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4.8 Online Flying

vAAirlines encourages pilots to utilize our partner online Virtual Air Traffic network, VATSIM, to conduct flights. When flying on the network, please use this format for your flights:

  • The three letter ICAO identifier for the correct airline being flown followed by the flight number assigned to the route. For example, AA1/AAL1 from JFK to LAX would be flown on the network as AAL1 and spoken as "American 1". US29/AWE29 from CLT to ATL would be flown as the network as AWE29 and spoken as "Cactus 29".
  • Duplicate callsigns caused by two pilots on the same network flying the same route should be resolved by adding the first letter of your first name (or first letter of your last name if the letters are the same and in use already) at the end of your flight number (ie AAL1023T for Tom also flying MIA-DTW in the A319).
  • If more than 4 pilots are online and flying the same flight where only one flight number is available, pilots may then use their ID number to differentiate between flights on the network.
  • Spoken callsigns on the network should fall in line with their real-world operator:
    AAL - "American"
    ENY - "Envoy"
    JIA - "Bluestreak" (PSA Airlines)
    PDT - "Piedmont"
    RPA - "Brickyard" (Republic Airways)
    SKW - "SkyWest"
    ACL - "AirCal"
    AWE - "Cactus" (US Airways)
    EGF - "Eagle Flight" (American Eagle Historic)
    ROA - "Reno Air"
    TWA - "TWA"

Flight Remarks/Notes​

Please also post a link to our main website in the remarks section of your flight plan in the following format “OPR/AALVA.ORG”. This helps controllers identify your flight as well as help promote our airline on the networks.