On Thursday we received permission from Air Contractors, a real world cargo airline based in Dublin to create a virtual airline based on them.  We are extremely pleased with their decision and now we want to get moving along with our virtual airline.

A brief bit of information about Air Contractors
Air Contractors is a general services aircraft and cargo operation based in Dublin.  They operate flights all over Europe and some charters to Northern Africa.

The Fleet
Air Contractors operate a partially leased and expanding fleet of dedicated and varied aircraft mainly on sub charter contracts to DHL and FedEx.

Airbus A300-B4-103----------------------x3
Airbus A300-B4-203----------------------x2
ATR42------------------------------------x18
ATR72------------------------------------x4    
Lockheed Hercules L382G----------------x1



What we plan to do
We plan to fully simulate Air Contractors operations throughout Europe.  This means we will keep all our routes, aircraft, and procedures up to date.  We will also include a full training system for all of our new pilots.

Our website will be up to date with the latest ACARS PIREP system which will make filling PIREPS so much easier for our pilots.  We plan to have this virtual airline fully operational by late February for our pilots to fly on the St Patrick Day event held by VATeir of VATSIM every year in mid-March.



Staff
At the moment we are looking for staff to help us fulfill our plans:  The positions able are listed below:

Human Resources Director (HR)
As human resources director you will required take care of any pilots wanting to join our Virtual Airline and will also handle any problems the pilots have. The HR director will also make sure there is a good atmosphere within the Virtual Airline so that communication between everyone doesn’t break down. This position involves having to work closely with all staff in the Virtual Airline and will also require a lot of patience and dedication.

Operations Director
The operations director will be responsible for overseeing all operations into and out of Dublin Airport. They will be required to keep the schedules updated and that all routes for those schedules are valid for the pilot's use.

Fleet/Graphics Design Director
The fleet/graphics director will involve painting new aircraft, finding new flight simulator models for pilots to fly in, making sure the fleet is updated to that of the real airline, and solving any problems that people may have with the fleet in general. They will also be responsible for helping with the design of the website and making signature logos for all management and also for any events that the Virtual Airline would be organising, which would be to advertise that event. Previous experience is required and must be presented to us.  This position may be opened for two people.

Training Director
As training director you will be required to train all of our pilots to fly our aircraft and become familiar with ATC procedures which they will need to fly on VATSIM. This is a very time-consuming job as the training director has to make sure each pilot is able to fly sufficiently online or offline. This position may be opened for two people.

So if you are in any way interested in any of these positions or feel you can help us in anyway please contact us via the e-mail's given below . Closing date for all applications is the 27TH January.  Once all applications have been received we will begin interviews.

james_o_grady@hotmail.com
elalvirtual@hotmail.co.uk



This Virtual Airline is somewhat different to the average Virtual Airline as we will only have trained pilots flying for us and all real life procedures will be replicated to highest level of realism possible. There are many Virtual Airlines out there based on a real world airline but we have set ourselves a goal to stand out and we will be doing this in several ways which we'll explain further about in the future.   The website will be online within the next few weeks.

Your comments would be much appreciated.  Thanks