LAX Hub Report
February, 2010

   February turned out to be a pretty good month. We had a total of 159 flights for 437.58 hours. Breaking down the flights we come up with a total of 126 PAX flights and 33 Cargo flights. Leading the Hub was Jim Gray (PAY7523) with 46 PAX flights. There was a tie for who lead the Hub with Cargo flights. Both Dave Cook (PAY7572) and Patrick Snow (PAY7576) flew 6 flights each. A break down of everybody's hours can be found on the second page.

   We also had a good month for Online flights. The total hours on VATSIM was 105.97  in 57 flights. Jim Gray rocked the Hub with a total of 41 flights online, and racking up 70.3 hours doing so.

   The month of February saw a large influx of pilots join our ranks. I would like to again welcome, Dave Cook (PAY7571), Nicola Rinaldi (PAY7572), Caleb Stevens (PAY7573), Gregory Mobley (PAY7574), Aidan Stewart (PAY7575), Patrick Snow (PAY7576), and Mark Hammer (PAY7577).

   A few promotions to tell about too. Mike Makuch (PAY7408) was promoted to ATP Commander, Dave Cook (PAY7571) was promoted to Captain and then promoted later in the month to ATP First Officer, and  Patrick Snow (PAY7576) was promoted to Captain. I would like to congradulate these gentlemen again.

   The Pilot of the Month goes to Dave Cook (PAY7572). He has show himself to be an eager pilot racking up 43 hours in his first month with the airline, and receiving two promotions. Dave has also been full of questions. Congratulations Dave.

   At the time of writing we have 26 Active pilots, 6 Inactive, 5 pilots on LOA, bringing the total pilots on the LAX roster to 37.

   To finish up the hub report. I would like to remind you to fly your flights in a logical order. Basically you must depart from where you last landed unless using the Relaxed PIREP rules seen in this post http://forums.pacificairways.net/index.php?topic=16827.0 or using the "jumpseat" rule found in the PAY Operations manual. If using please include a reason for the break in the flight order in the comments section. Don't forget to check out the forums for the latest news and fun happening around the Hub, Airline, and APG.












PAY7163 had 2 Flights for 8.58 hours
PAY7317 had 3 Flights for 29.67 hours
PAY7337 had 2 Flights for 2.23 hours
PAY7347 had 8 Flights for 50.68 hours
PAY7363 had 12 Flights for 37.12 hours
PAY7371 had 2 Flights for 1.4 hours
PAY7408 had 7 Flights for 30.1 hours
PAY7476 had 5 Flights for 10.09 hours
PAY7494 had 8 Flights for 45.67 hours
PAY7497 had 4 Flights for 32.3 hours
PAY7523 had 47 Flights for 85.41 hours
PAY7542 had 2 Flights for 6.41 hours
PAY7554 had 1 Flights for 1.42 hours
PAY7556 had 6 Flights for 9.83 hours
PAY7560 had 2 Flights for 2 hours
PAY7561 had 1 Flights for 4.48 hours
PAY7571 had 25 Flights for 43.46 hours
PAY7572 had 3 Flights for 14.47 hours
PAY7573 had 1 Flights for 3.2 hours
PAY7576 had 16 Flights for 16.9 hours
PAY7577 had 2 Flights for 2.16 hours

Hola! Que tal mi amigos?..oh wait. Sorry, Cheech and Chong are on...

Hello! How are you my friends? Hope all is well with everyone and the smell of baseball in the air.

Let's look at the information from February shall we?

HUB STATS:
As of March 6th we have 58 total members with 48 being active. We had a handful go 'inactive' the last few days and we are dealing with it. Still nice to be over 50 total.

Members flew 262 times for 860.08 hours. Down from 343/1026 but still up from December!

LEADERS:

Flights -

Eric Jones - 41
Ted Burcham - 27
David Rodriguez - 24

Hours -
Chad Graves - 206.87
Eric Jones - 129.4
David Rodriguez - 68.69

NEW MEMBERS:

Justin vanTuil
Bryce Erickson
Ryan Warner (back again!)
Scott Reed
Jim Warden (joins us from Atlanta after directing them for some time)
Vinson Nichols

Welcome once again gentlemen.

PROMOTIONS:

Ryan Warner - Captain
Scott Reed - Captain, ATP F/O, ATP Captain
Vinson Nichols - Captain, ATP F/O
Chris Kahl - Captain
Norman Maddox - ATP Captain
David Rodriguez - ATP Captain
Lomont Hudson - ATP F/O
Julian Hoffman - ATP Senior Captain
Chad Graves - ATP Senior Commander.

**Chad is the newest member of the Millennium Club. Nice!**

NEWS:
As of the beginning of March, Julian Hoffman has taken the job of Chief Pilot #2. With over 50 members now I have no doubt he will be a big help to Ken and I in the weekly duties of the hub. The Charter Center is his baby as well. (See below)

CHARTERS:
We have several charters available for all. INCLUDING a VATSIM charter made for beginners. I urge those of you still hesitant to fly online to give it a try.  The charter titles 'Scaries Runways' should be interesting.

I plan to start asking for members to come up with one charter for the month on a rotating basis. I will ask 2 per month and see how the participation goes. ANYONE can create charters at any time.Just send the requests to Julian or ANY of us (Ken/Ken/Julian) and we'll set it up.

POM:

I like to award new members for their outstanding participation. So with that being said I would like to congratulate David Rodriguez for being the Pilot-of-the-Month in February. David joined in December 2009 and was among the leaders on flights/hours and had a promotion in Feb. as well. Congrats to you David! :-)

MEMO: I have yet to release a 'goals' list for 2010 like I said I would..but I will. I know said that last month but too bad!! You'll have to wait. ;-)

Blue skies everyone.

Welcome to the February Denver Hub Report. The days are drawing out slowly and the snow has all about gone. Its been a good month so on with business
 
Denver Hub Overview – February 2010:

   Active:           February 21 / January 20
   Inactive:         February 1 / January 1
   LOA:             February 3 / January 4
   Suspended:    February 0 / January 0 
   Resigned:       February 0 /January 0 
   Total Pilots:    February 25 / January 25

Denver Hub Flight Activity - February 2010:

   Total Flight Hours:        421.79
   Total Flights                 140
   % of Pilots flying*:        95 %

*Does not include LOA Pilots

 VATSIM hours this month  196:49

New Denver Hub Pilots - February 2010:
 Welcome to PAY3502 Jeff Purcell, PAY3503 Ned Barr and PAY3504 Daniel Silva. Welcome to mile high, hope the view is a good one!!

Denver Hub Pilot Promotions - February 2010:

Captain Brian Rocke has been promoted to ATP First Officer
Captain John Weber has been promoted to ATP First Officer
Captain Ned Barr has been promoted to ATP First Officer
 

Denver Hub Pilot of the Month February:

This month one guy shone, he got several charters closed, flew online and also active on the forums. Congrats goes to PAY3496 Ben Buller who has earned this months Pilot of the Month . Well done Ben.
   
 
Denver News: Steady flight numbers and hours this month. I would like us to break through the 500 hour mark for March, and I think that is definitely possible. We are also perilously close to 8,000 total flights logged as a hub which when passed will be a great achievement . Its nice to see the new pilots jump in and get started on VATSIM, and as a result we have had an increase in VATSIM hours this month!!
 
APG VATSIM Online Events for March 2010
Dates and times for Events through 3/13 are based off of USA Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Events after 3/14 are based off of USA Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).


Arrive: 1700-1800EST/1600-1700CST/1400-1500PST/2200-2300Z
3/7 - Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Birmingham, AL (KBHM) 
Arrive: 1700-1800EDT/1600-1700CDT/1400-1500PDT/2100-2200Z
3/14 - Tampa International Airport, Tampa, FL (KTPA) 
3/21 - Cozumel Airport, Cozumel Mexico (MMCZ)
3/28 - Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, GA (KSAV)


Depart: 2100EST/2000CST/1800PST/0200Z
3/9 - Birmingham International (KBHM) to Western Carolina Regional Airport, Andrews, NC (KRHP)
Depart: 2100EDT/2000CDT/1800PDT/0100Z 
3/23 - Cozumel Airport (MMCZ) to Ciudad de Carmen, Mexico (MMCE)


Arrive: 1900-2300EST/1800-2200CST/1600-2000PST/0000-0400Z (APG Window: 2200-2230EST)
3/5 – LAX, OAK, SEA ARTCC's (KLAX, KSFO, KSEA) (Group Flight From KSEA to KSFO and KLAX to KSFO)
3/12 – Fort Worth ARTCC (KDFW/KDAL) "Cow Town goes Green" (Must fly AFA Livery for St. Patty)
Arrive: 1900-2300EDT/1800-2200CDT/1600-2000PDT/2300-0300Z (APG Window: 2200-2230EDT)
3/19 – Miami ARTCC (TBD)
3/26 – Washington ARTCC (KIAD)


3/6 - AFA International Hubs Joint Event - Ecuador : Camilo Ponce (SETM) to Mariscal Sucre (SEQU) ALL APG WELCOME
Depart: 1000Z/2100 Australia EDT/1000 UK GMT/0500 USA EST)
3/17 - Pacific Airways Hub of the Month Event (TBD) ALL APG WELCOME
Arrive Between: 2200EDT/1900PDT/0200Z and 2230EDT/1930PDT/0230Z
3/20 - AFA International Hubs Joint Event- Vietnam : (Airports TBA) ALL APG WELCOME
Depart: 1000Z/2100 Australia EDT/1000 UK GMT/0600 USA EDT)


All APG Endorsed Online Events are eligible for the relaxed PIREP rules which means you can fly these events and log the flight no matter where you are presently located.
Click HERE for more details.

Denver/PAY/APG Forums: Although not a requirement to be a PAY/APG Pilot, becoming a member of the Forums is highly recommended! It has been very quiet of late on the forums just lately, and I would really like to see some more activity/fun/banter etc on them! A large amount of important information can be found there regarding Denver, Pacific Airways and APG as a whole!  There are also several areas for important updates, learning tools and places to ask questions, as well as just shooting the breeze with other pilots!  If you are not a member of the Forums yet, please join now!  You'll be glad you did!!

Vatsim Training Event: Hard to believe this was nearly a month ago. We had a great turn out and I hope that for those of you that haven't/hadn't experienced VATSIM then it was a great event and you took something from it. Keep an eye on the forums for more events throughout the APG as a whole

That wraps it up for January. Well done to each one of you for making Denver what it is today, keep up the great work!!
Safe Flights!
 
Jamie Baker        Jim Angel
KDEN HD         KDEN CP

Pilot of the Month is AFA4779 Mark Zoeckler, for reaching his 1000 Hours and joining the APG Millennium Club. Well done Mark.

Rookie of the Month is nobody... None of our rookies logged more than one flight during February. Better luck to the next batch!

Feb-10 Top Ace – Hours: AFA4740 Jury Zaporozecs (102.55 Hours)
Feb-10 Top Ace – Flights: AFA4812 Rob Holmes (27 Flights)
Feb-10 Top Ace – VATSIM Hours: AFA4380 Steve Lakis (39.84 Hours)
Feb-10 Top Ace – VATSIM Flights: AFA4776 Tom Baird (20 Flights)
Feb-10 Top Ace – Charters: AFA4834 Roy Handley (2 Charters Closed)
(5 Bonus Hours Each For 1st Place Winners)

Feb-10 New Pilots:
AFA4860 Steven Winstead joined 2-11-10.
AFA4861 Michael Holmes joined 2-11-10.
AFA4862 James Secrest joined 2-12-10.
AFA4863 Logan Cane joined 2-22-10.
-- Welcome to APG everyone!

Feb-10 Promotions:
AFA4779 Mark Zoecekler becomes SFO's latest ATP Senior Commander (1000+ Hours).
AFA4812 Rob Holmes promoted to ATP Commander (600+ Hours).
-- Congrats on the promotions! Two big promotions this month!

Feb-10 Anniversaries:
AFA4522   Florian Schupp joined APG in 2006 (4 years).
AFA4769   Mark Haskell joined APG in 2009 (1 years).

AFA Forums:
If you aren't a member of the APG Forums you are missing out! We have one of the best communities on the net and you should register today and be a part of it. If you just have a look or start posting every day, register now and be involved!
(http://forums.flyafa.com/)

Feb-10 Charter Stats:
Feb-10 Total SFO Charters Closed: 10 (Closed by SFO Pilots: 9)
AFA4834   Roy Handley - 2
AFA4380   Steve Lakis - 1
AFA4611   Jacques DeJager - 1
AFA4690   Brian Kolb - 1
AFA4740   Jury Zaporozecs - 1
AFA4779   Mark Zoeckler - 1
AFA4780   Michael Chase - 1
AFA4795   Martins Kode - 1

Other APG Pilots Closed SFO Charters (Thanks Clas!):
PAY1966   Clas Huntebrinker - 1

Feb-10 Hub Stats and Hours:
Feb-10 Flights: 189, Hrs: 565.90
Jan-10 Flights: 297, Hrs: 680.22
(Change; Flights: -108, Hrs: -114.32)

Feb-10 Pilots Logging Flights: 29
Jan-10: 34 (Change: -5 Pilots)

PID – Name – Flights – Hours - Average
AFA4740   Jury Zaporozecs   -   19   -   102.55   -   5.4
AFA4834   Roy Handley   -   14   -   68.57   -   4.9
AFA4812   Rob Holmes   -   27   -   46.90   -   1.7
AFA4380   Steve Lakis   -   18   -   41.39   -   2.3
AFA4779   Mark Zoeckler   -   15   -   39.00   -   2.6
AFA4746   Yanis Zanders   -   14   -   34.66   -   2.5
AFA4690   Brian Kolb   -   7   -   30.95   -   4.4
AFA4776   Tom Baird   -   20   -   28.71   -   1.4
AFA4791   Kalin Ivanov   -   2   -   27.44   -   13.7
AFA4780   Michael Chase   -   12   -   22.21   -   1.9
AFA4795   Martins Kode   -   3   -   20.49   -   6.8
AFA4451   Jose Maldonado   -   2   -   16.12   -   8.1
AFA4849   John Spear   -   4   -   14.49   -   3.6
AFA4677   David Bagwell   -   3   -   11.34   -   3.8
AFA4550   Bill Medeiros   -   2   -   11.28   -   5.6
AFA4720   Larry McFadden   -   2   -   10.71   -   5.4
AFA4611   Jacques Dejager   -   5   -   8.70   -   1.7
AFA4845   Hassan Nazeer   -   4   -   5.54   -   1.4
AFA4769   Mark Haskell   -   1   -   5.25   -   5.3
AFA4792   Norm Brooks   -   2   -   4.44   -   2.2
AFA4698   Jerome Hornet   -   2   -   2.92   -   1.5
AFA4857   Atish Sharma   -   2   -   2.70   -   1.4
AFA4783   Matthew Butterworth   -   1   -   2.43   -   2.4
AFA4843   Robert Zolliecoffer   -   2   -   2.14   -   1.1
AFA4291   Marek Miskiewicz   -   1   -   1.85   -   1.9
AFA4861   Michael Holmes   -   1   -   0.92   -   0.9
AFA4713   Jayavaraman Chea   -   2   -   0.85   -   0.4
AFA4859   Irvin Chao   -   1   -   0.68   -   0.7
AFA4863   Logan Cane   -   1   -   0.67   -   0.7

VATSIM and Online Events:
APG VATSIM March 2010 Events Schedule (http://forums.flyafa.com/index.php?topic=27982.0)
APG VATSIM Tutorial (http://www.flyafa.com/vatsimtutorial)

* When flying on VATSIM, use your AFA SFO Pilot ID as your Callsign and list KSFO as your Home Airport. See the APG Forums and the links provided for more information!

Feb-10 VATSIM Hours/Flights:
Feb-10 Flights: 69, Hours: 135.6
Jan-10 Flights: 151, Hours: 255.6
(Change: Flights: -82, Hours: -119.08)
- We took a big turn south in our hours online for the month. Let's turn things back around and have a strong March!

PID – Name – Flights - Hours
AFA4380   Steve Lakis   -   17   -   39.84   -   2.3
AFA4746   Yanis Zanders   -   14   -   34.66   -   2.5
AFA4776   Tom Baird   -   20   -   28.71   -   1.4
AFA4779   Mark Zoeckler   -   11   -   21.56   -   2.0
AFA4792   Norm Brooks   -   2   -   4.44   -   2.2
AFA4857   Atish Sharma   -   2   -   2.7   -   1.4
AFA4783   Matthew Butterworth   -   1   -   2.43   -   2.4
AFA4843   Robert Zolliecoffer   -   2   -   2.14   -   1.1