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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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Marketing

Marketing Appointments

Recently, the Marketing Department advertised a new position within our team. We received many applications and, following a competitive hiring process, have decided to appoint two new members to our team. Firstly, we welcome @Luke Thompson into the department under the role of Events Manager. Luke is no stranger to the department and has been contributing to the graphic design and livestreaming teams for a number of years. Luke will mainly be working alongside Ben Wright to help organise o
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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Pilot Training

Dale Stainrod

Hi all! Dale Stainrod will be stepping down from his role as VFR Flight Instructor. Dale joined the team in April 2022 and has done an amazing job of managing the P1 PPL(A) course in that time. There have been 5 rating upgrades for the P1 and Dale has conducted 32 P1 sessions and 9 P1_MEN sessions. Additionally, he has overseen the initial development of the P1 course revamp. From myself and the rest of Pilot Training, we wish Dale all the best with his future endeavors. Thank you for
Darren Hill

Darren Hill in Pilot Training

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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

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Vacancy

Aerodrome Operations Coordinator Vacancy

This role has remained vacant since November, with me covering the broad responsibilities. I am looking for one or two individuals to join and take on this crucial role, primarily focused on keeping our aerodrome content up to date. Such a person would work with me to update documents, identify important projects and work with content writers to release new material or updates. Role Description Coordinates the maintenance and production of aerodrome specific operational procedures a
Kieran Hardern

Kieran Hardern in Vacancy

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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

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ATC Training

ATC Training Update June 2023 + OBS-S1 Changes

Hi everyone, This post is an update on the changes and achievements of ATC Training from the past few months. Firstly, welcome to @Stephen Lee(NC Lead Mentor) and @Will Hinshaw(TWR Lead Mentor) who have joined the ATC Training team. Stephen and Will have both been active members of the community and huge contributors to ATC Training as mentors in recent months and years and it’s been a breath of fresh air to have some new inputs and new faces around the staff team for the last month or
Adam Farquharson

Adam Farquharson in ATC Training

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Marketing

[Vacancy] Marketing Team

Marketing Vacancy - 7th June 2023 Closing Date: Thursday 22nd June 2023 - 1000z Send applications to: Loui Ringer (jobs(at)vatsim.co.uk) Role The Marketing Department is the public face of VATSIM UK - we are responsible for planning all events, managing VATSIM UK’s social media profiles, as well as creating graphic and video content for promotional use. Our primary goal is to consistently deliver high-quality events, which meet the demands and expectations of our members, that s
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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ATC Training

Minor Changes to Heathrow Endorsements

Hello everyone, A couple of changes I wanted to bring to your attention regarding Heathrow endorsements.   Recency Requirements for Endorsement eligibility The reason behind the change to these requirements is to conform with division-wide recency for training places while also promoting Heathrow recency before progressing to the next endorsement stage.  To be eligible for a training place, you need to meet the following criteria. EGLL GMC Endorsement - At least 12
Fraser Cooper

Fraser Cooper in ATC Training

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United Kingdom

DSG Meeting Minutes Published

This week, we have published several versions of the minutes of previous DSG meetings. This covers almost all of the meetings held in 2022. We plan a change in process to inform the community about the content of these meetings at a more regular interval moving forward.   On behalf of the DSG, Chris.
Chris Pawley

Chris Pawley in United Kingdom

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ATC Training

Heathrow TGI Appointment

I'm happy to announce that @Fraser Cooperhas been appointed as the Heathrow TGI. Fraser brings with him a wealth of experience of multiple ATC Training roles (and other staff positions) both in the UK and throughout other divisions on the network. Over the last few days Fraser has been picking things up from Nathaniel and he will soon be up to speed with Heathrow. I'm excited to see what changes Fraser's appointment will bring to Heathrow. Welcome to the team Fraser!  
Adam Farquharson

Adam Farquharson in ATC Training

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Pilot Training

Modernising and Updating the P1 PPL(A)

Background ✈️ Our P1 PPL(A) course was released on 18 September 2020 and the course has remained largely unchanged since release, besides a few clarifications on lessons and shifting a lesson or two around. In that time, we have produced 11 P1 ratings and have conducted 270 mentoring sessions (as of 23 February 2023). However, recent discussions have highlighted the need for some major changes to the P1 course. Why is change necessary? 🔍 The Waiting List It is well known that
Darren Hill

Darren Hill in Pilot Training

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Operations

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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ATC Training

Heathrow TGI Vacancy

Following Nathaniel's resignation, we begin the recruitment process for a new Heathrow TGI. The role The Training Department is responsible for developing and implementing training schemes for the award of VATSIM controller ratings. We are looking for someone to join our existing team to help us continue to deliver high quality training and a great standard of Heathrow controllers. Role Description Have overall responsibility for training within the Heathrow TG; Select
Adam Farquharson

Adam Farquharson in ATC Training

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ATC Training

TG TWR and TG NC Vacancies

The ATC Training department is recruiting for S2+ rated members to join our team in various roles. The role(s) The Training Department is responsible for developing and implementing training schemes for the award of VATSIM controller ratings. We are looking for members to join and work closely with our existing team to help us continue to deliver high quality training to our students and to improve the efficiency of training. On a day to day basis, depending on the strengths of the a
Adam Farquharson

Adam Farquharson in ATC Training

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Member Services

C1 / C3 Transfer and Visiting now open.

Hi All, We are delighted to say that we are now accepting applications for visiting and transferring C1/C3 Controllers We have completed, a review of the Visiting and Transferring Controller Policy and the following changes have been made to make the process more open and fair. New Visiting Groups The aim of the new Visiting and Transferring training process is to ensure visiting controllers are of an equivalent standard to home controllers, which is required by the VATSIM Tr
John Batten

John Batten in Member Services

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Marketing

Marketing Assistant Resignation

Good morning,    Unfortunately I have to announce that @Piers Austin-Foss will be stepping down from his position as Marketing Assistant. Piers joined the team in June 2021 to assist with the day to day running of the marketing department. In that time, Piers has held the responsibility of managing our general aviation event series and more recently covering the responsibility of managing our media. Piers has kindly offered to be stay involved with the GA club and graphics team, 
Loui Ringer

Loui Ringer in Marketing

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ATC Training

ATC Training Staff Changes

Hi all, @Reece Buckley and @Nathaniel Leff are both leaving their roles within ATC Training. Reece has been an integral part of the team in the recent months in which he has been managing approach training as the only TGI. Nathaniel leaves us after multiple years running Heathrow training as he acclimatises to a career change. I wish both of you all the best in any future endeavours and look forward to seeing you around on the network. Nathaniel will be sticking around while we search
Adam Farquharson

Adam Farquharson in ATC Training

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Web Services

Nathan Davies

Hi all, It is with regret I announce the departure of @Nathan Davies from the Web Services Team. Nathan joined the team in August 2017 to contribute to the running of our Helpdesk. We quickly uncovered his skills in system administration and the rest is history! Over the last 5 and a half years, Nathan has provided countless hours of support to keep our systems online, secured and backed up. Him and I have spent many a late night diagnosing and fixing issues with our platforms behind t
VATSIM UK Web Services

VATSIM UK Web Services in Web Services

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ATC Training

Resignation

Hi all, After almost 2 years in the staff team I have decided to step down as Approach TGI. I started in the New Controller TG alongside @Kye Taylor and @James Taylor (They are brothers) where we worked well and achieved lots together. I then moved to the Approach TG in March 2022 where I ran the training group on my own for circa 9 months. Despite being told there would be another TGI to support me in the near future I continued on my own until January 2023 when @William Jennings and
Reece Buckley

Reece Buckley in ATC Training

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Web Services

Web Services Appointments

A few weeks ago, I announced that we were on the lookout for people to join our Web Services Team. The team and I have been overwhelmed by the number of people with valuable skills who expressed an interest in contributing to the running of our systems. We enjoyed speaking to a large number of those that applied and seeing how much talent exists within our community. Today, I am delighted to welcome three new people to our team. @Ben Esen @David Etheridge All three joi
VATSIM UK Web Services

VATSIM UK Web Services in Web Services

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Marketing

Marketing Events Update

Hello Everyone,   First of all I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the new year. Loui, Piers, and I decided it might not be a bad idea to give an update of our plans for this year, as it's been over a year and a half since the last announcement! Following our usual break at the beginning of the calendar year, we have moved into full steam ahead with events. We are aiming for two per month, excluding GA events, which Piers will provide an update on in a separate post. An event ev
Ben Wright

Ben Wright in Marketing

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ATC Training

ATC Training 2022 Q4 + Year Review

There was generally some good feedback from publishing the quarterly stats when I did so last month. If this type of thing is something that you would like to see continue then please keep letting us know (by liking or commenting on this post or reaching out to me another way). Exams Incomplete exams are excluded for clarity: S1 - 26 exams, 23 passed, 3 failed. This is a 62% increase in the number of exams conducted and a 11% decrease in the pass rate. S2 - 5 exams, 5 passed, 0 failed
Adam Farquharson

Adam Farquharson in ATC Training

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