Jonathan Halverson

Position Posting – Assistant Facility Engineer Purpose Boston Virtual ARTCC (BVA) is seeking an Assistant Facility Engineer to participate in the BVA Air Traffic Control facility file program. Key Accountabilities Reports to the BVA Facility Engineer Assists in maintaining ARTCC facility infrastructure, including sector files, alias files, and position files within CRC, vATIS, transceivers, and other related components of the vNAS database as directed Assists in other projects as assigned Maintains a high online presence Requirements VATSIM S2 rating or higher Active member of the network in good standing with a clean history Capable of working well in team-oriented environment Familiar with controlling programs such as CRC and vATIS Willing to learn facility file development/maintenance and the programs involved Excellent written and oral communication skills Preferred Skills VATSIM S3 rating or higher Demonstrated experience developing and/or maintaining facilities/sector files Familiar with ZBW airspace and procedures Experience working with vNAS Data Admin Knowledge of common data structures (JSON, geoJSON) Prior experience serving BVA or another VATSIM community in a volunteer role How to Apply Applicants must provide a letter of application, including a resume to include examples of previous work, if applicable. Letter of application should summarize the applicant's reasons for wanting to join BVA Staff, compelling evidence to show how the position requirements are met, and how the facility will benefit from the applicant. Applications should be submitted to Jonathan Halverson, Facility Engineer ([email protected]). Application deadline is September 1st, 2025. ARTCC leadership may choose to close the position opening early should an eminently qualified candidate apply and be selected.

Welcome to The Best place to control, the dark room! Great job TB

Congratulations, welcome to the team!

Please join me in a mandatory, half-hearted round of applause for our newest, shiniest, fully-authorizediest Class B Ground Controller, Jack Levine (LV)! Jack handled everything I could throw at him and more and is ready to start crunching (whoops, I mean pushing) tin during events and more. Congratulation, Jack!

Congrats, NL!

Big (horse)shoes to fill! Welcome WG.

Congrats, RI! Welcome to the dark side.

Congratulations to our newest Class C/D Ground controller, David Toth (TH)! David has been hard at work learning all there is to know about the ground and delivery environments and putting it in to practice. He handled everything thrown at him like a champ and is ready for the network. Please join me in welcoming him to the team! Congratulations and we'll see you on the scopes!

Congratulations all!

Sweet! Awesome to see RI, keep it up!

I will be controlling for the event, however, I reserved a booking so that anyone who wasn't able to book a flight could have one. Give me a shout if you want my booking and we can coordinate the swap. Please only contact me if you're committed to flying - I don't want a booking going to waste. KBOS -> EGCC (Manchester). Departure Time: 11:32:00Z EDIT: Gone!

Yes, you heard that right, BVA has yet another new Class C Ground controller! Put your hands together for Alfredo Gomez (GZ) and welcome him to the team. He managed to handle everything that was thrown at him during the OTS including helicopters, PRP flights, and that funky new Spirit A330. I look forward to working with him on the scopes!

A big round of applause to BVA's newest ground controller, Nicholas Freeman (FN)! He handled everything in the OTS great, including helicopters, PRP flights, and having to cross the same runway two times! Welcome to the team and have fun!

Congrats, ME!

Congratulations, CR! Welcome to the team!

Congratulations, PI! Looking forward to seeing more great stuff come from you.

Congrats DL! Looking forward to working with you more.

Congrats, PI! Boston Tuesdays here we come!

Is there a resource available for which position is covering what (like for satellite coverage and so on) and a list of frequencies in use? Especially with Xsquawkbox it can be a pain to sort through controller ATIS and manage the massive "Who's online" list.