Krikor Hajian

Great question John! The current practice at vZDC is to not simulate any specific FRZ/SFRA procedures. The FRZ would be particularly challenging to enforce because very few people would be aware of a PIN and there's essentially zero way to enforce it (unless we set up a fake finger printing/background check system). While the SFRA stuff could be simulated (with departure gates, flight plan requirements and beacon codes), as far as I know it's generally not practiced by their controllers. If you wanted to file a proper flight plan (or as close as you can with VATSIM's limitations) and follow procedures I'm sure their controllers would accommodate.

Congrats GI!

Congrats CP! Good job

Congratulations Josh! A well deserved appointment, I’m sure you’ll continue to bring new ideas to the BVA training department. Thank you again Jay for your many years of hard work making BVA a better place. You’ve left large shoes to fill. Enjoy retirement!

Awesome Brett, congrats!

Congrats MH!

Congratulations RK!

Congrats Florian! Well done

Congrats Tomer!

Congrats MO!

Congrats BI! Well done

Congrats JC!

Congrats WS!

Congrats CU! Well done.

Congrats PS! Well deserved

Congratulations on the appointment, Josh! Welcome back to the A-Team.

Thank you all for the kind words. I want to thank everyone on the A-Team for the honor of having worked with you, and all the fine folks of BVA for allowing me to work for you. BVA is an incredible organization; I've met some of my best friends through this community, and have enjoyed almost every second of my time here. I hope to remain an active controller and pilot on the network, but needed to step back from this role to focus on my career and real world responsibilities. I'm sure that BVA will continue to deliver the best community on the network despite my corporate chocolate cake contributions!

Thank you Clif, and the rest of the administration and membership that makes this community the truly incredible place it is. I am extremely grateful to every one of our members, pilots and controllers, for the positive, friendly, and knowledgeable attitudes that they bring to the table. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Our fReQuently progressing Social Media Manager, Mr. Austin Cirulli (RQ) has passed his A90 OTS! As the newest fully-certified S3 on our staff, RQ will begin helping out in the dark room in future events. Everyone please join me in congratulating him on his new rating! Keep up the good work RQ, we'll see ya at the center!

Congratulations everyone! Well deserved on all fronts. Welcome to the team!

Congrats BA! Welcome aboard

Congrats, PI! I’ll see you en route to en-route!

No, it's not on the arrival, but who doesn't like a little bit of surprise! Ladies and gentlemen of BVA, please join me in congratulating Sean Doyle (DY) on passing his Advanced Approach OTS, certifying him to control the Boston TRACON during peak times! DY's been working quite hard to complete this rating and joins an extensive list of controllers to have passed one of the highest certifications in the ARTCC within the past months. Look out for DY on the scopes for some of our upcoming events in the spring! Congratulations Sean!

The Holland-America Line is coming up tomorrow morning! Here are a couple important things to keep in mind if you're considering participating in this event; > The finalized routes are as follows; > KBOS LBSTA6 LBSTA ALLEX N323A ELSIR 50/50 51/40 52/30 53/20 MALOT GISTI LIFFY UL975 WAL M16 DOLAS L603 LAMSO LAMSO2A EHAM > KBOS CELTK5 CELTK BRADD N255A JOOPY 49/50 50/40 51/30 52/20 LIMRI XETBO SLANY UL9 DIKAS UL18 GAVGO UL9 CPT M197 REDFA > If you do not have a booking but want to fly, that is OK! Please use one of the routes from above and plan for some additional delays, but we should be able to accommodate you > The pilot brief is available here

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