1.1 Welcome
v2.5 - May 9, 2025
The purpose of this document is to ensure all pilots have a central place for information regarding the day-to-day operations of vAAirlines including procedures and terms of service that all members of the organization must adhere by. This is a fluid document and will continue to change to fit the mission associated with our operation and will be updated accordingly. Sections 1-5, the FAQs, and Changelog sections of this document are the normal "SOP" (or, formerly known at vAAirlines as the "SOPPHB") with all other sections being the former "FM-1" which include basic aviation references and general operating information aimed at helping to increase your knowledge.
This document has been approved for distribution only from the main vAAirlines website specific subdomain (www.fom.aalva.org) and should not be downloaded from any other source without express written consent from an Executive Staff Member of the airline. New revisions will be updated to this website as they become available and a NOTAM will be sent out to pilots via their registered email address.
All of the information in regard to how the airline is operated should be able to be found in this document, however, please do not hesitate to ask for clarification from fellow pilots, your Chief Pilot, or via a question in the vAAirlines Forum.
Welcome
For those of you interested in joining us, thank you for your consideration and we hope to welcome you to our ranks soon. For those who have recently joined and are looking for more information about getting started, welcome to the airline and thank you for choosing us. vAAirlines was started in the fall of 2019 by real world airline professionals with a vision to create a virtual airline community based on a very realistic model of the airline operations centered around American Airlines.
With so many other virtual airlines listed as competitors, we knew that we would need to provide something very different from the others to ensure our vision of providing the very best experience for our users. Some of these differences included freedom to fly on various networks with real world callsigns (or offline with/without AI), a strong user interface both on the public end of our website as well as for our pilots, realistic fleet availability, responsive staff members, no “pay to play” of any kind, and progression based upon experience and knowledge, not just hours flown. These principles are the foundation upon which our core values were established to ensure the very best experience for our members as we strive to create an amazing community of aviation enthusiasts.
We hope that you enjoy your time here with us, and that you also are able to find a virtual home with us here at vAAirlines.
Changes in Policy and Procedure
The latest version of this document as listed on the vAAirlines SOP subdomain (www.fom.aalva.org) website supersedes all previous versions of the document as of the “effective by” date listed. vAAirlines reserves the right to modify, suspend, terminate, or add any policies, procedures, or information listed in this document without prior notice to crew members except as described above via notification after changes have been made. A NOTAM will be sent out to all pilots with each new version with the “effective by” date also listed, providing sufficient time to review the new FOM before the changes go into effect.