the 8th and 9th August 2020 (both days 0900z-2100z). Our website will shortly be updated to enable you to make bookings for the event and for car parking only - we will not be offering an option to book accomodation with us this year. If you require accomodation you can book via Conference Aston directly or via one of the t

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2018 - Bookings Now Open!

We are delighted to announce that bookings have opened this evening for VATSIM UK Live! which is taking place on the weekend of the 4th and 5th of August at Conference Aston. Tickets are priced at £30 for the weekend, or £20 for one day. We have also worked with Conference Aston to provide options for on-site accommodation (incl. breakfast). For more information on pricing, or anything about the weekend, visit the Live! website. We have also provided more detailed information about the g

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2018

https://live.vatsim.uk We are delighted to announce that this year’s VATSIM-UK Live! event will take place on the weekend of the 4th and 5th of August at Conference Aston. Live! is an annual real-world social event which is organised to allow VATSIM members, be that Pilots or Controller’s, to meet and work alongside each other. During the event, attendees will be working together in close proximity, which adds a new element to "as real as it gets". Our venue, Aston Business School

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2017 - Bookings Open

We are delighted to announce that bookings have opened this evening for VATSIM UK Live! which is taking place on the weekend of the 26th and 27th of August at Conference Aston. Tickets are priced at £30 for the weekend, or £20 for one day. We have also worked with Conference Aston to provide options for on-site accommodation (incl. breakfast). For more information on pricing, or anything about the weekend, visit the Live! website. We have also provided more detailed information about the

Kris Thomson

Kris Thomson in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Live! 2017 - Announcement

We are delighted to announce that this year’s VATSIM UK Live! event will take place on the weekend of the 26th and 27th of August at Conference Aston. Live! is an annual real-world social event which is organised to allow VATSIM members, be that Pilots or Controllers, to meet and work alongside each other. During the event, attendees will be working together in close proximity, which adds a new element to "as real as it gets".   Our venue, Aston Business School, is home

Kris Thomson

Kris Thomson in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Donations 2018

Good Evening, Thanks to some very generous donations gifted by some of our members over the years, we have been in a very fortunate position in terms of comfortably covering our outlays that we incur whilst running the Division without having to go out to the general membership. We have recently been looking ahead at our anticipated expenditure over the next year and the finances that we will require to continue to provide the services within the Division that we currently do. We belie

Nathan Donnelly

Nathan Donnelly in United Kingdom

VATSIM UK Division Director Vacancy

Applications are now being accepted for the position of Division Director for VATSIM UK. I have attached a copy of the job description. Please send an application detailing your VATSIM experience and your vision for the role to [email protected]. The closing date is 2359z on 19.1.2020.   VATSIM UK DD Advert.pdf

Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in Vacancy

VATSIM UK Division Director

Applications are now open for the VATSIM UK Division Director position. The Division Director is responsible for online activity growth, ATC provisioning, and ATC training within their division. The duties listed below are intended for further delegation, in part, but the ultimate responsibility lies with the Division Director. A Division Director is expected to be able to commit to at least 2 years in the role and should take this into consideration before applying. REPORTS TO: V

Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in Vacancy

VATSIM Connexion 2017: Website & Tickets Launched

Following on from the announcement last year that VATSIM would be holding a conference in London this summer.  VATSIM is delighted to announce that the website for Connexion 2017 has been launched and tickets are now available to book. This is a global convention open to all VATSIM members. The event website is here. The discussion thread is here.

Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

Update Terms and Conditions

The DSG has drafted new terms and conditions for the division's services. These will come into force on 20th May 2022. You can view both the new and old terms and conditions here:https://www.vatsim.uk/community/terms-and-conditions. Since our terms and conditions were last revised, the division has introduced a number of new platforms; notably Discord, and the majority of our activities have moved away from the forum and teamspeak. We have generalised our rules away from being platform spec

Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in 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

Training Group Instructor TGLL

Hi all, Please join me in congratulating @Nathaniel Leff who will be taking over from @James Yuen as Heathrow TGI. James has patrolled the fort of Heathrow for over a year and has now completed his move goal on his apple watch. I think we will all agree when I say James has always put 95% into his role...  (for the reference see the Heathrow Ground Moodle exam pass mark!). On behalf of the entire Training team, thank you @James Yuen for all of your hard work and please don't be a st

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Staff Changes

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

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Vacancy

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

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Vacancy

Training Group Instructor - Heathrow

Hi all, We are now recruiting for a new Training Group Instructor for TG Heathrow (TGLL). General Tasks: Have overall responsibility for training within TG Heathrow; Select and train new mentors through an ‘OTS’ check; Review ATC feedback submitted by pilots; Maintain training standards within TGLL (inc. by ‘sitting in’ on mentoring sessions); Organise group seminars as appropriate; Grant students Heathrow Validations. The candidate must:

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Vacancy

Training Forums

Evening Guys! The below concerns all members currently training with us for an ATC or Pilot rating! We are very happy to introduce a new Training area on our forums. The Training Department forums are accessible to any current student training, mentors and training department staff. Upon being assigned to a TG for the purpose of training or mentoring, you will automatically be given access to view your TGs forum. The purpose of this forum is to provide students, mentors and staff

Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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