[jhb] Re: JHB and VATSIM
- From: "John Woodside" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:38:40 -0000
A public listing is already published at
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/jhb/OnLine/JHB_Pilot_Data.htm in the JHB
Online section.
This should be up to date but I may be missing some VATSIM ID's.
My own participation will be minimal as I find my time increasingly taken up
with Manx Registry and SBS matters. I try to be online once a week for IVAO
in a controlling capacity but that is about all I do now.
John
fossil@xxxxxxx
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Peter Dodds
Sent: 17 July 2013 19:11
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: JHB and VATSIM
Well I have the required 10 names, including Frank who I'm sure will be
positive, and Bones. That's a positive start.
A few comments to your comments.
There is no requirement to fly any particular number of hours in a period on
VATSIM. As long as we have at least 10 members who are likely to fly
sometime, that is sufficient. It would be a good idea if members flew once
every 3 months or so as a minimum, however, much the same as IVAO.
VATSIM generally has more traffic and more controllers online than IVAO, but
not always and not everywhere. I have noticed over many years that IVAO is
stronger in Europe, whereas VATSIM is stronger in the USA and the UK.
There is no requirement to use live ATC if you don't want to. Very often in
a late evening I'm too tired to want to concentrate hard, and will avoid ATC
myself (so you aren't alone there Gerry).
The advantage of embracing both networks is flexibility and the potential to
attract new active members. (I blush at my own inactivity.) Joint events
with Cix could be a positive - VFR and IFR mixing, or joint VFR events Cix
already has a partnership running with Der Friesenflieger in Frieseland
(north Western Germany) and we join in each others events from time to time.
The IVAO pilot client software is definitely superior to either of the
VATSIM offerings, but FSInn is easy to set up both single PC and on a
network. You don't have to use all its clever features at all - I mostly
don't. Frank and I can help anyone struggling.
So with the bosses agreement, I'll move to the next stage, which is a VATSIM
requirement and will need a change to the website. To be a registered VA on
VATSIM, members VATSIM IDs have to be displayed on the publicly available
member list. You can see the sort of layout we may need at Cix.
http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/membership/member_list.php
<http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/membership/member_list.php> . I will find
out if members can use their Diamond call signs in advance of being
registered as a VA.
I have reactivated my IVAO account, so I'm off to log my first JHB flight
for more than a year!
Peter
<mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Paul
17 July 2013 19:03
I'm happy either way. I'm generally getting less time to fly these days but
have no concerns about usinh VATSim. I would have to re-activate my account
and revise using their pilot client but otherwise I have no problems.
Indeed I can see one very big positive, joint events with CIX!
Paul
<mailto:dripley@xxxxxxx> DENIS RIPLEY
17 July 2013 18:23
Ditto here Alistair.
Denis
On 2013-07-17, at 1:39 AM, "e-mail algy.mcintyre"
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