There is now an option available for members who do not have a VATSIM account (or simply do not want to fly on VATSIM) to complete the 2009 Annual Flight Review.
The second option is to complete an online "open-book" exam. The exam includes 25 multiple-choice questions mostly about web content at AeroTexas and information from the handbook. The exam will also test your knowledge about a selected non-precision approach, and you'll even get to decode a few METARS along the way - fun, actually!
2009 Annual Flight Review
(You must be logged in to take the exam)
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
2009 Check Ride Requirements
The annual checkride this year has two options:
1. Select any flight from the regional or continental schedules at AeroTexas, and complete that flight on the VATSIM network using your AeroTexas ID as the callsign. Then, report your flight as usual and note in the comments section that the flight was a checkride, and that it was flown on VATSIM. Note that VATSIM controllers do not have to actually be online for this to be a valid checkride flight.
2. Use a variant of ATAVS to fly a prescribed 2-hour route using VOR and ADF navigation and without an autopilot. More details later - this option will be available sometime on or before 15 November.
To check the status of your check ride click here.
1. Select any flight from the regional or continental schedules at AeroTexas, and complete that flight on the VATSIM network using your AeroTexas ID as the callsign. Then, report your flight as usual and note in the comments section that the flight was a checkride, and that it was flown on VATSIM. Note that VATSIM controllers do not have to actually be online for this to be a valid checkride flight.
2. Use a variant of ATAVS to fly a prescribed 2-hour route using VOR and ADF navigation and without an autopilot. More details later - this option will be available sometime on or before 15 November.
To check the status of your check ride click here.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
2009 Check Ride - Starts November 1st
The checkride period this year will be from November 1st to November 30th. As in previous years, this is a mandatory checkride for all members of AeroTexas. The difference this year is there are two options:
The first option is the easiest - simply pick any flight from the regional or continental schedules at AeroTexas, and complete that flight on the VATSIM network using your AeroTexas ID as the callsign. Then, report your flight as usual and note in the comments section that the flight was a checkride, and that it was flown on VATSIM.
The second option is similar to what you've seen in the past - completing a flight using a variant of ATAVS; this option may not be available until mid-November, which might leave only a two-week window (more details will be released here when it's ready).
I would really prefer if everyone chose the first option, as we could use the exposure on the VATSIM network. And as further motivation, the second option will be particularly challenging (i.e., about a two-hour flight with no autopilot and lots of VOR work).
The check ride period starts tomorrow - Happy Halloween!
The first option is the easiest - simply pick any flight from the regional or continental schedules at AeroTexas, and complete that flight on the VATSIM network using your AeroTexas ID as the callsign. Then, report your flight as usual and note in the comments section that the flight was a checkride, and that it was flown on VATSIM.
The second option is similar to what you've seen in the past - completing a flight using a variant of ATAVS; this option may not be available until mid-November, which might leave only a two-week window (more details will be released here when it's ready).
I would really prefer if everyone chose the first option, as we could use the exposure on the VATSIM network. And as further motivation, the second option will be particularly challenging (i.e., about a two-hour flight with no autopilot and lots of VOR work).
The check ride period starts tomorrow - Happy Halloween!
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