Please also see the Stevens
FAQ's
This Virtual Airline is different! You fly schedules just like in real Airline life! This
Virtual Airline, operating the Boeing
747-400
(by PMDG, PS1/PSX and iFly) as well as the Boeing 767-300ER (by Level-D), Boeing 777-200LR
(by PMDG) and MD-11F
(by
PMDG) exclusively, is
maintained by real world
pilots, who bring in
their vast experience and knowledge about
real-world operations. Our
goal is to be as realistic as possible.
How to sign up as a pilot? Just
click on "Join".
D-ASSC during a D-Check at the Lufthansa Technik Facilities at
Hamburg
You have duty schedules, Company Routes, even Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP's), Minimum
Equipment Lists for Dispatch and -
most important - a fully automatic Flybase for recording your
PIREPs, flight hours
and statistics!
Your Duty Notification will be generated
by our Crew Schedulers once you apply as pilot
for Stevens.
But no need to worry, you don't have to fly the plan as scheduled. Do
your flights when you have
time to do it. You will find out though, how tough
airline flying can be!
Via the FlyBase you can check and maintain your duty schedule, see which flight to do next, get a
weather and
NOTAM
Briefing and check your pilot hours which are updated immediately after entering a
PIREP.
Once entered, the flight dis-
appears out of your duty notification and you
will only see the remaining
flights in your schedule. If you have done all
flights, you may request
a new schedule via the Stevens
Forum
or via eMail, however Crew Scheduling will be alerted
automatically once your number of remaining assignments drops below a
pre-defined level.
Please also register on the Stevens Forum. After registration every Stevens pilot is welcome to ask
questions, discuss
things,
request a schedule and so on.
Also note, that you'll find a board at the
Forum, the "Stevens Crew Info", where
you will find important information regarding our operations and your work as a
Stevens pilot. So check
the Forum regularly!
Should you wish to conduct a "Charter"-flight outside of our normal scheduled
operations, you may of course do so. Please
check the Stevens FAQ's (link at the top) for regulations regarding these
flights.
At the Stevens Website you find the Schedules, Aircraft Rotations, Fleet
Information, the FlyBase, information about
"the numbers" (Economics), NOTAMs and a "Links and Files"-page with valuable
resources for STV operations .
The career rankings as a
Stevens pilot are:
Rank | Abbrev | Hours | |||
First Officer | FO | 0 | to | 299 | hours |
Captain | CPT | 300 | to | 999 | hours |
Senior Captain | S/CPT | 1000 | to | 2999 | hours |
Check Captain | C/CPT | 3000 | to | 4999 | hours |
Senior Check Captain | SC/CPT |
5000 |
+ | hours |
Senior Check Captain Stefan Schweizer and Senior Check Captain Timo Koecker during Flight Training at Stevens VA ;-)
The most important thing to know is, that the economical development of Stevens Virtual Airlines is directly linked with the pilots,
that means - you! Although the dynamic load-factor function is currently
unavailable, economic success will depend on the number
of PIREPs submitted each month.
The LF is calculated in two parts. The first part is directly affected by the number of PIREPs submitted. The second part
is influenced
by the real-world development in the airline industry, so these developments will be realistically reflected in our
economics.
You see, you interact the airline by your own effort. If the pilots are flying, Stevens earns money. If they don't, Stevens fails and
may
cease flight operations one day.
Check the "Economics" link on the Stevens site and check all the years since started in 2001.
In 2003
we were close to filing for bankruptcy, but got up again, because the pilots were flying again.
So, every flight will be counted economically!
Now you can imagine, why it is important to operate for Stevens regularly.
Now, step by step:
1. Enter the Stevens webpage
2. Follow the link "FLYBASE/PIREP"
3. Enter your Flybase-Password to enter your Personal Pilot Folder, where
you can check your next flights in your Duty
Notification. You
can also obtain weather information as well as a fuel
estimate there.
4. You are ready to go!
5. Enter the Stevens Flybase and enter a PIREP for your flight with all details you asked for.
6. After sending your details your Flight hours are automatically updated and you can start all over again!
Last but not least we expect personal engagement (don't just be a number in our roster, try to complete flights on a regular bases
and engage in forum discussions and events) and compliance with our rules and
guidelines from all of our pilots. Flying for Stevens
should be fun, but nevertheless respecting the rules, SOPs and showing good
airmanship is required to maintain the good reputation
that Stevens has gained in the last years. But do remember that you are linked
to the forthcome of the airline by the means of LF!
We have a real nice community at Stevens now, if you are able, fly online (IVAO or VATSIM) as much as possible to benefit from
our OPS and
DISPATCH bases, who support you during your flights via ACARS
So much from now. That was much for the first day, but you will see, once settled down, you will nothing than enjoy your
employment with Stevens!
Many happy landings and you are welcome anytime for comments, suggestions or just questions via Email or the Stevens Forum!
Sincerely,
Stefan Schweizer Timo Koecker
DFO Stevens VA CEO Stevens
VA