HHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOO Chicago……..LOL. I always wanted to do that. Ok enough fun time. The summer months are surely upon us and the amount of hours that were flown by Chicago Pilots went way down. This is a normal thing though and I look forward to the winter months when it is too cold to go outside. As I said the hours went down significantly last month (May 2010)  we flew a total of 404 hours. This month our total hours were 288.67, it’s a drop in our hours but it is summer time and I myself have been slacking on the flying a bit (although I was able to be on top in the hour category for the month due to several long flights). Our goal of 600 hours is still an ongoing goal and I challenge the Chicago Hub to break this mark. So head out there and rack up the hours there mates. Also to add this month we saw the introduction of the New Chicago Chief Pilot Ben Buler (PAY5618). Ben has come to us from the Denver Hub. I feel that he will be a great asset to this wonderful Hub. Ok, so that is my rant for this month. On to those wonderful stats.

Chicago Hub Stats – June 2010

Active Pilots: 24
Pilots on LOA: 7
Inactive Pilots: 5
Total Pilots: 36

Total Pilots flying: 23 - 64% of pilots flying
Total Pilots flying on-line(VATSIM): 7 – 19% no change

Total Flights: 113
Total hours flown: 288.67
Total hours flown on-line (VATSIM): 127.86
Percent of hours flown on-line: 44%

Chicago VATSIM Pilots

PAY5611 Nicholas Olson 63.32
PAY5415 Stephen Carlson 35.25
PAY5618 Ben Buler 21.31
PAY5425 Larry Huber 9.65
PAY5525 Nick Kamar 4.22
PAY5526 Bob Wood 2.33
PAY5564 Tom Seeley 1.35

New Chicago Pilots

PAY5618 Ben Buler – Transfer from Denver (New Chicago CP)

Chicago Promotions

Captain PAY5616 Ty Ellis promoted to ATP First Officer
ATP First Officer PAY5609 Fredrick Rivers promoted to ATP Captain

Chicago Hub Awards

Chicago Pilot of the Month Award: PAY5559 Les Mulholland
Chicago Top VATSIM Pilot Award: PAY5415 Stephen Carlson
Chicago Rookie of the Month Award: PAY5609 Frederick Rivers

Latest News

Chicago Chief Pilot

As you have read above this position was filled in the beginning of June. PAY5618 Ben Buler accepted the position and transferred over from the Denver Hub. Ben will work mostly on creating charters and assisting me with pilot notifications. Ben and I have been in contact and he is ready to take on the roll as Chicago Chief Pilot. If you have any questions or any Charter requests you can e-mail either one of us and we will assist you. Head to the forums and welcome Ben to the Hub.

Chicago Charter Center

I have put some time in to the Charter Center and have added several charters to the center. Mainly I am setting them up as examples for the purpose of training Ben on how to create a charter. These Charters are open to be reserved. There are several Boeing Maintenance Charters waiting to be taken. I however am not completely done with creating charters I have a few more floating around in my head. These will be added soon so be on the lookout. Also to add if you have a charter in mind don’t hesitate to ask Ben or Myself and we will get the charter set up and ready for your enjoyment.

Forum Participation

This is still a sore spot in the Chicago Hub. The forums are completely dead out there. I hate to see this because the forums are what make a VA. There is a lot of information in the forums and a lot of other pilots willing to help with any issue that you may come have. The forums are also a great way to meet and chat with staff and other pilots. I challenge everyone to go out and get involved in the forums. Welcome in all the new pilots and congratulate those that get promoted even if that pilot is not from the Chicago Hub. The post that you make counts towards the Chicago Hub stats. Lets make a push for the Hub of the Month there mates.

On-Line Flight with VATSIM:  

There are at present over 30 pilots in the Chicago Hub. Only 7 pilots actively flew on-line last month. Now I know there are some of you out there that don’t have the capability to fly on-line, such as having dial-up or not a very reliable internet connection. But I know there are others that can attempt it. Even though flying on-line is not a requirement, give it a try you may like not having to deal with the default ATC and maybe there are some of you that enjoy the ATC out there that is respectable. My challenge is that every pilot that has the ability to fly on-line do at least one (1) flight on-line every month. When flying on-line you are helping the Chicago Hub and Pacific Airways gain exposure. Also you will be helping the Hub gain stats for the Hub of the Month Award. Flying on-line is great fun and greatly adds to that Real As It Can Get feeling!  Live ATC, real weather and communications with other pilots!  PAY/APG have a company frequencies for both voice and typing.  PAY/APG has several on-line events every month, plus many more are setup by VATSIM and other VA's!  It's a great way to meet fellow Pilots, have fun and even learn more about flying!  It's easy to setup and it's free! If you need any assistance contact the Chicago Hub Staff and we will help you out. Once you do it a few times you won’t want to go back to the default ATC of FS.

APG VATSIM Events

APG has multiple On-line Events. Check the VATSIM Events page in the forums for more information. You are sure to be able to meet Hub Staff members and the Executives of both airlines.

Top Hour Pilot Award

While I was writing this Hub Report the idea of awarding the pilot with the most hours in the month is being considered. The reward for this will be 3 hours credited to the pilot with the most hours. This award can be won by the Chicago Hub Staff with one exception; Hub Staff will not receive the bonus hours. As for this Month this award will not be handed out. This award will begin starting August 1st 2010. Good luck Pilots.

A Final Request

I have been asked by the new Fleet Director Troy Miles to find out if anyone is flying on Flight Sim 2002. If you still use this version please e-mail me. If not Troy will be removing all of the FS2002 Models from the fleet page to free up some server space. Troy is looking in to adding newer models and updating our fleet a bit. If you are using FS2002 for your flying please notify me. Thanks there mates

Alright Chicago that is my report for this month. Get out there and have fun. Fill the skies with Chicago pilots.

Chicago Hub Director Nicholas Olson (PAY5611)

It is my pleasure to announce that Detroit has been named Hub-of-the-Month for June, 2010.  After a shaky few months prior, the Detroit staff did a simply thing: they increased their number of active pilots.  A small step like that propelled them to lead the charge with 168.5 total points in June. 93% of the members were active as well. While our total actives in AFA slipped Detroit managed to increase theirs.

Great job to the Detroit staff and here are some more specific graphs--

LAX Hub Report
June 2010

   Greetings everybody. I'm going to start off this report by announcing that Anush has decided to step down as a Chief Pilot. I am sad to see him go but glad at the same time he will continuing to fly with the airline.

   This Month we had 188 flight for a total of 623 hours. Since this is the summer these numbers are great. Keep up the good work guys. The breakdown can be found at the bottom of the report.

   I will be continuing to advertise both Chief Pilot spots until a replacement is found for both Anush and Raimond. This is what I'm looking for;

Requirements:

 • Be an active participant in the APG forums.
 • Fly actively on VATSIM, or be willing to learn to fly on-line.
 • No inactivity in your flight book in the past 6 months.
 • Fly at least one to two on-line APG events a month.
 • Have been with the airline for over 3 months

 Position Duties:

 • Be able to devote 5-10 hours a week to hub staff duties.
 • Welcome in new pilots, help new pilots with any questions.
 • Create new and exciting Charters for the LAX Charter Section.
 • Help the Hub Director with the preparation of the Hub Report.
 • Check Logbooks for Errors or any inconsistencies.
 • Help in the improvement of the Los Angeles Hub.

If you don't currently fly VATSIM and wish to apply you may do so. Upon starting of the Chief Pilot job you will be given 60 days to learn and fly VATSIM.
A Basic knowledge of SoCal Airspace preferred.

If you are interested in this position please e-mail the Los Angeles Director Sean Young at seaniam81@gmail.com with the following information.

Name:
PID:
How long have you been with the airline:
Why you feel that you are the right person for the position:

   In the hub of the month contest LAX placed third behind, Miami and Seattle. I'm pleased with the progress we're making. I would love to see LAX at the top spot. To do this we need to fly, fly vatsim, and hang out on the forums (the place to be).

   The Charter Centre is still being rebuilt very slowly. If you would like to fly a charter please feel free to request one using the Charter Centre, or email me, or even ask in the forums.

   Logbook errors, have been down this month with only a hand full. It makes me happy not to have to write emails about logbooks. Keep up the good work.
   
   Once again Jim Grey (PAY7523), and Mike Makuch (PAY7408) lead the hub with Vatsim, with 40.95 hours, and 47.17 hours respectably. An honorable mention goes to Dante Stillo (PAY7597) who flew for 21.14 hours. And that leads into...

   The pilot of the month was a hard choice this month. But the honor goes to Dante Stillo. While he started off rocky with a few logbook errors, he flew all but one flight on Vatsim. Dante also jumped into the forums with a few posts. Congrats Dante. A very, very close runner up, and deserving a mention, was Norman Richey (PAY7494), who flew 11 flights for an amazing total of 182.62 hours.

   At the writing of this report LAX currently has 25 active pilots, 1 terminated pilot, 4 inactive pilots, 5 pilots on LOA, and 1 pilot resigned, for a total of 36 pilots on the roster.

   Promotions during June, in no real order;
Dave Cook PAY7571 was promoted to ATP Senior Captain.
Takahiro Tanaka PAY7595 was promoted to ATP Captain
David Platt PAY7590 was promoted to Captain
Dante Stillo PAY7597 was promoted to Captain
Theodore Kavourinos PAY7581 was promoted to Captain

    
188 Total Flights for 622.76 Total hours
 
PAY7163 had 1 Flights for 0.67 hours
PAY7317 had 1 Flights for 13.47 hours
PAY7347 had 11 Flights for 79.08 hours
PAY7363 had 22 Flights for 44.52 hours
PAY7408 had 21 Flights for 48.47 hours
PAY7476 had 5 Flights for 5.74 hours
PAY7494 had 11 Flights for 182.62 hours
PAY7519 had 2 Flights for 3.07 hours
PAY7523 had 26 Flights for 40.95 hours
PAY7535 had 3 Flights for 2.9 hours
PAY7542 had 3 Flights for 4.46 hours
PAY7556 had 8 Flights for 33.59 hours
PAY7560 had 2 Flights for 2.62 hours
PAY7571 had 25 Flights for 73.33 hours
PAY7572 had 8 Flights for 38.12 hours
PAY7580 had 1 Flights for 1.33 hours
PAY7581 had 2 Flights for 2.66 hours
PAY7584 had 1 Flights for 1.17 hours
PAY7587 had 2 Flights for 3.5 hours
PAY7590 had 10 Flights for 8.92 hours
PAY7593 had 2 Flights for 3 hours
PAY7597 had 19 Flights for 27.14 hours
PAY7599 had 2 Flights for 1.43 hours