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Audio for VATSIM launch date announced

Audio for VATSIM is an innovative new technology for our voice communication which features: State of the art voice quality - a brand new Opus-based voice codec with optional realistic distortion, white noise, VHF and HF simulation Reduced delay - up to 80% reduction in latency, making busy frequencies more realistic and manageable Range simulation - transceivers set up as per real ATC positions, with signal strength dependent on distance and altitude Customisable technology - this up
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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Staff Changes

George Barlow

Hi all, George Barlow has decided to leave the Web Services team to allow him to focus on his studies. Please join me in thanking George for his time and contribution in the past year, no doubt a lot of you will have received help from him at some stage through our Helpdesk. Thanks, Calum
VATSIM UK Web Services

VATSIM UK Web Services in Staff Changes

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Staff Changes

TG Enroute

Evening all, A small public service announcement! @Phillip Speer will be stepping aside from his role as TGI TG Enroute; he has built up enough of a pension (so he tells me...) to warrant just one staff position so will be remaining as a DI. With that being said, I have officially granted our in-house Norwegian a VATSIM pension, therefore, he will be taking on the role of TGI TG Enroute, @Sebastian Rekdal in case you know any more Norwegians! Sebastian will be carrying on the exce
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Staff Changes

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Staff Changes

Web Services Manager

Good evening, In order to better support our ongoing projects and ways of working, I am pleased to confirm that Callum A has assumed the role of Web Services Manager. Callum will work closely with me to ensure that we continue to maintain our existing systems and develop solutions that will keep the Division working efficiently for many years to come. The role also provides a level of redundancy to the Web Services Team that has not always been as prevalent as it is in other departme
VATSIM UK Web Services

VATSIM UK Web Services in Staff Changes

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Staff Changes

Training Group Instructor TGNC

Hi all, Please join me in welcoming @Ben Cook to the Training Department in his new role as Training Group Instructor for TGNC. @Fergus Walsh will be moving from his current role as TGM to TGI to facilitate an upcoming change in the way the division handles its administrative workload. Fergus and Ben are both very keen to finish the development of our training syllabus for OBS-S1, which aims to provide students and mentors with a more defined path of progression. Thanks,  
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Staff Changes

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United Kingdom

Training Evenings

All, Whilst students at busier aerodromes such as Manchester and Gatwick regularly enjoy busy traffic scenarios to perfect their skills, those training on quieter positions often struggle to attract enough traffic to make their online time worthwhile. To combat this, we're pleased to introduce Training Evenings - designated events for pairs of quieter training aerodromes. Each week will see an event at one of the following pairs of aerodromes: Edinburgh (EGPH) & Glasgow (EGPF
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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Marketing

Livestreaming Update

All, As you're probably aware, we run a live streaming series on our Youtube called "Behind the Scope". The series was set up over a year ago with the idea of attracting a live audience to see behind the scenes. The series really allows us to show members outside of the division what it's like to control, and how it looks from a controllers perspective. A few months ago, we brought this back with the plan of running Behind the Scope on the first Friday of every month, however, due to stream
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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Marketing

Audio for VATSIM Beta Test

All, VATSIM UK’s largest event of the year is this weekend, and we look forward to all VATSIM members experiencing the best ATC the UK has to offer! A large number of UK positions will be staffed live from a conference room in Birmingham, UK from 0900z - 2100z on Saturday 24 August and again from 0900z to 1200z on Sunday 25 August on our current codec, live on the VATSIM network. On Sunday the controllers will be shifting to separate audio for the VATSIM beta server, attempting the lar
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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Vacancy

TGI TGNC

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that we are recruiting for a new TGI in TGNC!  General Tasks: Have overall responsibility for training within TGNC; Select and train new mentors through an ‘OTS’ check; Review ATC feedback submitted by pilots; Maintain training standards within TGNC (inc. by ‘sitting in’ on mentoring sessions); Organise group seminars as appropriate; Approve students for their S1. The candidate must: Hold an S3 rating
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Vacancy

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Pilot Training

Pilot Training Interest and Availability

Hi all, Over the past few months, we have seen a substantial increase in the number of no-shows and cancellations of Pilot mentoring sessions. As a result of this, mentors are very frequently losing interest in committing their time to mentor, this leads to a reduction in the amount of training conducted, a decrease in the frequency of sessions and increases waiting times. This is territory that we are always trying to avoid as it can be very difficult to get out of due to the voluntary nat
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Pilot Training

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ATC Training

ATIS 101

Hi all, Whilst provision of an ATIS is principally the responsibility of the TWR controller, members on all positions - including DEL/GND - are permitted to operate a VATSIM ATIS at any time. Please note that ATIS use is governed by the Global Controller/ATIS Information Policy. The following tutorial shows how to set-up a basic ATIS using EuroScope: 1. Click on the runway icon on the EuroScope ribbon for the runway selection dialog; 2. Scroll down to find the aerodrome
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in ATC Training

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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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Staff Changes

New Division Instructors

Hi! Please join me in welcoming @Jamie Paine and @Sebastian Rekdal to our team of Division Instructors! Both Jamie and Seb have driven change within ATC training over the past few years and, I believe that they will be great additions to the team! Thanks, Dan ✈️
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Staff Changes

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Community

Stepping Aside

Hi all, Alongside the rest of the Community Team, I will be stepping aside from my role. I would like to thank everyone that I've worked with in both ATC Training and Community, in particular @Barrie Joplin, @Nick Marinov, @Alex Beard and @Oliver Rhodes (without whom I would've probably experienced at least 17 mental breakdowns by now ?). All the best! Leon ?
Leon Grant

Leon Grant in Community

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Community

Evolution and change

Dear All The community team will be stepping aside from their roles to make way for something shiny, new, and hopefully much better in the department's place.  With Nick successfully applying for the region membership role back in March (congrats @Nick Marinov), that leaves only Leon and me. Thank you to all of the people I have worked with for giving up their time to help make the network a better place (except @Leon Grant who quite frankly was a massive pest ?). Be good to one a
Barrie Joplin

Barrie Joplin in Community

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Marketing

Exam Season Events (2019)

All, We all know that things quieten down during exam season, for this reason, the number of events in this time has decreased. I for one have recently returned from exam leave and I know that the vast majority still have a month to go.... good luck!! Our next event will be "On the rock", on the 23rd of June. Ben will return from leave in a few weeks, Harrison and I will be running the department for the time being.  Just a quick update about why our events have slowed down s
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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United Kingdom

[Training] Exam Season 2019

All, We're coming once again to the examination season, wherein a large proportion of our membership will be sitting GCSEs, A-Levels, or other important exams. The first examination on the JCQ common timetable is on Monday 13th May (though Wales starts slightly earlier on Tuesday 7th May). The examination period stretches to Thursday 20th June for GCSEs, and to Tuesday 25th June for A-Levels. This period (and the time preceding it, from around now) will likely see large numbers of stud
Oliver Rhodes

Oliver Rhodes in United Kingdom

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ATC Training

Changes to the Manchester Familiarisation Sessions and Gatwick Endorsement

Hi all, Over the past couple of months, me and Josh have spoken to mentors and students to see what could be improved in regards to S1 continuation training. The most common things that cropped up were that the Manchester Familiarisation Sessions weren't getting used to their full and proper potential, and that the Gatwick Endorsement was not properly training people. Here are the changes that we have made;Manchester Familiarisation: As some of you may be aware, TG New Controller, along with the
Fergus Walsh

Fergus Walsh in ATC Training

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United Kingdom

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

Daniel Crookes in United Kingdom

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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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