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4.6 Flight Frequency/Minimum Requirements

We recognize that crew members have outside obligations in the real world and may also have obligations to fly for other virtual organizations. We require that crew members fly one flight in the first 14 days of employment. After the initial flight requirement has been met, we no longer hold any further flight requirement and only require that pilots log in to the website at least once every 60 days. If the 60-day login requirement is not met, the system will automatically mark you as inactive and lock your account out as well as remove you from the public pilot roster. To be reinstated as active, please contact the VP of Human Resources by email with your name and pilot ID to be reactivated. Pilots inactive for more than 365 days may be removed from the system entirely unless on an approved LOA. If you are unable to meet the flight frequency requirements as outlined in this document, please contact the VP of Human Resources with your LOA – Leave of Absence request stating the reason for the LOA as well as the timeframe for return to active status. Pilots who have not met the 14-day initial flight requirement are not eligible for LOA. Flights are required to meet the following minimum requirements:

  • Land with a landing rate harder than -900 fpm.
  • Land outside of the touchdown zone (for non-checkride purposes, defined as more than 3,000 feet past the threshold only).
  • Flight must be at 1x sim rate for the entire flight.
  • Flight must take off at the scheduled departure airport.
  • Flight must land at the scheduled arrival airport.
  • Flights must have proper fuel planning.
  • Flights must be in approved paint scheme/livery (American Airlines, American Eagle, American Airlines special liveries, AirCal, Reno Air, TWA, US Airways, or other American Eagle Regional Partners colors/liveries only). This does not extend to OneWorld or other joint venture partners. Completely blank liveries may be used if no approved livery exists.
  • Flights must be in the aircraft assigned to the flight bid.
  • Flights must not be flown for another airline or organization without prior authorization (commonly known as “double PIREPing”). Flights may be simultaneously tracked by programs such as Volanta with with the sole purpose of personal logbook use only.
  • Flights must be completed in an aircraft that the pilot has a type rating for (either primary or secondary) per the table in section 4.1 of the SOPPHB.

Failure to meet these minimum requirements may cause your PIREP to be rejected. If a PIREP is rejected, a comment will be made on the PIREP as an explanation and you will be able to see who rejected it. If it is something that can be fixed (manual PIREP without a VATSIM or Volanta link) you will have 7 days to email the person who rejected your PIREP before the system will automatically delete the rejected PIREP. To find the email of the person who rejected your PIREP, note their name and then utilize the "Our Team" page in the pilot portal under Corporate Operations > Headquarters.