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  • Simon Irvine 37
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  • VATSIM UK 7
  • Nathan Donnelly 5
  • Kris Thomson 2
  • VATSIM UK Web Services 2
  • Andy Ford 2
  • Oliver Rhodes 2
  • Adam Arkley 2
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Training

Christmas & New Year 2021-22

Hi all, Another year, another Christmas holiday period! As we all take some time away to spend with friends and family, training activity will inevitably decrease from its current level. From Monday 20th December to Sunday 2nd January (inclusive), training staff will not send out the normal session request/availability reminders. If you’re a student training in one of our programmes - pilot or ATC - you will not be required to have a session request or availability entered into the CT
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Training

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New Operations Director

Good Evening All,   Following the departure of @Jack Edwards from the role of Operations Director, I am thrilled to announce @Archie Middlefell as his successor following the conclusion of our recruitment process last week. Archie has a wealth of experience within the Operations Department as well as a number of ideas he wishes to implement moving forwards. I am certain that the Operations Department will continue to thrive under Archie's leadership, and I look forward to working along
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in United Kingdom

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Gunnar Lindahl - Q&A - Sunday 30th September 1900z

I am delighted to announce that the VATSIM President, Gunnar Lindahl will be holding a Q&A on Sunday 30th September from 8pm local.  This will take place in the VATSIM UK teamspeak. You will have the chance to ask Gunnar a question on the night, or if you can't be there or want to put in a question in advance please send a question via our Twitter account, @vatsimuk using #askgunnar or email [email protected].  We look forward to seeing you there.  
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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Staff Changes

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
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Staff Changes

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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

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New Member Services Director

Hello All,   I'm pleased to announce that @William Shaw will be joining the DSG as our new Member Services Director. Will has been an active staff member within the Member Services Department for almost 2 years and many of you will have already interacted with Will through this capacity before. He brings a number of new ideas to the Department, and will be working closely alongside the ATC Training Department in particular as we embrace GCAP and look to open Visiting and Transferring f
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in United Kingdom

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Christmas 2019

Hi all, Believe it or not, Christmas is just under one week away, so it is inevitable that activity on and around the network will reduce. From Friday 20th December to Thursday 2nd January (inclusive), training staff will not send out the normal session request/availability reminders. Students will not be required to maintain a session request or availability during this period. Reminders will be sent on or shortly after Friday 3rd, and students will have until the end of Friday 10th
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in United Kingdom

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Training Department Q1 2020

Afternoon Folks! I cannot say that 2020 has been a very nice time for any of us so far, nor can we even begin to understand how some people are being affected by these terrible times. But what I can do, is reflect upon the amazing work that you have all made possible through your contributions as pilots, students, mentors, instructors, chief tea maker, you name it and I guarantee you will have helped somewhere.   ATC Training We saw the beginning of the end for our Central Tr
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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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

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[MINUTES] DSG Meeting - 21st November 2016

Folks The minutes of last month's DSG meeting are now available for download here. I'll be making a short post when the minutes are published to add some colour to them and give a short overview of what is happening in the Division.  I will aim to post the minutes and write this blog within a couple of weeks of the meeting taking place.  It's worth pointing out that this was the last DSG meeting of 2016 although we do have an "all staff" meeting in mid December. Most of what is po
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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[11.6.17 - 1830z] VATSIM UK Townhall with Kyle Ramsey

Folks I am delighted to announce that the VATSIM President, Kyle Ramsey will be holding a Q&A on Sunday 11th June from 1830z-1930z.  This will take place in the VATSIM UK teamspeak. You will have the chance to ask Kyle a question on the night, or if you cant be there or want to put ask as question in advance please use this link or send a question via @vatsimuk using #vuktownhall. We look forward to seeing you there.      
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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GDPR - What It Means For You

Unless you've been living under a rock, you will have heard of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) that comes into effect on May 25th. What you may not know is what it means, how it may affect you and why organisations of all sizes are flooding your inbox with "please click here to say we can contact you" links... I don't study the law... but what is GDPR? I don't either so I'll give you the key points! GDPR... is the biggest shake up to data protection regulations in aro
VATSIM UK Web Services

VATSIM UK Web Services in United Kingdom

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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

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Vacancy

Marketing Director (VATUK4)

This is notification of the beginning of the application process for the position of Marketing Director (VATUK4). Application Closing Date: Sunday 26th August at 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;
Nathan Donnelly

Nathan Donnelly in Vacancy

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United Kingdom

Training Department Q2 Review

Six months down; six to go! Firstly, to all those who’ve had their head glued to a textbook for the past few months, welcome back! And to those of us who’ve had to listen to the perpetual sighs of students... hallelujah, it's over! Here’s what the Training Department has been up to over the past three months: April: With several members of the team focusing on academic exams, things were reasonably quiet on the ATC side of the fence.  Pilot Training led most of the development
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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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
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

Training Department Q3 2020

Evening all! Please see a summary of our progress and achievements throughout the third quarter of this year! ATC Training The quarter began with a change to our division policy clarifying the conditions and use of Solo Validations for our students in training. This has allowed our area students to practise on underlying sectors ensuring that they can use their 90-day solo enroute validation (SEV) to tailor their network time to the positions which will most benefit them. Bac
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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Training Department Christmas Message

Good evening! It's that time again! Christmas is coming up, and as we all take some time off, activity in the training system and on the network itself will inevitably reduce. As such, from Friday 18th December to Monday 4th January (inclusive), training staff will not send out the normal session request/availability reminder. If you're a student training on one of our programmes (pilot or ATC), you will not be required to have a session request or availability entered into the CT Syst
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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Marketing End of Year Message 2020

Hello everyone, please see below the end of year statement from the marketing department.   I can’t believe we’re at the end of 2020 already, where has the year gone? Before I break down different areas of the department, I would like to take a moment to share my appreciation towards every person which makes the clock tick in marketing, the Graphics, Livestreaming and Rostering teams all make this possible, so it is now time to follow in the footsteps of training and take a break
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

Discord General Chat Changes

Last Sunday we announced the removal of the ‘general-chat’ channel within Discord. Clearly this was an emotive subject for many of our members, and we pledged to thoroughly review this decision before committing to making changes. It was pointed out by many, and evident on review, that the brevity of the announcement and lack of clear explanation for this action was a mistake, and I would like to apologise for the confusion this has caused. The purpose of this post is to update you all on our pl
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in United Kingdom

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New Operations Director

Good Evening Everyone,   I hope you enjoyed your weekends and I write to you with good news! This morning @Dave Woodward accepted my offer of the Operations Director role, making him the latest addition to the Division Staff Group. Dave will be known to many already, having served as our Enroute ATC Training Group Instructor since the beginning of this year, and he brings a wealth of practical and procedural knowledge to the Operations Department. I would like to welcome Dave to the DS
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

Resignation - Dave Woodward

Good Evening All,   It is with sadness that I announce Dave Woodward’s departure from the VATSIM UK DSG and staff team effective immediately. Dave joined our team at the beginning of this year as Training Group Instructor for TG Enroute and, during his tenure, has been working hard to supervise the training of our C1 students. In stark contrast to this time last year, our C1 waiting lists currently stands at just 12 members, a large part of which is down to the effort which Dave has in
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

Division Review - 2016

Folks We have been conducting a review of the Division over the past few weeks which you can find here. This document contains the building blocks on changes that you will start to see coming through. I'd like to thank the DSG for assisting with this especially Anthony Lawrence who sat through all the department reviews.  Also thanks to Harry Sugden, James Mack and Simon Kelsey for their input
Simon Irvine

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