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Vacancy

VACANCY - Operations Assistant

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that the Operations Department is recruiting for an Operations Assistant. Primarily, the role will report to Aerodrome Operations Coordinator (the inimitable @Chad Byworth) but there will be opportunities to help out elsewhere in the Department. It is envisaged that two assistants will be appointed, subject to requirements. General Responsibilities Reviewing, editing and collating the contributions of Operations Contributors to procedures and do
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Vacancy

Sector File Coordinator Vacancy

The appointment of Peter Mooney to Deputy Operations Director has created a vacancy for a Sector File Coordinator. The Sector File Coordinator role sits within the Operations Team, leads work on the VATSIM UK Sector File and is responsible to the Operations Directors. They ensure contributors follow the standards of the repository, and review and merge Pull Requests. They are also responsible for publishing the Sector File each AIRAC. The Sector File Coordinator works as part of the wider O
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Resignation of Aerodrome Operations Coordinator

I unfortunately report the resignation of Chad Byworth as our Aerodrome Operations Coordinator. Chad has held this position for nearly 2 years, having been appointed by Jack in November 2020. In his time he has done phenomenal work for the department having authored nearly 50 procedure change posts, designing our ‘ACBs’ (authoring the majority of them) and reviewing and improving countless documents produced by others. He has further kept many of our other teams up to date with operations c
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Kieran Hardern in Staff Changes

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Operations Vacancies

The restructuring of Events into the Operations Department has created some vacancies! If you have any questions about the roles, including suitability then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I am keen to foster some more home-grown talent in the department - we do not expect anyone to be the complete package when they apply for staff roles - training and guidance will be provided. I would be keen to receive applications from newer and more experienced members alike. Vacancies I am
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Vacancy

Operations Vacancies

As we go into 2024, the Operations Department is short of a few staff members. I would like to recruit at least 2 new members to the Operations department in January. As part of this, I would encourage anyone with an interest to reach out to me with any questions. Many of the roles in the department require a high level and breadth of knowledge and experience to be able to perform effectively, and we do not expect perfection from a new candidate. The department works very collaboratively an
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Vacancy

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Staff Changes

Operations Staff Changes

I regret to inform that @Kye Taylor, one of our two Aerodrome Operations Coordinators has resigned his position in the department. Kye joined my team in August 2023, filling a long vacant gap. From there I've worked with Kye (along with Adam and Archie) through the 8.33 trial, 2 Cross the Ponds, the TC Midlands Implementation and the closure of Doncaster - to name just a few of our projects - alongside keeping our core and supported documents up to date. Most recently Kye has been coordinat
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Kieran Hardern in Staff Changes

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Operations Staff Changes

Following the resignation of Thomas Mills at the start of this year right before our biggest sector/AIRAC release for years, we've had a large hole in our Operations team that many of the team have stepped in to assist with. I am pleased to announce that following his excellent work on the sector file in recent months, @Peter Mooney has agreed to move into the Sector File Coordinator role. He holds this role jointly with Luke, with Peter focusing more on sector file data and releases, Luke more
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Staff Changes

Operations Staff Changes

I have good and bad news to announce. Starting with the bad, I regret to announce that @Thomas Mills has resigned as one of our Sector File Coordinators. Thomas was appointed at the same time as Luke as the first 2 sector file coordinators in November 2020. He has given us two whole years of work, 292 commits and just shy of 90,000 line changes on git. We are able to boast such a timely sector file release for most AIRACs in the year, thanks to Tom and Luke's hard work. Those of you that ha
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Staff Changes

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Operations New Year Update 2025: Staff Changes, Online ATC Documentation and more

New Operations Staff Members and Team Structure It gives me great pleasure to announce that @James Bayliss-de Gruchy and @Mohamed Ouahchia have accepted offers to join the staff team as Events Assistants. They will assist the Events Manager in organising the UK's event's schedule. Also joining the team is @Ben Walker as the new Sector File Coordinator (replacing Peter Mooney, who has moved to Deputy Operations Director). Ben has been an active contributor to Operations for some time no
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Operations New Year Review - TopSky and 2020 Statistics

Happy New Year! I hope your festive periods have been relaxing. I'm sure many of you like me, will be looking ahead with more optimism to 2021. The past year has generated some remarkable statistics which show the vast contributions made to the division. The Operations Department has also been working hard on a number of topics recently and there are a few exciting projects in the works as we begin 2021. Top-Sky There has been a growing chorus of voices requesting an official VATS
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Operations Director - Resignation

Good afternoon all. I've throughly enjoyed the last year as Operations Director, the swell in interest and commitment to the network from everyone in VATSIM UK has been a big wave to surf and I'm really proud of the work that everyone in the department has done since we all started last year. It's time for me to move on now and hand the role over to someone else. Before I go, I would like to give you all (the membership) an idea of what goes on behind the scenes and thank some of those
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Staff Changes

Operations Director - Resignation

Good evening everyone. I write primarily with a sense of relief, but a tad of regret to inform the Division that I have chosen to leave the Operations Director position. This is a fantastic role that I have held for just shy of 3 years, but one that has required such high levels of effort and expectations of availability that it is time for me to step aside. During that time, I have had the pleasure of working with numerous bright, dedicated and hardworking individuals that churn out a neve
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Kieran Hardern in Staff Changes

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Operations Director - Opening Statement

Firstly, thank you to everyone for the warm welcome, I know recuitment for this role has been eagerly anticipated and I hope I can do justice to it. At the present moment, Chris remains responsible for the majority of the department's output. This will gradually shift as we get the opportunity to hand over the various compenents. Getting to grips with the current state of affairs will take some time and I anticipate that during this period, I won't be able to respond to queries as promptly
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Jack Edwards in Operations

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Staff Changes

Operations Department

Good evening, The application process for vacancies in the Operations Department has concluded and I am delighted to announce that the following members have been appointed: Aerodrome Operations Coordinator: @Chad Byworth Sector File Coordinators: @Thomas Mills and @Luke Brown Thank you to all those who took the time to apply for these roles and volunteer their time to the division.
Jack Edwards

Jack Edwards in Staff Changes

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Operations Assistant - Ellis Delgado

It is my unfortunate duty to announce that @Ellis Delgado will be leaving the Operations Team. Ellis joined the team in August 2021 as an Operations Assistant and has supported us through several major cycle updates, to include our massive Luton/LTMA changes in early 2022. We thank Ellis for his contributions over the last year! Ellis will be continuing to contribute to our AIRAC cycles alongside being an active member of the division.
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Vacancy

Operations Assistant

Alongside the recruitment of a new Aerodrome Operations Coordinator, I am also opening applications for an Operations Assistant. I am doing this so that people who don't feel they meet the criteria of the Aerodrome Operations Coordinator can express their interest in joining the department. General Responsibilities Reviewing, editing and collating the contributions of Operations Contributors to procedures and documentation; Attend meetings to discuss issues relating to the pr
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Vacancy

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Staff Changes

Operations - January Staff Appointments

I am pleased to announce some new staff and some ongoing recruitment to the Operations Department since the January Vacancies post. Archie Middlefell has been appointed as an Aerodrome Operations Coordinator, a job shared between him and Kye. In addition, Alice Ford has been appointed as an Operations Assistant - with her focus being to support the Aerodrome documentation series. Our Aerodrome arm has been a significant focus of the last two years and I am pleased at how far we've come. Hop
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Staff Changes

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Open Source Update - UK Sector File

I am pleased to announce that the migration of the UK Sector File Repository from GitLab to GitHub has now been completed - thanks @Neil Farrington! The new repository can be found here: https://github.com/VATSIM-UK/UK-Sector-File The first and most important thing is that you read (and understand) the Contributing guide which is attached to the project. As we go on it is the intention to develop the Wiki with details of how the sector file is generated from the repository, and a step-
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New Aerodrome Operations Coordinators

I am pleased to announce the appointment of 2 new Aerodrome Operations Coordinators: Adam Arkley and Kye Taylor. Both are experienced controllers and have extensive experience on the network - especially in ATC training. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can bring to the Operations Department. Congratulations to them both. I'll be working with them over the next few months to bring them up to speed.
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Happy New Year from Operations

It’s time for a quick ‘Happy New (AIRAC) Year’ from the Operations Department. I hope the festive period has allowed you some time to rest and recharge for 2022. It’s a privilege to take over this department from Jack, who’s led it since October 2020. We are going into 2022 with a strong and established team, which we’ll need to achieve all our plans and hit our deadlines for 2022. Thank you @Jack Edwardsfor all your efforts to bring the team to where it is, along with your personal contrib
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Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Happy New Year - Operations 2024

Happy new year of AIRACs from the Operations Department. I have to start the post with a thank you to my staff for yet another year of hard work. @Luke Brown, Harry, @Peter Mooney, @Adam Arkley, @Kye Taylor, @Chad Byworth and @Harrison Grose, thank you for all you've put in over 2023 and for all the jobs behind-the-scenes that go unnnoticed. Network Traffic The network continues to get busier - and the UK is no exception, with nearly 80000 more movements than last year. Currently
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Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Happy New Year - Operations 2023

Another year, another 13 AIRACs gone. This has been a challenging year, with increased workload placed upon the department, after the loss of some experienced staff. With the introduction of the UK Controller Plugin API, some advances in flow control, and our ever-more present role in traffic planning for big events, it becomes hard to keep up with all our day to day roles!   One of our focuses this year has been to try to increase the list of airports that we can support documentation
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Flow Control - ECFMP Integration

For over a year, the UK has been participating in a Europe-wide flow control coordination system called 'ECFMP'. In discord, you will see us occasionally posting in the "procedure_changes" channel with a Flow Control measure issued via this system. It allows us to request/issue traffic limitations to each other for the purpose of easing pressure on airports or sectors during events. As of today, the ECFMP group have launched a new web interface where these measures are issued. With that com
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Operations

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Staff Changes

Enroute Operations Coordinator & Enroute TGI Resigns

It is with huge regret that I must announce what many in the community have known for a while. Harry, our Enroute Operations Coordinator will sadly be leaving his role in Operations and as the Enroute TGI at the end of 2023. Harry has been in his Operations post since October 2020, appointed by my predecessor Jack. During these 3 years, he has promoted our Enroute documentation to new highs - most notably with the creation of the Scottish vMATS, substantial clarity on our general Area proce
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Kieran Hardern in Staff Changes

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Enroute Operations Coordinator

Hi all, As promised, the Operations Team is expanding to include more personnel. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Harry S (1237658) to the team in the role of Enroute Operations Coordinator. Harry will be responsible for enroute procedures and documentation and will lead our group of contributors in this area. He will also work with the training department to to develop and ratify enroute ATC procedures and documentation as required. Harry is an experienced controller an
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