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No plan yet, just thoughts. To be honest, I think the civilian side of YSF is going pretty strongly right now considering how many folks are in school.
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I can speak from experience. Flying for a Virtual Airline without anybody else, or in empty skies on a server where you are connected and flying that, "one flight per month" requirement, gets old... real quick. The key to keeping VA's active is not having requirements for the pilots, and then giving the pilots frequent opportunities to fly and network with other pilots. If a pilot can't get on and fly once a month, then they just can't. The real world takes precedent over simming (although, not by much ) Also, if you hold events once or twice a month, pilots will show up. It's like that old line from Field of Dreams, "If you build it, they will come." This is something I noticed during my short time on the Boston Virtual ATC network. They had events almost once a week. The server was mostly dead during the times events were not going, but when there was an event, good luck being able to even key up your microphone to get a clearance delivery on your IFR flight!
So here are the two things we MUST do in order to get VA's active and keep them active, in summary. One, remove pilot flying time requirements, and let them fly as they see fit and to a flight time that fits their real world schedule. Two, host and/or sponsor several monthly events, no matter how big or large, to offer pilots an opportunity to fly with others, and network with other pilots. This is what will grow and maintain the VAs!
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FA is no longer operational. It retired earlier this year.Blackhawk11223344 wrote:YSFlight has plenty of VA's but not many active. We should at least try to get HAVA, PAVA, FAVA, etc back up and running.
I think the same goes for PA: probably lying in a morgue or jet just isn't leading anymore.
HAVA has a few members that fly from time to time, but that's about it.
I think we'd better aim for new carriers, just the same for squadrons. A different route than reviving everything that should have been left for dead. We need to give our new members something that interests them: a new experience.
Precisely. Events are what attract people and make the experience worthwhile. Even group flights give people some initiate to join in. Most VA's had their pilots fly once or more a month. From what I've seen, most did it solo for half an hour or more. Being in a VA was supposed to put some fun into the game, but that only comes once in a while when there's a group session. How frequent is that now?Av8Tor wrote:I can speak from experience. Flying for a Virtual Airline without anybody else, or in empty skies on a server where you are connected and flying that, "one flight per month" requirement, gets old... real quick. The key to keeping VA's active is not having requirements for the pilots, and then giving the pilots frequent opportunities to fly and network with other pilots. If a pilot can't get on and fly once a month, then they just can't. The real world takes precedent over simming (although, not by much ) Also, if you hold events once or twice a month, pilots will show up. It's like that old line from Field of Dreams, "If you build it, they will come." This is something I noticed during my short time on the Boston Virtual ATC network. They had events almost once a week. The server was mostly dead during the times events were not going, but when there was an event, good luck being able to even key up your microphone to get a clearance delivery on your IFR flight!
Sometimes words move stones, but here it has done nothing but cement them. Let's get things rolling people. Sitting on ts and talking about it isn't making it far.
@Gunny, even during the summertime, we didn't have much action. 1-2 small airlines at most.
Patrick has the right idea. Occasional events with a dedicated server have proved to spark some life into CivAv.
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