:)

... Now that my life is back to normal, I will get here again with more hot topics ...

"Estamos lá!"

Brazil is growing a lot on IVAO.

Everyday that passes, around 23:00z, Brazil wakes up! Control Centers from almost every part of Brazil, the main airports covered with much ATC, and hundreds of pilots flying regional flights.

This last part (the regional flights) is something very important. Normally, European pilots don't fly regional flights although european countries are not as big as Brazil. But still, brazilian pilots still choose short regional flights than the longer haul ones.

The flightsim brazilian community is also growing everyday.
Thousand of pilots are divided by the most four biggest brazilian Virtual Airlines! I think the Virtual Airlines should pay attention to this new Market: A growing emergent market that surely is a great addition to any Virtual Airline.

New Hub ? New strategy to gain brazilian pilots (multi-lingual support on site) ? You choose...

Pardon me!

Dear reader,

I'm sorry but my life got complicated on the last weeks. Work, a new home planning and baby duties leave no space for my blog thoughts :(

... but next week I will come back! With hot topics already in mind ;)

Regards and sorry!

"Hello All,

Recently some members have been copying and then uploading the written examines for the pilot and controller test to several internet sites for others to download, e.g. EMULE and others.HQ has reviewed this problem and decided that if a member is participating in this activity the member will be SUSPENDED for 12 months.

Allen
IVAO-ADIR"

Go get them tigers!

VATSIM vs IVAO

Here is a hot topic. Again.

Well, I'm sorry to unplease you but this topic will not be to compare both online flying network profiles, but to try to capture our attention to something more important than that.

We all know that both networks are very good. Both networks offers very professional (if we can call it like that) services to the pilot community and they both have a great grow potential.

What is calling my attention is for the last months the pilot community from both networks are not so competitive as before. Ok, there are still some countries divisions (Hi Portugal!) that still battle for pilots (sometimes with dirty and flammable posts on both Division Forums) and with old scars still open, but yet and overall speaking, aren't we navigating through calm seas now ?

I wonder if one day we could have one single network. Definately this scenario is not good for pilots because the plural gives place to competition and that gives place to quality. But still then, should both networks live forever ?
I see some up's and down's from both, and still they are running from persons that love the flight sim just like us ... still, there is no money envolved here (at least not directly) so ....... things don't last forever (talking like Dr. House here).

The last scenario should, at my opinion, be the most remote one: A cooperative online network mode: Both networks, sharing pilots on the same "virtual airspace". What a ride! We would double the traffic, with more ATC available!

Still, for that happen, on both networks, the ancient common sense should leave, leaving space for new fresh blood to manage them.

... and for that to happen is the same as saying that tomorrow I will turn gay.

Daniel de Oliveira

Just to show you how the world is small, the other day I was navigating though some VA sites, and I got on BIAS VA (http://biasva.com).
There I saw a friend of mine, Daniel Oliveira, that is the Cargo Divisions Manager and also the Fleet Manager for that Virtual Airline.

Why the world is small ? Because actually he is also the Assistant Training Director for the Portuguese Division, and the Fleet Managet for Portugalia Virtual (http://www.pgavirtual.com).
It's shocking great when we surf a little on the internet and find these kind of things!

This time I didn't found my friend the way I am used to search for pilots on other VA's. If you want to try, try a google search with your name and "Virtual Airline" after it ;) ... Be surprised with the results.

A business opportunity not used yet!

We all know that there are millions of payware add-ons for flight simulator;
From airplanes to sceneries, from utilities to modules.
But all of this specifically to be with the target of pilots. Single human persons that stay on the computer and use that software to play on Flight Simulator.

What about payware software for Virtual Airlines ? We don't have a single payware software that should be payed by Virtual Airlines Management Teams and also should be licensed to be used by pilots for that respective VA.

I think the flightsim companies have much to gain here:

1. They could achieve a better market penetration by using the Virtual Airline to expose their products to pilots.

2. They could create a new license type and achieve better revenues.

3. They would have a better feedback (with all respect to pilots and users) from the Management team who would give them strategic suggestions for the future. After all, the Management Team always want the best for his VA!

4. The first company to do this, with a good, stable product, wins the market.

3 .. 2 .. 1 .. GO!

To have a strategic development plan, we need to feel the need for it. And we already have. Look at FSAcars, a freeware software, simple one and we have hundreds of VA's using it. And I'm sure if José Oliveira (one of the founders) made it payware the VA's would use it.

I'm sure that our Virtual Airlines community would give a step to payware if that new software could be tremendously improved and with a specific covered necessity.

I'm not defending the payware mode for this kind of software. But, I defend that if we want to improve this software in a way like pilot-software improves, we need to get the best flightsimm companies to design it and integrate it on the Flight Simulator.

You, FS2Crew, FsPassengers and others, think about it ...