Widerøe Virtual Rules and Regulations V2.0

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction ...... 3 2 Some words from the Widerøe Virtual staff ...... 4 3 Staff list ...... 5 4 Administration and Recruitment Policy ...... 6 5 Operations ...... 7 6 Flight Logging ...... 8 7 General Conduct ...... 8 8 Privacy Policy ...... 9

1 Introduction

Welcome to Widerøe Virtual and your virtual flying career with us. The one and only goal of this project is to raise awareness of this small Norwegian airline. Widerøe Virtual is based on the oldest regional airline in Norway, Widerøe. Widerøe was established on the foundations of two small airlines. The first was the company, Lotsberg & Skappel, which Helge Skappel owned along with Leiv Brun, Ditlef Smith and Erik Engnæs, operating a Gipsy Moth. The other was Widerøe & Bjørneby, which was founded by Viggo Widerøe and Halvor Bjørneby, and operated a Simmonds Spartan. Cooperation started between the two companies as well as Norsk Aero Klubb to establish air shows in Eastern Norway. During the winter, they stationed the planes at mountain resorts and made revenue from flying skiers into the wilderness. Advertisement flights were introduced, where a company or product name was painted on the hull, with a neon-light version underneath, and leaflets dropped from the planes. Fred. Olsen & Co. decided to buy part of Widerøe again in the late 1960s, and in 1970 Braathens SAFE bought 18% of the company. In 1991 Braathens SAFE and SAS sold to Fred. Olsen, who owned 64% of the company. The other owners at that time were Torghatten Trafikkselskap, Nordlandsbanken and Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane. In 1997 Fred. Olsen sold 29% of its stock to SAS Group, who later bought the rest of the company. In November 2012, SAS Scandinavian Airlines announced that it planned to sell Wideroe. SAS also plans to sell its ground handling division and as well a lot of its fixed assets and hoped to raise around 440 million USD through this. In June 2016, Widerøe got completely sold out of SAS when Torghatten A/S bought the company. Widerøe currently owns 43 aircraft (with two on order), and they are the biggest operator of the Dash 8-100 and first commercial operator of the Embraer E190-E2.

2 Some words from the Widerøe Virtual staff

Hello, I’m Kristian and I am the co-founder of Widerøe Virtual. Me and my fellow staff members welcome you to Widerøe Virtual. We hope you enjoy your stay here and find the process of joining us easy! It all started when me (Kristian), got the idea to make a virtual airline. So, in the summer of 2015, me and Karl-Edvard (The CEO), started a VA called Tana Air. That VA did not succeed, so therefore we wanted to try something else. Then we made this airline, and already we can see it’s much more successful than Tana Air! Karl is a real-life glider pilot and is in the process of taking the PPL (Private Pilot License). Because of that and other real-life issues, he will not be available all the time. I myself recently in the new year came back from a break with another virtual airline, and from that point on I have tried to focus as much as I can on Widerøe Virtual. We acknowledge that we haven’t been the most active staff in the past months, but we are now coming back stronger than ever! Other than that, I don’t have much more to say to be honest. So thank you for reading the rules and happy landings!

WIF0002 Kristian Jægervand

3 Staff list

WIF0001 Karl-Edvard Tjønndal CEO, Founder & Webmaster [email protected] [email protected]

WIF0002 Kristian Jægervand COO, Co-Founder, Graphic Designer, [email protected] Airline Operation Manager [email protected]

WIF0098 Marcin Gwiazdzinski Administrator http://fb.com/wideroevirtual

Support E-Mail [email protected]

4 Administration and Recruitment Policy

4.1: The VA (Virtual Airline) Widerøe Virtual (WV) supports users of FS2004, FSX (All versions), P3D (All versions) and X-Plane (10 & 11) 4.2: All newer versions of MacOS and Windows 7 and above is supported. 4.3: The pilot needs to fly atleast 30 days after registration. If this is not followed, we will disable your account 4.4: The pilot MUST have a legal copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004/X/X:SE, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v1-4 or Laminar Research X-Plane 10/11 4.5: The pilot registering must be 13 years or older at the date of registration 4.5.1: If the staff is in doubt of your age, then they are allowed to ask for proof or kick the pilot from the VA. 4.6: The pilot must fly once every 70 days. You are able to request inactivity status via [email protected] 4.7: Pilots are automatically removed from the pilot roster 70 days after the last received PIREP, unless the pilot has set himself to leave 4.8: Members of another Widerøe VA, will not be accepted. 4.9: Data for previous members will be transferred as far as documentation exists. It is the pilots responsibility to complete the registration form correctly to retrieve his old pilot ID and hours back. It is not possible to retrieve old data once a pilot has been accepted. 4.10: Any member removed from the roster as result of an administration level action, shall be permanently banned from rejoining VA. 4.11: The support team will not give support via video or voice. Only by text, and in necessary situations by picture

5 Operations 5.1: All pilots accepted by WV are assigned the rank of Training First Officer, with zero flight hours, expect previous members that are rejoining WV. For more info check chapter 4 section 9. 5.2: All the ranks you can aciveve at Widerøe Virtual are: 1 Stripe - Training First Officer – 0 Flighthours 2 Stripes – First Officer – 20 Flighthours 3 Stripes – Senior First Officer – 80 Flighthours 4 Stripes – Captain – 150 Flighthours Star + 4 Stripes – Senior Captain – 500 Flighthours Gold Wings – 1000 Flighthours 5.3: Our current fleet at the time of writing this is: Bombardier Dash 8-100 – 22 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 – 3 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 – 6 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 – 11 Embraer E190-E2 – 1 (2 on order) 5.4: You are allowed to divert to an alternate airport if an unexpected situation occurs.If you do this, please add a comment to the PIREP (within 24 hours) with the reason for the divert, or else it will be rejected. 5.5: You are not allowed to fly another airplane on E2 scheduled flight. The E2 isn’t allowed on routes that isn't scheduled for the aircraft (For example any flight scheduled for the DH8 is not allowed to be operated by E2) 5.5.1: Only exception for this rule is that you are allowed to fly an E190 instead of E190-E2.

6 Flight Logging

We in Widerøe Virtual are using the ACARS “smartCars” developed by TFDi Design. To download the client, log into your user, go to Pilot Panel and Downloads. The ACARS will work on both Windows and OS X. Be sure you have FSUIPC or XPUIPC installed, or else the logger will not work. If you have any questions regarding the logger, please send an email to [email protected] DO NOT file a PIREP manually before asking an admin first! If you do this the PIREP will be rejected. Dual logging: Logging for two VAs on the same flight is not allowed and will result in administrative actions. If severe, it may result in an permanent ban. Running FSPAX, projectFLY or similar offline is allowed, but if you are in doubt, do not hesitate to contact [email protected] 7 General Conduct

6.1: Use of WV’s social media, website and chatting services Persons making an application to join WV is referred as pilots. You will not be getting a higher rank for having hours in an REAL aircraft. If you get a higher rank by an admin, the admin and you will get a permanent ban. Posts that aren’t allowed on any of our social media walls: 6.1.1: Offensive language and pornographic material 6.1.2: Any advertising (Except events for our VA or VATSIM events) 6.1.3: Any debates or remarks that may offend anyone. 6.1.4: References to illegal software 6.1.5: Posts that are of political nature

6.1.6: Contant shall always be related to Widerøe (Virtual), other posts will be deleted. Things that aren’t allowed on Discord (http://discord.gg/M8qPdQf): 6.1.7: Rules 6.1.1 to 6.1.6 are also enforced on the discord 6.1.8: English only in all voice chats (Excluding Staff Voice) 6.1.9: Spamming is not tolerated 6.1.10: We appreciate if your nickname is your real name.

6.2: General Conduct Comments of offensive nature, will result in a dismissal without notice by an WVl admin. On our facebook we have a swear word filter. Offensive words and language that get through this filter will of course be deleted.

6.3: Online Flying When using online Air Traffic Simulation networks (like IVAO and VATSIM) you are expected to use good manners and cooperate with ATC and be nice to other pilots. If at any time Widerøe Virtual recives communication from any of the networks about bad behavior, the pilot can be removed from the pilot roaster. 8 Privacy Policy

Subject to provisions of this policy, we will treat any information about you from your use of the Widerøe Virtual website as confidential. 7.1: This privacy policy only extends to this website and does not extend to the use of provison to and collection of any data on any website wich may link by using hypertext links within the Widerøe Virtual website 7.2: We may edit this privacy policy from time to time. If we make substantial changes, we will notify you through email

7.3: By using the website wideroevirtual.com, you agree this policy and the rest of the rules. 7.4: We do not supply your personal information to third parts and will not do so, expect with your consent or where required by Norwegian law