Description

Grupo SATA Virtual intends to be a cybernetic simulation of Grupo SATA at the pilot level. Our pilots are flying real routes in Microsoft Flight Simulator at their own computers, having at the same time a place to learn and to interact with other people.


 

Internet

Grupo SATA Virtual has its own website at www.satavirtual.org. All @satavirtual.org emails are considered official from SATA Virtual staff. Any other mean of communication is considered official if includes our URL.


 

Virtual Pilots
 

1. Pilots
   The Virtual Pilots are those persons who have been approved to join our roster after all necessary exams.
   
    

2. Pilots Admission
   The admission is made in two steps. From time to time a Pilot Recruitment Board is open. After all candidacies have been evaluated a list of approvals will be published.
   The persons included in this list will be submitted to exams. The admission process is described in www.satavirtual.org/cert
   
    

3. Captain Admission
   Captain admission is restricted to pilots already in the roster and a) have at least 150 flight hours b) 100 as flight time in his fleet. Captains moving from one fleet to other are reduced to Pilot status until obtaining 20 flight hours in the new fleet. The admission process is described in www.satavirtual.org/cert.
   
    

4. Fleet
   Pilots are submitted to one fleet from which they shall receive the flight assignments. Any pilot having a type rating for another fleet may fly in this fleet. Type ratings are valid for a period no greater than 1 year. The Type Rating procedure is described in www.satavirtual.org/cert.
   
    

5. Assignments
   Flight Assignments are only suggestive and not a demand. Each new flight assignment is issue from a period not less than 8 days.
   
    

6. Reports
   Flight Reports are mandatory in order to be included in the logbook. The official and only method available is by FS ACARS.
   
    

7. Requests
   Several Requests are active. Inactivity is for pilots who intend to be inactive for a period greater than 2 months.
   Fleet change is a request to all those pilots willing to change their active fleet, which from that moment will start receiving the flight assignments bounded to that fleet after a valid type rating has been completed.
   
    

8. Removal from Roster
   Any pilot without a single report within 2 months will be considered suspended. Any suspended pilot will be removed from the roster within 2 months.
   Pilots with inactivity status will be removed after a period of 4 months.
    

Staff

1. General Director
   Direct responsibility for maintaining the airline. Coordinates all operations and procedures.





2. Public Relations
   Spokesman and relations with all external organizations.





3. Quality Control
   Supervises all flight operations. Detection and manager of abnormal and benefic situations.





4. Flight Operations
   Manages daily operations, briefing and debriefing.





5. Chief Pilot
   Administrative link from the operational level to the administration staff. Supervises each operational staff.





6. Fleet Manager
   Coordinates fleet procedures.

Operations
 

1. Coordination / Operations
   It’s a service where the pilots can get all kind of informations without having to talk in the ATC frequency.
   Our frequency is 131.500. You may find us in that frequency or most of the time in rw.avsim.net/SATA
   
   Operations - Gives informations regarding meteo and any other operational information (Controllers active, runways in use, airports, etc).
   
   Coordination - Coordinates all the type of flights of the SATA.
   
   How to operate - When starting one flight ask for a stack of flights that already are in use, for case you don't want to make one flight that already it is in air. You should communicate the chocks time, takeoff, number on board and estimate to destination. In case of delay you should indicate the cause. In flight, near destination you should contact again saying estimate to destination number on board.
   Example:
   ***** DEPARTURE
   RZO128 - Coordination, Azores 128.
   SATA_FSS - 128, go ahead.
   RZO128 - Chocks at 28, takeoff 37, 144 on board, and
   Ponta Delgada will be at 20:12. Delay for boarding.
   SATA_FSS - 28, takeoff 37, with 144. See you and good
   flight.
   ***** ARRIVAL
   RZO128 - Coordination, Azores 128.
   SATA_FSS - 128, go ahead.
   RZO128 - Chocks at 12 of the next, 144 on board.
   SATA_FSS - To 12, your stand will be W3. See you and
   nice landing.
   RZO128 - W3, thank you.
   The pilot will have to communicate start engines time, and in flight, already close to the destination, he will have to inform the estimated hour to shutdown the engines. This is called ' to give the chocks '. For example:
   'Coordination, Air Açores 128, to estimate chocks for the 20 '. Coordination can give information regarding stand that it will go to park in the destination airport.
   
    

2. SATA Air Açores
   Voice Callsign : SATA
   
   Schedule Flights :
   ICAO code – SATXXX
   XXX is the flight number.
   
   Extra Flights :
   ICAO code – SATYXXX
   XXX is the flight number. Y may be one of the following:
   1) re-enforcement
   2) additional
   3) repositioning
   4) fantasy flight
   
   Other flights :
   ICAO codes – SATXXXY
   XXX is the flight number or the next regular/Charter
   flight number. Y may be one of the following:
   P) positioning
   T) training
   F) ferry
   
   Online Flights :
   Every time a pilot flies online, he must use the proper callsign. It is forbidden to use the pilot number as callsign, or repetitive callsigns. A Fantasy Flight may be flown anywhere in the world regardless the fleet.
   
   Alternate List:
   To LPPD - LPLA or LPAZ if before 12:00 Local Time
   To LPAZ – LPPD
   To LPLA - LPPD or LPHR (the nearest to the next stop)
   To LPGR – LPLA
   To LPSJ - LPLA or LPHR (the nearest to the next stop)
   To LPPI - LPLA or LPHR (the nearest to the next stop)
   To LPHR - LPLA or LPPD (the nearest to the next stop)
   To LPFL - LPLA or LPHR (the nearest to the next stop)
   To LPCR - LPFL or LPHR (the nearest to the next stop)
   
    

3. SATA Internacional
   Voice Callsign : Air Azores
   
   Schedule Flights :
   ICAO code – RZOXXX
   XXX is the flight number.
   
   Extra Flights :
   ICAO code – RZOYXXX
   XXX is the flight number. Y may be one of the following:
   1) re-enforcement
   2) additional
   3) repositioning
   4) circular
   5) mixed domestic
   7) fantasy flight
   8) marketing
   9) charter
   
   Other flights :
   ICAO codes – RZOXXXY
   XXX is the flight number or the next regular/Charter flight number. Y may be one of the following:
   P) positioning
   K) training
   F) cargo
   T) test
   E) presidential
   
   Online Flights : every time a pilot flies online, he must use the proper callsign. It is forbidden to use the pilot number as callsign, or repetitive callsigns. A Fantasy Flight may be flown anywhere in the world regardless the fleet.
   
   Alternate List :
   To LPPD - LPLA or LPAZ if before 12:00
   To LPMA – LPPS
   To LPPT – LPFR
   To LPFR – LPPT
   To LPPR – LPPT
   To all other – nearest airport with CAT II or above. In case of bad meteorological conditions, at least one alternate must have two crossed runways.
    

Real Airline Support

Grupo SATA Virtual is authorized by Grupo SATA to use its logo and name, since July 17th 1997. Both Grupo SATA logo and name are registered marks of Grupo SATA. Grupo SATA Virtual also has technical and logistic support from Grupo SATA.