American Flight Airways Virtual Airlines

San Francisco Hub Report - May 2010
Posted by Steve Lakis on June 9, 2010 at 10:25 PM MDT

We have selected a new Chief Pilot with the departure of our previous CP. I would like to welcome Florian Schupp (AFA4522), as the new SFO Chief Pilot, to the team at SFO. I have worked with Florian many times throughout the years, both him as my CP and me as his, and we look forward to bringing SFO the best experience we can.

Pilot of the Month for May 2010 is going to Rob Holmes, with 9 Charters Closed (year record), 143.66 Hours, and 54 Flights, taking 3 Top Ace Awards.

Rookie of the Month is not being awarded this month. Try again next month Rookies!

May-10 Top Ace – Hours: AFA4812 Rob Holmes (143.66 Hours)
May-10 Top Ace – Flights: AFA4812 Rob Holmes (54 Flights)
May-10 Top Ace – VATSIM Hours: AFA4522 Florian Schupp (37.15 Hours)
May-10 Top Ace – VATSIM Flights: AFA4522 Florian Schupp (26 Flights)
May-10 Top Ace – Charters: AFA4812 Rob Holmes (9 Charters Closed)
(5 Bonus Hours Each For 1st Place Winners)

May-10 New Pilots:
AFA4876 David Diller transfered from Dallas on 5-1-10.
AFA4878 JJ Smith joined 5-9-10.
AFA4879 Matt Marrotta joined 5-9-10.
AFA4880 Liam Parker joined 5-25-10.
AFA4881 Joseph Fried joined 5-27-10.
AFA4882 Mike May joined 5-27-10.
AFA4883 Kean Mutter joined 5-29-10.
AFA4884 Chris Mauro joined 5-31-10.
-- Welcome to AFA SFO everyone!

May-10 Promotions:
AFA4451 Jose Maldonado has been promoted to ATP Senior Commander (1000+ Hours).
AFA4865 Ralph Ruggiero has been promoted to ATP Captain (80+ Hours).
AFA4866 Kyle Shandera has been promoted to ATP Captain (80+ Hours).
AFA4871 Stephen Beauter has been promoted to ATP First Officer (40+ Hours).

May-10 Anniversaries:
AFA4366 Max Sery (LOA) has been with APG since 2003!
AFA4451 Jose Maldonado joined APG in 2005!
AFA4611 Jacques Dejager joined in 2007.
AFA4698 Jerome Hornet joined in 2008.
AFA4795 Martins Kode joined in 2009.

AFA Forums:
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([url=http://forums.flyafa.com/]http://forums.flyafa.com/[/url])

May-10 Charter Stats:
- A big high five and way to go in the Charter Center. We closed a total of 28 charters! This was a record, beating our last record of 25, set in April 2009 shortly after the system came back online. Nice job to everyone who helped out with closing an SFO charter! Thanks to everyone who helped beat this record!([url=http://apg.flyafa.com/charter/charter.php?air=AFA&hub=KSFO]http://apg.flyafa.com/charter/charter.php?air=AFA&hub=KSFO[/url])

May-10 Total SFO Charters Closed: 28! (New Record!, Closed by SFO Pilots: 15, Change: +18)
AFA4812 Rob Holmes - 9
AFA4380 Steve Lakis - 1
AFA4522 Florian Schupp - 1
AFA4690 Brian Kolb - 1
AFA4740 Jury Zaporozecs - 1
AFA4834 Roy Handley - 1
AFA4865 Ralph Ruggiero - 1

Other APG Pilots Closed SFO Charters: 13 (Thanks Guys!)
AFA8383 Nick Puglisi - 2
PAY7408 Mike Makuch - 2
PAY7583 Paul Henry - 2
PAY7593 Andrew Wang - 2
AFA3891 Thomas Boyd - 1
AFA6806 Alan Escudero - 1
PAY1851 Ben Talbot - 1
PAY1974 Donald Garber - 1
PAY7571 Dave Cook - 1

May-10 Hub Stats and Hours:
May-10 Flights: 273, Hrs: 625.92
Apr-10 Flights: 238, Hrs: 528.84
(Change; Flights: +35, Hrs: +97.08)
- An improvement in both areas since last month, 2nd highest month of year so far in hours and flights. (last best Jan-10, 297 / 680.22).

May-10 Pilots Logging Flights: 28
Apr-10: 31 (Change: -3)
PID – Name – Flights – Hours - Average
AFA4812 Rob Holmes - 54 - 143.66 - 2.7
AFA4740 Jury Zaporozecs - 25 - 103.98 - 4.2
AFA4865 Ralph Ruggiero - 41 - 60.08 - 1.5
AFA4451 Jose Maldonado - 5 - 46.47 - 9.3
AFA4834 Roy Handley - 27 - 42.91 - 1.6
AFA4522 Florian Schupp - 26 - 37.15 - 1.4
AFA4872 Russ Palumbo - 19 - 27.92 - 1.5
AFA4690 Brian Kolb - 11 - 26.87 - 2.4
AFA4550 Bill Medeiros - 6 - 21.1 - 3.5
AFA4380 Steve Lakis - 9 - 20.29 - 2.3
AFA4776 Tom Baird - 11 - 15.96 - 1.5
AFA4876 David Diller - 1 - 14.33 - 14.3
AFA4849 John Spear - 3 - 9.66 - 3.2
AFA4795 Martins Kode - 3 - 9.34 - 3.1
AFA4792 Norm Brooks - 4 - 8.63 - 2.2
AFA4779 Mark Zoeckler - 8 - 7.24 - 0.9
AFA4866 Kyle Shandera - 2 - 5.26 - 2.6
AFA4791 Kalin Ivanov - 2 - 5.18 - 2.6
AFA4698 Jerome Hornet - 4 - 4.93 - 1.2
AFA4713 Jayavaraman Chea - 2 - 2.97 - 1.5
AFA4611 Jacques Dejager - 2 - 2.28 - 1.1
AFA4877 Joe Partanen - 2 - 2.18 - 1.1
AFA4291 Marek Miskiewicz - 1 - 1.48 - 1.5
AFA4843 Robert Zolliecoffer - 1 - 1.47 - 1.5
AFA4720 Larry McFadden - 1 - 1.35 - 1.4
AFA4879 Matt Marrotta - 1 - 1.15 - 1b.2
AFA4873 Roger Hannah - 1 - 1.08 - 1.1
AFA4875 Justin Comella - 1 - 1 - 1.0

VATSIM and Online Events:
Be there every Sunday afternoon for VATSIM Sunday, enjoy arriving with a group of APG traffic at a predetermined airport. A great way to meet your co-flyers! Also online are other events, such as Friday Night Ops and occasional events on Tuesdays. See the schedule and tutorial below, and feel free to ask for help in flying online! We'd love to see you!

APG VATSIM June 2010 Events Schedule ([url=http://forums.flyafa.com/index.php?topic=29073.0]http://forums.flyafa.com/index.php?topic=28686.0[/url])
APG VATSIM Tutorial ([url=http://www.flyafa.com/vatsimtutorial]http://www.flyafa.com/vatsimtutorial[/url])

* 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!

May-10 VATSIM Hours/Flights:
May-10 Flights: 59, Hours: 96.4
Apr-10 Flights: 48, Hours: 119.1
(Change: Flights: +11, Hours: -22.72)
- We lost a great online hour builder last month so we will obviously take a hit on our online hours. We logged more flights, but less hours. Year average to date is 71flts / 135hrs.

PID – Name – Flights - Hours
AFA4522 Florian Schupp - 26 - 37.15 - 1.4
AFA4380 Steve Lakis - 8 - 18.84 - 2.4
AFA4776 Tom Baird - 11 - 15.96 - 1.5
AFA4795 Martins Kode - 3 - 9.34 - 3.1
AFA4792 Norm Brooks - 4 - 8.63 - 2.2
AFA4779 Mark Zoeckler - 7 - 6.46 - 0.9

SFO New Pilots and Promotions (May31-Jun6)
Posted by Steve Lakis on June 9, 2010 at 10:23 PM MDT

---------- New Pilots For The Week ----------

AFA4884 Chris Mauro joined 5-31-10.

---------- Promotions For The Week ----------

There were no promotions this week.

----- See Official Forum Post Here -----

---------- VATSIM Sunday Recap ----------

6-6-10 VATSIM Sunday Location: Terre Haute International Airport - Hulman Field, Terre Haute, IN (KHUF)
6-13-10 Next Sunday Location: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo, TX (KAMA)
Depart anywhere, arrive between 1400-1500pt / 1700-1800et / 2100-2200z

----- June 2010 VATSIM Schedule -----

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SFO New Pilots and Promotions (May24-May30)
Posted by Steve Lakis on May 31, 2010 at 11:52 PM MDT

SFO Chief Pilot Position Vacant: Applications will be taken for a limited time. Please see this forum thread for information on applying for the position. I look forward to hearing from the applicants!

---------- New Pilots For The Week ----------

AFA4880 Liam Parker joined 5-25-10.
AFA4881 Joseph Fried joined 5-27-10.
AFA4882 Mike May joined 5-27-10.
AFA4883 Kean Mutter joined 5-29-10.

---------- Promotions For The Week ----------

AFA4866 Kyle Shandera has been promoted to ATP Captain (80+ Hours).

----- See Official Forum Post Here -----

---------- VATSIM Sunday Recap ----------

5-30-10 VATSIM Sunday Location: Rochester International Airport, Rochester, NY (KROC)
6-6-10 Next Sunday Location: To Be Determined... (See Forums soon.)
Depart anywhere, arrive between 1400-1500pt / 1700-1800et / 2100-2200z

----- May 2010 VATSIM Schedule -----

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