NEWS - VATSIM
Dear Members
In this post will post from time to time some news from VATSIM, including Position vacancies.
We will start with the latest News from VATEUD. Nick Marinov posted his resignation as VATEUD Division Leader. You can read the full post in the VATSIM Forum.
Dear Members
On a Division Level, two vacancies have been posted. VATEUD is looking for Mentor(s) - VATEUD Members Support Group as well as a new VATSIM Europe Division Director. Feel free to have a closer look and apply if you want to contribute on this level.
Dear Members
VATSIM looks for a Frontend Developer for the VATSIM Development Team. Find further Infos in the VATSIM Forum.
New VATEUD Leader
VATEMEA has found a new Director for VATEUD in the person of Mattia Torti. I hope he can lead VATEUD to the right direction and creat an Environment where everyone can work constructive and that he will represent the needs of the european vACC's towards the BoG.Originally Posted by Ramon Balimann
Last edited by Ramon Balimann (1296313); 20.07.2022 at 01:49.
Update on VATGOV14 ¬ Ukrainian vACC
VATSIM is seeking to fill the position of Vice President, Marketing and Communications because Matt Bartels will leave the BoG. If you feel to contribute the network and have the skills they want, you can apply until end of July. See further Infos in the VATSIM Forum.
Further there will be some change in the VATEUD Divsion. From 1st of August on, the Ukrainian vACC will be part of VATEUD instead of VATRUS. All further things will keep the same.
Last edited by Ramon Balimann (1296313); 20.07.2022 at 01:52.
Update of the CoC
VATSIM has announced that there will be an update to the Code of Conduct, becoming effective on 1st August 2022. Please have a look at the changes in this forum post and make sure that you will always act according to the CoC when connected to VATSIM.
New Feedback System for Supervisors
The VP SUP of the BoG has shared to following information to the Staff. Please read below his statement. Furthermore a new bunch of SUP's are currently in training and online time should increase over the next weeks/months.
If you experience any strange situation with a Supervisor, please provide a neutral and detailed feedback over there. This way they can identify possible problems and hopefully improve the experience for everyone. Also feel free to reach out to me if you face any problems. I will also forward the feedback to the Division where the problem is already detected, they will have a close look over the next months if the problems with SUP's decrease or not.To better identify strengths/weaknesses and improve the Supervisor Department's service to our user base, I have updated our ticketing system (https://support.vatsim.net) to add the help topic "Network Supervisors / Supervisor Feedback". I encourage all controllers to utilize this help topic to provide both positive and negative observations regarding specific Supervisor interactions. As with any report, please ensure that you provide context and evidence where available. The ability to resolve feedback will be directly based on the information and evidence provided. I would like to strongly encourage submitting feedback so that we can be aware of any issues that exist regarding the resolution of incidents/reports.
I'd also like to take a moment to briefly discuss why we utilize a ticketing system instead of accepting email submissions. We currently have approximately 120 Supervisors spread over 6 teams, each with a Team Lead. The department is too large for any one person to manage entirely on their own. As a result, I lean heavily on the team to triage, review, and assign cases. As a result, we need an effective system to receive & ensure that none of them fall through the cracks. The previous method of receiving reports via email was simply not sustainable. Through the use of the ticketing system, we are able to ensure that reports are tracked to completion.
If you have some free time and want to contribute to the community, feel free to apply as a VATSIM Supervisor. Please read this post if you are interested. Feel free to contact me if you need me as a reference.
VATSIM Virtual Airlines & Special Operations Survey
The VATSIM Virtual Airlines department, in coordination with the Special Operations Administration department, is conducting a community survey regarding Virtual Airlines and Special Operations. Please take a couple of minutes to answer the following questions that will help us improve. This survey is anonymous, and the collected data will help us gather information and analytics to be used in improving the Virtual Airline department, and the benefits we provide to our Partner and Associate Virtual Airlines.
Go to the Survey https://vats.im/vaso-survey
VATSIM creates a Non-Profit corporation
VATSIM has decided to create the VATSIM Inc., a Non-Profit corporation legally based in the United States. You can find the full announcements over here.
As we all know, 8.33 kHz is not supported by VATSIM at the moment but would bring some benefits. Therefore the goal of VATSIM is to implement 8.33kHz in the future. Below you will find a statement of a BoG member about this topic.
Short update on where we currently stand in regards to 8.33kHz as it's a hot topic at the moment!
We are currently tracking simulator and aircraft usage on the network to determine which percentage of users is compatible with 8.33kHz.
Based on our preliminary findings, my team has drafted a list of decisions that we believe have to be made:
- Percentage of flights to support before allowing use of 8.33kHz on the network.
- What would the implication be of a firm no on Prepar3D development from popular addons like FSLabs / PMDG, which currently do not support 8.33kHz?
- How are flights that do not support a requested 8.33kHz channel to be handled operationally?
- Should new software be developed to enable 8.33kHz channels in unsupported add-ons, or do (current) solutions in pilot clients suffice?
Once all questions have been answered and all requirements have been met we can announce our intentions as VATSIM to introduce 8.33kHz to the network. A date to go live will need to be set and communicated to the community. We will also inform add-on developers that don't support 8.33kHz yet, so they can create updates for their addons if they want to support it on VATSIM.
We are also tracking simulator and aircraft usage and compatibility during the next edition of Cross the Pond as part of our ongoing investigation.
As CTP is right at the start of Q2 2023, I don't expect to have any big updates or changes regarding this topic before Q3 2023.
8.33 kHz Frequency trial
Dear Members
As you hopefully already have seen on the VATSIM Channels there will be a trial phase for 8.33kHz frequency beginning from 7th September 2023 and will run a maximum of 3 months. You can find the full announcement with all relevant information on the VATSIM Forum.
As controller there are no big changes, some frequencies of neighboring sectors in Germany may change during this trial phase. As usual, everything will be integrated in the sectorfile.
Global Controller Administration Policy (GCAP)
Dear Members
As you hopefully saw on the different VATSIM Channels, the Board of Governors finally approved a version of the new Global Controller Administration Policy (GCAP). It will become effective on 1st March 2024 0001 UTC. You can find the Policy on the VATSIM docs page.
We will now review the policy and we will also have to wait what the Division (VATEUD) will change in the VATEUD Policy. So until then, no final decision can be made. We hope that we will soon have all the relevant policies so we can see, what we need to adapt in vACC Switzerland and especially our Training System.
The Staff was informed at the same time about the final version of the policy as you. So if you have any question at the moment, please ask us but don't expect that we can answer all the question at the moment due to the circumstances.
For the vACC Staff
Ramon
CTAF Trial in USA
Dear Pilots
VATSIM has announced that they will start a CTAF Trial beginning at 1st March 2024. This will only take place in the United Stated (VATUSA). You can find the full announcement ind this Forum Thread. You can find further Information as well in this FAQ. So if you fly in the United States be aware of this change!
Please find the foloowing information from the VATSIM Marketing Team
If you feel to contribute to this project as a streamer, please contact administration@vacc.ch
AFV Server Upgrades - FULL AFV OUTAGE
Attention all VATSIM members, Please be advised that VATSIM AFV (Audio For VATSIM) will experience a full outage due to scheduled maintenance on April 30th, from 14:00 UTC to 15:00 UTC .
During this maintenance period, the voice server will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience and understanding as we conduct essential upgrades.
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