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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…
From the Hub Manager's Perspective
I recently started my new job as Ontario [KONT] Hub Manager. It didn’t take me long to settle in because I know what is expected of pilots. “How does that figure”, you might ask. So far as performing…
MetroAir completes acquisition of Boeing 777-300 Aircraft
Kansas City, MO – MetroAir Virtual Airlines has completed acquisition of its order of 7 777-300ER Aircraft from Boeing Inc. The final aircraft (registration numbers N772MT and N773MT are being…
Kickin it...
Image by Sean Forehand 2011 was an interesting year for me. In a year where most everyone was getting more insecure about their jobs mine hired more people and I got to help train them. I also was…
What's up in Ops
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the Operations department or ever thought what planning goes into all the fantastic routes here at Metro? Well I hope that by the time you have read this you…
March Pilot of the Month!
MetroAir would like to congratulate March’s Pilot of the Month, David Izzi! David joined MetroAir back in May 2010 and has already flown over 1,100 hours! He quickly climbed the ranks and within the…
Beta testing, and what it's all about
Greetings pilots! I wanted to take some time to post about the Beta testing group here at MetroAir Virtual Airlines that some of you may or may not be aware exists, give everyone some insight into…
MetroAir announces "Point to Point" service from Balitimore.
Kansas City, MO – Earlier today Kansas City Based Metro Air Virtual Airlines announced they were branching out into a new venture with their regional operator, Allegius Airlines. Beginning March 5th…
ACARS v1.3 Released
ACARS v1.3 has been released for usage by all pilots. You can download it by logging in and going to My Downloads in your Pilot Control Panel. ACARS can be found in the Addons section. Changelist for…
We're Hiring: Ontario Hub Manager (KONT)
After 3 years and a few months of loyal service with MetroAir, Tim Moskal has decided to step down as your Ontario Hub Manager. Tim has a larger workload in college this semester and didn�"t feel he…
What goes into a Strategy Planning meeting?
A few weeks ago you may have seen a tweet regarding the executive team participating in a strategy planning session. I hope to give you some more background information as to why we are formalizing…
We're Hiring: Director of Aircraft Operations
After many years of dedicated service to the Ops department, Mike Adamo has now stepped down from his position of Charter Director due to increased work responsibilities. He will however be staying…
Welcome Back Cody!
Today we welcome Cody Wilson back into the ranks of the MetroAir staff team. He is returning to his role as Director of Integrated Media. All things related to MetroAir graphics are his domain. What…
February Pilot of the Month
MetroAir would like to announce February’s Pilot of the Month is Kansas City’s Andy Kirk! Andy joined MetroAir in November 2011 and has recently been promoted to First Officer! He has racked up…
Hogarth Promoted to VP of Operations
Mr. William Hogarth has been promoted to an executive level position, Vice President of Operations. He will continue to manage scheduled operations in addition to managing all aspects of operations…
February Hub Spoke
Baltimore: Best Landing Speeds: Any pilot who lands below -50 feet per minute will get 5 MetroMiles. Any pilot who lands below -5 feet per minute will get 25 MetroMiles. Any pilot who lands at -1…