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First 757 enters service, plus other news
Audio version of this release can be listened to here: [display_podcast] _ROMULUS, MI, March 28th, 2008 � _Today MetroAirs first 757-200 entered service from their home base at…
MetroAir Announces Fleet restructure
Today MetroAir executives announced that decisions have been made regarding the airline’s medium and long-haul fleet strategy. Listen to the podcast below to find out more. [display_podcast]
Pilot Roster Inactivity Warning
FAO All Pilots: I am about to start the ball rolling on the latest round of inactive account removals. This will include pilots from both KIAD and KONT Rosters. Any member who currently has an…
MetroAir Announces major Operations and Staffing Changes
MetroAir Virtual today announced major operation and staffing changes. This was announced during the MetroAir Holiday Bash in Detroit. Enjoy.
MetroAir Virtual Events making a come back!
Friday night events are coming back! I hope we can all support this here at MAV and show the VATSIM community that we are the right stuff! Starting Friday, October 5th we will plan to have operations…
State of the Airline Address
Following the State of the Airline posted a few nights ago, a Q&A session took place. Enjoy.
Podcasts coming soon...
Event notices, Q&A with staff, and more. To make it a success we’re going to need you to submit questions; What kind of things have you been curious about?
Spotlight: Scheduling
Much has been made of various aspects of MetroAir recently; new fleet acquisitions, technical improvements and training developments, to name a few. In particular, we talk about fleet types a lot.…
Farewell 737NGs
MetroAir recently announced the retirement of its three leased 737-700s. As of writing this, one of them has already been returned to its lessor, with the other two to follow soon. This has of course…
Expansion
You may have noticed that MetroAir�"s rate of growth has been increasing lately. Since March, we�"ve seen the introduction into service of our first A319s, placed an order for A330-200s, acquired 3…
Update to Pilot Rankings and CAT Ratings Policy
With our recent announcement of adding additional aircraft, management has reviewed our current rankings and their associated CAT ratings. In general, the number of hours required for a promotion has…
MetroAir Awards: May 2007
I would like to congratulate all of our May Award Winners. Remember that you can always view our recent award winners and the awards that MetroAir offers on the award page of the website. Terence…
New Leave of Absence Policy
The staff of MetroAir would like to announce the following… In an effort to keep our roster as accurate as possible, starting June 15th a new policy will be enforced for all of our On-Leave pilots.…
Hours: Events, Vatsim and You!
Effective immediately, the policy on bonus hours has changed. Since Vince has become the new EC, you’ll notice that the requirement to fly events on VATSIM is no longer a requirement. You are still…
Mi casa es su casa...well, something like that!
First off, I don’t want you all to think of me as your hub manager, but to regard me as your friend…or maybe an older brother. If we were in the unions, I’m the boss that makes the Tom Collins of the…
Event's are easy... Sort of
Putting events together is arguably the easiest job you can have at a VA. I mean if you compare what I have to to compared to what Tom, Matt, Kim, James, and everyone else has to do man you could say…
Applications, Policy and Wiki's Oh My....
I am now into my third month of being MetroAir’s Human Resources Manager and this week, I’m going to share with you, an insight into what my role here at Metro HQ involves. Primarily, I am charged…
Updates to MetroAir Policies
I think now is a good time to announce some recent changes in MetroAir Policy to the rest of our members. Our Policies regarding Transfer Hours and the Re-Hiring of pilots have been updated in an…
Financial conundrums (or is that conundra?)
Time to let you in on some of our “behind-the-scenes” work. Many of you have probably been wondering what’s happened to our monthly financial reports; frankly since Clint Watson is now no longer with…
MetroAir Awards: April
I would like to congratulations all of our April Award Winners. Remember that you can always view our recent award winners and the awards that MetroAir offers on the award page of the website. We are…