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Wonderful World of Training
Round 2 of the Training Blog brings up many different yet exciting possibilities. Ever thought about a training base? How about learning the way of a real world pilot, their knowledge base and what…
We're Hiring: Fleet Director
Matt Dissinger has been our Fleet Director for a little over a year now and since joining the staff has proved to be a vital member of the operations team. Some of his achievements include updating…
What we've known and said all along....
In recent weeks, we on the staff have been posting here in the blog. I am not much of a writer at all. Some of my colleagues here at MetroAir offered a great deal of help to me in getting my thoughts…
Fun in the Sun: What Goes Into Planning the Summer Charters
A lot goes in to planning where to send our charter planes for the summer. While everyone was still busy flying our passengers for their ski vacations, the operations team was busy brainstorming for…
June Pilot of the Month is....
MetroAir would like to congratulate June’s Pilot of the Month, Baltimore’s own Ronald Beitzel! Ronald joined MetroAir back in November 2011 and in 6 months he has already racked up over 260 hrs and…
Blurring the Lines: A Professional Virtual Airline
For as long as I can remember, MetroAir’s tagline has been “Realistic. Innovative. Professional”. Not only has it been a tagline, but has served a concise mission statement for the executive team.…
Backpacking in Europe
Kansas City MO – Kansas City based MetroAir Virtual Airlines has today announced that beginning June 1st they will be going into partnership with Reykjavik based, Iceland Express to provide two A320…
Celebrating Ft. Lauderdale in Style
Fort Lauderdale and the entire South Florida metropolitan area is one of the most diverse regions in the United States. Much like Miami, Fort Lauderdale boasts a number of entertainment venues for…
Retired Aircraft Liveries
NOTAM: Effective June 1st, the following liveries will no longer be available for download or usage. - Washington Redskins Q200 This aircraft has been sold quite a while ago and the registration is…
May POTM
Please join me in congratulating Sean Wheelington on being May’s Pilot of the Month! Before Sean went on leave to take up assignment in the military, he could always be found on Teamspeak rapping…
Hawaiian Island Hopping
Kansas City MO – Kansas City based MetroAir Virtual Airlines today announced that it will be operating a long term charter with Island Air, based in Hawaii. The airline plans to operate two…
What is the Mentor Program?
Most pilots here at MetroAir have heard of the mentor Program. But, a lot of you guys might not know what the Mentor Program is and what it is about. Well I am here to tell you what it Is all about…
MetroAir announces partnership with Royal Caribbean International
Kansas City MO – Kansas City based MetroAir Virtual Airlines today announced that following the success of last year’s cruise charter with Disney Cruise Line we are pleased to reveal that we will be…
Comradery in the Airline
Above the badges, promotions and title’s associated with being in an airline is the comradery we have enjoying this airline together. As a hub manager I have the task of ensuring the hub run’s as…
April Fools. Fooled ya!
It has been a yearly tradition for the last few years to issue an April Fools news item. Like some of the web giants out there, we thought it would be a little fun for our pilots. All of us remember…
April Pilot of the Month!
MetroAir would like to congratulate April’s Pilot of the Month, Mohammad Zain! Mohammad joined MetroAir almost exactly 2 years ago in April 2010 and has flown almost 700 hours! Most recently Mohammad…
All about the designs: Director of Integrated Media
All about the designs (part 1). This is just a blog post to show you what its like to be in the line of work of what I do as the Director of Integrated Media for MetroAir Virtual. In this blog post I…
New Aircraft. New Route.
Note: this post is part of the April Fool’s Day prank of 2012. The following are false statements and only written for a joke. This morning, MetroAir executives announced their intentions to start a…
News from the Training Department
Often times its lost as to what is exactly happening in different departments of Metro Air. I have found this to be true of the Training Department as well. While it is true that we are meeting every…
A Belated Welcome to Our New Ontario Hub Manager!
Join me in welcoming our newest Hub Manager, James Hepburn! James joined MetroAir on July 18th, 2010. He has since racked up 755 pireps with us. That’s 2160 hours if you’re counting with only 233.2…