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- Tom Earl

Hi all, After some careful consideration, I regret to say I’ve tendered my resignation to the DSG. Having recently accepted a new role in 'the real world', my spare time is looking very minimal for the future. I would like to thank @Chris Pawley and the rest of the DSG for giving me the opportunity to build and develop the Member Services department from scratch. Significant progress is being made in the department now thanks to @Adam Meade, @James Thomas, @Luke Peters and @Matthew Wil
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Vacancy

- Member Services Director

Division Staff Group         Job Description and Specification   This is notification of the beginning of the application process for the position of Member Services Director   Application Closing Date 4th November 2020 2359z   The Member Services Director shall:   Sit on the Division Staff Group Coordinate the member services department; primarily responsible for the queries of members and handling membership issues
Chris Pawley

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ATC Training

British Summer Time (BST) ends Sunday 25th October at 02:00

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.  – Stephen R. Covey At 2am on Sunday 25th October the clocks will revert back by one hour. This means that 2am will immediately become 1am, generously providing us with another hour in our day! This means that you will receive back the hour in bed which was thieved in the Spring, nobody will have a clue which way up is, and most importantly working out times in the CT System will become simpler, following the trend below: 18:0
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Staff Changes

Training Staff Changes

Evening all! On the theme of staff changes, we have some faces leaving us in Training - please see below a summary of who is leaving. @Ben Cook New Controller Training Group Instructor - Ben joined us in September last year where he worked alongside the rest of the team to maintain and develop our OBS-S1 and Gatwick endorsement training. He has been a key player in projects such as the introduction of our S1 syllabus, new S1 aerodromes, and Basic training.  Please join me in wishi
Daniel Crookes

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Operations

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
Jack Edwards

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Operations Director

The division has concluded the recruitment for the vacancy of Operations Director. We have chosen to appoint @Jack Edwards to this role. Jack has most recently been TGI Approach within the Training Department and has held roles in both the vRAF and in the VA/SOA team of VATSIM.net where he previously has coordinated operations across multiple agencies and countries. Via this and contributions to the operations functions in the UK he has indicated suitability for executing the role. During i
Chris Pawley

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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

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ATC Training

Deferred ATC Training Places

Hi all, So that we can ensure fairness for newer students, we recently introduced a two year limit for training place deferrals, set-out in section 4.6 of our ATC Training Handbook. Every student with a deferred place has been informed of this by email - if you expect to be on a deferred list and haven't received an email, please get in touch with the Member Services team. If you deferred your place less than two years ago, you will have up to two years from the date that you deferred
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Vacancy

Operations Director

This is notification of the beginning of the application process for the position of Operations Director   Application Closing Date 2359z on 1st October 2020   The Operations Director shall: sit on the Division Staff Group and report to the Division Director have responsibility for the maintenance of and publishing of the UK Sector File together with the training and guidance of volunteer members where required. have responsibility for the maintenance of a
Chris Pawley

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Pilot Training

P1 PPL(A) Launch

P1 PPL(A) Goes Live!!! The Training Department has been working hard over the past few months to develop our P1 PPL(A) course which aligns with the new VATSIM network-wide ratings. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to the collective tens if not hundreds of hours to produce content, video lessons, Moodle questions, and lesson planning; your work has helped immensely in making these courses possible. A massive thank you to: @Lewis Hammett @John
Daniel Crookes

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Staff Changes

Member Services Assistant

Hi folks, I am very pleased to announce that @Luke Peters and @James Thomas will be joining the Member Services team as Member Services Assistants! Both Luke and James bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team and will play vital roles in the upcoming projects and plans we have for the department. Please join me in welcoming both of them to the team!
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Pilot Training

VATSIM Pilot Ratings 2020 - Update 2

Good evening all , As of 2259z this evening VATSIM UK will no longer be offering training for the current pilot ratings. During the next 5 days, ATOs and the central VATSIM pilot training team will be making the necessary changes to documentation and systems to reflect the new pilot ratings which are set to go live on August 18th 0000z. Please see details below on how this affects you in you are currently training for a pilot rating in VATSIM UK: P1 (Online Pilot) The P1 (Onl
Daniel Crookes

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Staff Changes

VFR Flight Instructor

Hi all!  ☀️  I am pleased to announce that @Darren Hill has joined the Training team in his new role as VFR Flight Instructor ✈️. Darren has been a committed mentor and significant contributor to Pilot Training for several years, and has played a key role in the production of our new P1 PPL(A) rating for the soon to be released new pilot ratings.  Please join me in welcoming him to the team! Thanks, Dan    
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Web Services

Slack's Retirement & Our Transition To Discord

Hey all, Some of you may have seen some of our work in recent months to explore the possibility of setting up a Discord server for VATSIM UK members. This followed suggestions by members that Discord could be used within the Division as a replacement to Slack and, potentially, TeamSpeak. It has been nearly 6 years since we started with Slack. In that time, we have exchanged over 1.1 million messages between nearly 3000 members. We are pleased to announce that we are now ready to
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ATC Training

OBS - S1 Training Projects!

Good afternoon! Training Airport Expansion I am pleased to announce that over the coming months we will be expanding the location of our OBS - S1 training airports to include East Midlands (EGNX) and London Stansted (EGSS). Why the expansion? Since the introduction of our OBS - S1 exams we have noticed an increase in the number of session students are having before they are submitted for their exam. This is resulting in the sweatbox positions for Manchester (EGCC) and Edinbur
Daniel Crookes

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Staff Changes

Media Manager

Evening all,   @Thomas Greer will be joining the marketing department as the new "Media Manager". I look forward to seeing what we can achieve with another pair of hands.    Please join me in welcoming Thomas to the staff team! 
Loui Ringer

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United Kingdom

Training Department Q2 2020

Afternoon all! Please see a summary of our progress and achievements throughout the second quarter of this year! ATC Training This quarter saw the restructuring TG1 & TG2 into a Tower Training Group and an Approach Training Group, with instructors dedicated to each rating programme. This move towards a more linear structure has allowed our mentors to operate across different positions more easily, and has drastically improved our instructors ability to personalise our students
Daniel Crookes

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Pilot Training

Pilot Training Handbook Release

Hi all, Back in September of 2018 when the ATC and Pilot Training Departments merged into one - I was adamant that the ATC Training side of things needed an Operations Manual similar to the manual we are required to have as past of our ATO for Pilot Training. The purpose being to provide anyone who operates within the Training Department with guidance, advice, and direction on how we operate so that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. In order to standardise the way that our
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ATC Training

[POLICY] ATC Training Handbook

Hi all, Back in September of 2018 when the ATC and Pilot Training Departments merged into one - I was adamant that the ATC Training side of things needed an Operations Manual similar to the manual we are required to have as past of our ATO for Pilot Training. The purpose being to provide anyone who operates within the Training Department with guidance, advice, and direction on how we operate so that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. When we started making this manual we sud
Daniel Crookes

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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

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Vacancy

Media Manager

Job Summary The marketing department is the face of the Division. We are looking for a member to join our small team and assist us with various tasks. We are looking for someone who has experience with video editing softwares, photoshop and live-streaming.  Main Duties Posting event statistics for UK events on Facebook and Twitter Engaging with our community on social media, as well as organising promotional events/competitions Organising YouTube live streams - this
Loui Ringer

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Vacancy

VFR Flight Instructor

Hi all, Applications for the position of VFR Pilot Instructor are now open. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing and delivering VATSIM UK's P2 and P3 courses. Below is a summary of the general tasks and requirements for the role applicable to the P2 (Flight Fundamentals) and P3 (VFR Pilot courses). General Tasks: Has overall responsibility for training of the Flight Fundamentals and VFR Pilot courses in accordance with the P2 (Flight Fundamentals) Syllabus a
Daniel Crookes

Daniel Crookes in Vacancy

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United Kingdom

COVID-19 & VATSIM UK

As we continue to adapt to a new normal of living in global pandemic, the division continues to adapt to the change in circumstance. For many members, staff or not, we find our lives extricably changed. Some people find themselves with much more time, and others, with less as they try and balance childcare with remote working and a myriad other real-life issues including of course restrictions on daily life and concerns about health of themselves and others. Across the world, VATSIM has of cours
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