Camden Bruno

We're about a week and half away from The 18th Annual Boston Tea Party and are happy to announce that we've added not one, not two, but THREE licenses of the recently-released Aerosoft Digital Aviation CRJ700/900X to our list of Tea Party Poker prizes! This brings our total amount of prizes being gievn away to 15! To recap, the total list of prizes that YOU could win are; One of 3 Licenses to a Aerosoft CRJ 700/900 X One License to any FlyTampa Scenery Product, including the soon-to-be-released KBOS V4 One of 5 Licenses to a HiFi Simulation Technologies product One of 3 Licenses to an Orbx Simulation Systems Product One Plantronics Gaming RIG400HX Headset One of 2 Licenses to a TFDi Design Boeing 717 We're strongly encouraging pilots to also fly into other airports within ZBW airspace other than Boston. As of this posting, we have full coverage planned for Bradley (BDL), Providence (PVD) and Nantucket (ACK), as well as many other TRACONs and minor airports will additional staffing. For more information, visit the Boston Tea Party 2017 webpage, including full rules for Tea Party Poker and general information about this event. We'll see you all on the 19th!

Congrats, NN! See you on the scopes.

Congrats, GD!

Austin Cirulli (RQ) did a fantastic job during his Boston Ground OTS this afternoon, hitting it out of the park on his first try. For all Observers and Class C DEL/GND controllers, you should look at RQ as a model student and aim to follow in his path. I'm continually impressed by his dedication and care. He ensures that he shows up to every session prepared, and leaves every session with exactly what he needs to work on for next time. In doing so, he is earning certifications in a very timely fashion considering he puts the time and effort into studying and practicing. Keep up your positive attitude, RQ. I look forward to working with you more on frequency and am excited to watch you continue to rise up the ranks. Onwards and upwards,

We typically host one all member meeting per year.

Congrats and welcome back, AP. See you on the scopes.

Although the annual Boston Tea Party event is a BVA air traffic controller event, we may invite members of our pilot community if we have enough space at the venue. If we do end up having available space, pilot members will be invited on a first come, first serve basis. If you are a pilot member and are interested in attending, please email [email protected]. This is in no way a commitment on your part if you choose to email at this point, but as a matter of respect for your fellow community members, be serious if you decide to email. It may have an impact on how many people we can accept, and in years past we have come close to turning some pilots away due to space restrictions only to have others be no-call/no-shows. Once we have final controller attendee numbers, we will know how much space is available for pilot members. If there is space, we will reach out to pilot members who expressed interest in the order we received their emails. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns. Thanks,

Did you hear the bathing suit comment? Reference Clif and I at SimCon...lol ;D

I was chatting with Nico via private message about the fact that D'Andre was the one flying. So awesome!

Thanks, Scott. We'll get that fixed ASAP.

Awesome screenshots and love the data! Thanks, PI! Glad everyone enjoyed. Hi DY [emoji16]

We're re-arranging our setups in preparation for our "LIVE Up America" event tonight from 8-11pm ET. We'll be staffing up VATUSA as much as we can, LIVE from Bradley International Airport. Join the fun and fly!

Fixed! Thank you,

Fixed! Thanks, Jason!

The NAV CANADA implementation of "climb via" and "descend via" -- at least where I was -- was a mess. 2 out of the 5 airports I fly to daily were using "climb via", and the others weren't. In one case (Abbotsford), the Tower would use it, but the FSS that provides after-hours service wouldn't. Meanwhile, they also decided that (in Canada), "descend via" wouldn't include speeds (i.e., a previously-assigned speed restriction still applies) whereas in the U.S., "descend via" cancels the assigned speed and returns you to what's published. The inconsistency there likely created a lot of the confusion that led to the suspension. Hm...more examples against privatization...

Congrats and welcome.

Congrats! Onwards and upwards...

Congrats, RQ! Always love those model students - they typically end up being Mentors later down the road...(cough cough, Arvid...) See you on the scopes!

Congrats, KL! Onwards and upwards...

Application period has closed. Thank you to all applicants for your interest, and we will be in contact in the near future.

Welcome back! Looking forward to controlling with you.

Reminder: One week left to apply. All applications must be sent by 8 May 2017 at 11:59pm ET.

Sneaky...

Riley Shannon (SO) just passed his OTS on Portland Ground! He quickly transitioned back into controlling after some time away due to real-world time restrictions. Riley is a past BVA controller and a real-world ATP student, therefore, has a great amount of experience and knowledge that he can contribute to BVA. We're very excited to have him back and look forward to seeing him on the scopes and climbing back up the ranks. Again, great job! Onwards and upwards,

This position posting has been updated. There is no longer any age restriction for applications.