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Community Managers

Dear All I'm pleased to be able to announce the appointment of 2 Community Managers: Leon Grant - Leaving his current role fully to transfer to community once a replacement has been appointed, Leon brings with him a wealth of experience from the UK aerodromes he oversaw. Nick Marinov - Joining the community team in a '50/50 share with his current role,  Nick brings an international flare to the table. Both will be heavily involved in all of the projects that are yet to be
Barrie Joplin

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Pilot Training

Pilot Training - 2017 Review & 2018 Plans

Well, folks, we’re on final approach towards next year, chocolate consumption has increased exponentially within the last 24 hours and alcohol consumption isn’t far behind.  Over the course of this year a lot has been going off within the Pilot Training Department with new faces joining us and a new rating (or maybe 2!) so I’d like to share with you all what we as a department have achieved this year, and more importantly, what we have got planned! Our P1 course has ye
Daniel Crookes

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United Kingdom

Merry Christmas from VATSIM UK

At this time of year, it's always good to reflect on the last 12 months and what to look forward to in the New Year. Firstly, 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. Before we look ahead to 2018 let's have a quick look back at 2017 and thank some of the people that made o
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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ATC Training

TG New Controller Update

Hello all, We wanted to give you all an update on TG New Controller and give some insight into what we have achieved over the past 12 months. New Controller has come a long way over the last year and below you can see some of our statistics: S1 ratings issued: 73 Group sessions held: 13 with 234 participants. Total mentoring sessions: 282 Average members joining TGNC per day: 3 Number of S1s requesting further familiarisation sessions: 37 New Mentors Over the past yea
Fraser Cooper

Fraser Cooper in ATC Training

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ATC Training

Temporary ATC Training Director

All, Due to unforeseen circumstances, Andy Ford will take on the role of temporary ATC Training Director with immediate effect. You may contact Andy via the helpdesk or via his private email account at [email protected]. Andy will be arranging the interviews with Alex for the TG2 Manager position in the next few days.  
Nathan Donnelly

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United Kingdom

Recent Behaviour

Folks At the outset, I would like to point out that this post is targeted at a very few members however I thought it would be a good insight to everyone to let them see the behaviour that has been happening of late. Some of it has been pretty innocuous for example someone who attended the recent pilot careers event in London signed used a VATSIM UK staff email address to sign up for some information.  Some of it has been a bit more sinister, for example someone signed some of the staff
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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ATC Training

Area Training requirements

Dear all, This post is to clarify two basic requirements for S3 students who want to start their C1 training. These requirements have been in place for many years (but haven't always been followed and it seems they've been forgotten). In order to be eligible to begin training on any CTR position with us you must comply with both of the following requirements: Must have controlled at least 12 hours on any APP position in the UK in the last 3 months. This is to ensure you are actively p
George Wright

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Staff Changes

Craig Milne

Good evening all, It is with regret I inform you all that Craig Milne has decided to leave the Web Services team as a result of his increased workload at university. I would like to thank Craig for his time and the time he spent helping to develop Core and wish him well in his studies. I hope others with join me with a show of thanks. Calum
VATSIM UK Web Services

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Staff Changes

Division Staff Group

All, Following the completion of the application process, please welcome Layth Al-Wakil to the DSG as Marketing Director (VATUK4). Layth has been heavily involved with our Social Media within the past few months and has shown great promise during our events, especially Live! He also has been heavily involved, with the Pilot Training Department, in organising our upcoming Gibraltar SRA Night which looks like is going to be a busy one! Layth also has some great Marketing plans for t
Nathan Donnelly

Nathan Donnelly in Staff Changes

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Pilot Training

P2 Course Update

Evening all, As many of you are aware the PTD offers training for the P2 (Flight Fundamentals) Rating, up until this point, we have used the C172SP as the training aircraft for this rating. After collaboration between mentors and instructors, students will now be able to use the C152, C172 and PA28 (non-complex) for training. The aircraft specific theory will remain based upon the C172 until further documentation for other aircraft has been made and approved. Currently studying for you
Daniel Crookes

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Staff Changes

George Jones

Good evening all, With disappointment, I announce that George Jones has resigned from his post as a Web Services Development Assistant. Please join me in thanking him for his contributions to the Division during his tenure and wishing him luck in his future endeavours. Thanks George!
VATSIM UK Web Services

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Staff Changes

ATC Training

Dear all,  I am delighted to announce two changes to our ATC Training staff:  James Yuen will be joining us as a TGI for TG2, working alongside Luke and Johan to improve the training we provide. James is a highly experienced mentor who brings a lot to the table. He will be starting in his new role over the next couple of days. Welcome, James! Oliver Rhodes will be taking on an additional role, sharing the New Controller TGM position with Fraser. New Controller is our biggest tr
George Wright

George Wright in Staff Changes

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ATC Training

Samuel James

All, Unfortunately, Sam will be taking some time away from VATSIM due to ill health in the family.  George Wright has kindly agreed to look after the ATC Training Department in Sam's absence. Any ATC Training Management matters can be directed to George during this time, via the helpdesk.  
Nathan Donnelly

Nathan Donnelly in ATC Training

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Pilot Training

P3 Documentation Update

Evening all, This evening the streamlining of our training material has been completed with the update to all P3 (VFR Pilot) training material. Anyone wishing to download the pack can do so on the VATSIM UK download page or by clicking here. I would like to extend a thank you to @Oliver Gates who has led the development of the new P3 training material with contributions from @James Gibson.  If you would like to sign up for the course please open a ticket via the help desk with Pilot Tr
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Pilot Training

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United Kingdom

New VATSIM President

Folks Please see here.  Gunnar Lindahl  is VATSIM's new President (VATGOV1). Many of you will know Gunnar as a UK member and a former VATSIM UK Division Director. Well done Gunnar, very well deserved!!  Drinks are on you this weekend at Live!
Simon Irvine

Simon Irvine in United Kingdom

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Staff Changes

Training Group Instructor

Folks, It is my pleasure to welcome Jamie Paine onboard as Training Group Instructor for TG1. He will be working alongside Matt Collier and Nathan Donnelly building on the great progress that has been made there so far. Jamie is no stranger to the Division as he has many hours of experience mentoring and controlling on many airfields around the UK. I hope you enjoy your new role and I encourage all members and staff to help support him and his colleagues to keep VATSIM UK going from strengt
Samuel James

Samuel James in Staff Changes

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ATC Training

Heathrow APC Validations

Dear all, I am pleased to officially announce that as of today, no Heathrow APC students will require an official and advertised validation/examination made by VATSIM UK. The new process is inspired by our previous changes with Heathrow Aerodrome, namely by letting our mentors sign off our students. The new process will be: the student passes the Heathrow APC e-Learning course; the student receives practical mentoring until considered capable of controlling Heathrow APC wi
Sebastian Rekdal

Sebastian Rekdal in ATC Training

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ATC Training

ATC Instructors and Staff Changes

All, As I mentioned recently in this post the following Instructors have had their roles changed and it is my pleasure to appoint the following: George Wright - Appointed as a Senior Instructor (I3), previously Division Instructor. Andy Ford - Appointed as a Senior Instructor (I3), previously Division Instructor. Gregg Donohoe - Moved from TGI (TG1) to Division Instructor (I1)   The following members have relinquished their Instructor roles to pursue and concen
Samuel James

Samuel James in ATC Training

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ATC Training

ATC Instructor Policy

Dear all, To make the Instructor processes and expectations more transparent amongst the Division I have decided to publicly publish our ATC Instructor Policy, available here. This lays down what is expected of an Instructor, how they are appointed and what their particular roles entail. Main highlights / changes: Instructor roles streamlined to 3 positions: Division Instructor (DI) - I1 rating - Responsible for UK-wide TWR and APP training and standards. Trai
Samuel James

Samuel James in ATC Training

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Staff Changes

Web Services Assistant

Good evening all, Please join me in welcoming Nathan Davies to the Web Team as a Support Assistant. He will be working alongside Matt Collier to provide front-line support to members and staff. In addition, he will be working closely with Neil to help with the upkeep of our servers. His experience in SysAdmin in his profession will prove invaluable to the division in the management of our development environments, backups and other fun stuff.
VATSIM UK Web Services

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Community

Emotions - to be worn on sleeves

Good evening all In preparation for the latest forum upgrade #shiny you may have noticed some older features being removed and some newer ones appearing.  One of the more noticeable appearances is the ability now to articulate your feeling about a post using emoticons.  This has now fully replaced the previous binary Like/Dislike system which didn't always really allow a good method of what you actually thought. So far we have 5 'emotions'  to choose from, these will increase over time
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