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Howdy once again from the Texas-friendly skies! We're still looking for fresh, new faces for our dedicated family of av geeks to converse and fly with. Here's a refresher of some of the many features we offer: - Our Fleet Modernization Project is almost near completion and well ahead of schedule! We have an amazing, new, fresh livery on our airframes, and we're even introducing a few new ones. - Our new paints include both freeware & payware models or textures for all of our aircraft (FSX only). - We fully support Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004; and we partially support Prepar3d with a wide variety of ACARS clients to choose from, including smartCARS. - We have a newly streamlined registration & entrance exam process. - We have quite a few fun events in the works, and they're not all about flying big iron either. - We have a legacy carrier inspired, world class schedule. - Hubs in AUS, DEN, LAS, PDX, MSP, IAD, & TPA. - Don't want to fly the schedule and/or primary fleet? We have a subsidiary charter brand to allow more flight freedom. - No rank restrictions! Fly any of our aircraft at any time. - 1st PIREP due in 14 days; only 1 flight due every 90 days after that. - Brush up on your skills with our training partner VATSTAR. - Pilot awards for hours, types, training, & other achievements. - We're now on social media! (See below) We'd also like to fill a few staff positions so that we can focus more closely on future projects. Among those open, we are especially interested in filling our Brand Manager position with a well qualified individual. This position is a combination of both branding & marketing; primarily we need someone that has both time & experience to manage our recruitment campaigns & social media outlets - this includes occasional image and video promotions. If interested, please visit our Staff page to get started. For applicants with less time or experience, we do have other openings, including a few Hub Manager positions - these make great "entry level" positions. Check the same staff page as above for more info. So if you're interested as a pilot, staff member, av geek, Texan, or just in general, give us a holler. Website: http://www.texairvirtual.org Email: socialmedia@texairvirtual.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/texair Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/texairvirtual

Are cloudy skies looming because summer's coming to a close, and the reality of having to return to work or school getting you down? We're not letting that happen at TexAir. Every day means blue skies in the Texas-friendly skies! But Texas-friendly skies aren't just over Texas, no! We've got hubs all over the country with a diverse fleet to operate scheduled flights. But in case you want to remind yourself of that great summer getaway when you're knee deep in assignments, we have a great charter subsidiary to get you in all the planes you love, and to the places big birds can't necessarily go. We want our pilots to be the best they can be, so we also entered into an exclusive training partnership with VATSTAR to help our pilots achieve their dreams. That doesn't come without rewards, either! We offer "fast track" hours and profile ribbons for every course completed. Did I mention that our Fleet Modernization Program is in full effect? Just this weekend, we took delivery of our gorgeous new 738 and 752 repaints. Have a look for yourself. In addition to smiling pilots, we're also looking for some well qualified individuals to fill a few staff positions. Specifically, we need someone to take on the role of our Brand Manager position - which is considered a combination of both branding and marketing. We also need to fill our Fleet Manager position - which should be noted will not have to complete repaints for us at the moment as we've already negotiated that, we just need someone around to help us test deliveries and troubleshoot pilot issues. (Repaints may be discussed down the road.) And yes, we do have a few Hub Manager slots still open, as well. If you may be interested in any of these and have applicable experience, swing by the Staff page to get an idea of what we need and how to apply. So stop on by, take a look at what we're all about, and say Howdy! If you like what you see, go on and apply! TexAir Virtual Airlines

Howdy from the Texas-friendly skies once again! TexAir Virtual Airlines is looking to fill two Administrative position vacancies that we've had open for some time. We would like to fill these positions so that we can complete our current project goals and move forward on other plans. (If you'd like to know more about our culture, just see this page.) The positions: Fleet Manager We need someone that has repaint and troubleshooting experience to bring our fleet into the 21st century. Specifically, we need new freeware repaints on all of our models that will not be retiring, and also repaints on replacement models we have planned to take delivery on. An interim livery has already been designed by my second in command, so you can use that one or we can look at fresh designs. Our primary focus is freeware for FSX/FS9, but would also like to offer payware options for as many aircraft as possible. P3D support a plus but not a must. Brand Manager We need someone to do exactly as I'm doing now. This someone must have a knack for creativity to design recruitment ads and programs, and take them into the FS community with hopes of bringing in even more great pilots and staff. They will be the "face" of the company - taking to external communications and explaining to those interested what we're about on at least a weekly basis. So if you feel you may be qualified and ready to dedicate yourself to such an airline and position, feel free to drop by our Staff page and learn how to apply (or just click any of the links above). We also have other staff positions available, but those listed above will be priority until filled. And of course, we're always open to seeing more new pilots! We have a great community going once again, and we'd love more smiling faces. Drop on by, kick up your boots, and stay a while!

So my VA is kind of in a repaint pickle and we're looking for someone that can do repaints for us to update our outdated look. We've been looking for some time for a dedicated 'Fleet' person to paint and troubleshoot for the VA, but it's been slow to no going. My second in command took it upon himself to attempt the project and has even designed a livery, but he's now sidelined with home issues and can't do the work. We're now considering a 'per project' approach and may consider both free and paid quotes/estimates. Here's what we're looking for: - Our Fleet page tells the story for the most part. There are some we plan on retiring and replacing, you can get an idea just by looking. Ask me for a specific list if you need it. - Use his livery design, or pitch us a new one/improvement. We're not set on it being "the one" we go with. (His design is the one you'll see on our website banner.) We also have a few "special edition" liveries in planning, but these would only be considered a bonus at this point and not priority. - Our MUST HAVE: Freeware FSX repaints (preferably that work with FS9 as well) for each of our aircraft that won't be retiring, and those we plan on adding. We have already researched it and found models and paint kits for them; MOST of which are POSKY. (Other model suggestions are welcome, though.) - In addition, we'd really like to see equivalent model payware textures for as many of our aircraft as possible. (PMDG NGX for the 737s, QW for the 757, etc.) - Possibly open to seeing some repaints for P3d and/or XPlane. Not a priority. - We'd like the Fleet to match as much as possible in quality so would prefer the same repaint artist take on the whole project. But we know how that is, so we'll consider both whole project quotes and per aircraft quotes. Please PM me or email me if you'd like some more information on our project, or would like to possibly offer your services. You can reply to the thread but I probably won't see it for some time. Thank you! Darryl Roach TexAir

Greetings again from the Texas-friendly skies! No doubt we haven't posted in a while, but with summer underway, what better time than now? Here are just a few reminders of what we offer pilots: - No Rank Restrictions! Fly all of our aircraft with any amount of experience. - One PIREP every 90 days to stay Active after the first one. - We have a large fleet with a large schedule to compliment it, and are currently undergoing a Modernization program. - We have smartCARS now! - Don't want to fly the schedule? Make up your own flight under our JenaJet subsidiary. - We have a friendly, family-like community of aviators of all experience levels, with a passion for simulation and realism. - Many great hubs to choose from: Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis, Washington, and Tampa! Come on by and say Howdy, just in time for July 4th fireworks at all of our hubs! http://www.texairvirtual.org But wait...there's more! We're in need of some outstanding individuals to contribute more than flight hours. We have a few staff positions we'd like to fill immediately: Fleet Manager/Aircraft Repainter - We really need someone whom can expedite our Modernization program, which is behind schedule. Also, someone that can expand our fleet offerings beyond MSFS. Brand Manager - We could use someone to do exactly THIS - that is, go around actively making our name famous in flight simulation, recruiting pilots & staff, answering questions, etc. Interested? Check out our Staff page for more info on what we're looking for. We are also accepting applications for an Events Manager and Hub Managers. Come on by and fly the Texas-friendly skies, and also - Happy Birthday, America!!!

That was fast. He is using version 4.95, and it is the free version. He is also going to try another client, but I want to continue to troubleshoot this issue for future reference.

It has happened with multiple aircraft. It's happened with our company 757 POSKY repaint, but also with multiple 737 repaints he's used. So far those are the only two aircraft he's flown with us. The few reports that came through 'complete' were with different 737 repaints/models. I have forwarded the questions about FSUIPC onto him, awaiting further.

I am having an issue with some kAcars PIREPs that seems to only be happening with one pilot (at the moment). The data coming through is incomplete, and not consistent. See attached. These are just two recent examples, but it's been occurring since he joined. So here's what I've done up until writing this thread: 1. Seeing as how it's only happening with one pilot, I immediately thought it to be an installation issue on his end (and it still might be). My staff and I followed up with him to understand his installation, and we don't feel he's done anything differently or erroneously from anyone else. The pilot said he's concerned with the issue as well. He assured us he has the latest version of FSUIPC, and has re-installed the latest kAcars download multiple times. 2. The data coming through is not just incomplete, it is also inconsistent as to what data is included. As you see from these examples, some standard recordings are not there, like TOC, TOD, cruise altitude, taxi data, takeoff data, etc. What is strangest about this is the data that doesn't come through is different each PIREP. Sometimes he has takeoff data, sometimes he has cruise data - it's just very random. Some of his PIREPs have been complete all the way through as well - all of them have been filed with kAcars. So since there is data getting through, just some missing, I began thinking other things may be at play. Checking the data tables on my server, the data matches the log exactly - so it's not a matter of something just not being transmitted in the log. 3. I made sure all of these PIREPs are also being submitted via the kAcars client itself, and not manually uploaded with a copy/paste log. So that leaves little room for it to be a security/alteration issue. 4. Other pilots (including myself) have been using kAcars without issue - full data coming through. So I've searched high and low for the same or similar issues in this forum and I can't find anything where anybody has experienced anything quite like this. Maybe I missed it, I don't know. So I don't really know where to go from here. Anybody know what else to try? Does anybody think it's possibly being tampered with? Logic would tell me to have him try another Acars client to see what happens...Any other suggestions out there? Thanks.

Lots of great things have been happening at TexAir in the last few weeks. Our flight schedule is flat out massive, but just over 1/2 complete restoring it to what it once was. We've always compared our routes to that of a legacy carrier, but utilizing different or more off-the-beaten-path crew bases and focus airports. We've also been adding a lot of little details and functionality within the website, making the pilot experience more enjoyable by the day. This week, we just added three great features that we've never had before, and pilots are reacting well over the additions. We announced our new partnership with SimBrief, in which pilots can get an automated dispatch of their flight without even leaving our website. We also opened our first "subsidiary", JenaJet, a company that focuses on general aviation contracts and on-demand charters. What this means for our pilots is they can now stray from flying TexAir metal and/or schedules if they wish, and fly somewhere airliners can't go in their favorite business aircraft carrying our VIP clients. Lastly, we have added a fifth ACARS client to our PIREP options, CCF Tracker. The options just keep getting better and we have no intentions to stop. We are also looking into the more popular payware options to offer pilots in the near future, as well, and even ways to spend their virtual earnings. So you might as well come by and see how we're doing, yell "Howdy", and sign up if you like. Our most popular hub is the unique, one-and-only Austin (also our HQ), but we also feature hubs in Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis, DC, and Tampa. We're really connecting Texas with the rest of the world. http://www.texairvirtual.org --------------------------------------------------- If you can't tell from some of my posts, we really do keep a laid back attitude at TexAir, and we're not into simulating much of the 'corporate' side of an airline. But even so, we could use some qualified and experienced pilots to fill a few staff positions, which will help make things better even faster. At present, we'd like to fill the following positions fairly soon: - Fleet Manager - Brand Manager - Hub Managers for KDEN, KPDX, KMSP, KIAD, & KTPA. We are also accepting applications for these other positions: - Website Manager - Events Manager If you've done similar things in the past, are interested in contributing to a VA as more than a pilot, and don't want to be part of a huge 'corporate structure', you're the kind of person we're looking for. Come by the website and get a feel for what we're about, and if you like what you see, go ahead and apply. We don't bite...hard...but the salsa does.

Howdy! TexAir Virtual Airlines checking in for its weekly spot. We've had a great start to April for sure. We've been getting lots of new faces, made some tweaks to the website, and even added some more Awards! As always, we're looking for more friendly pilots to fill those Texas-friendly blue skies. Stop on by and say howdy, y'all! I'd also like to take this opportunity to say we're also recruiting for a lot of open staff positions. Presently, we are looking to fill the following Administrative positions with well qualified candidates as soon as possible: Brand Manager Fleet Manager We are also accepting applications for these other positions: Website Manager Events Manager DEN, PDX, MSP, IAD, TPA Hub Managers Click on any of the positions to detailed description of the position and continue to the application. We'll see y'all again next week! Thanks!

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Won't y'all stop by and say Howdy? TexAir had a great time making its return and is operating once again at full capacity. But now as we say goodbye to our past and look to our future, we're in need of some pilots. We accept PIREPs via FSPassengers, FSAcars, kAcars, XAcars, and manual forms. File your first one within 14 days, and after that only 1 every 90 days. No rank restrictions, and we even allow equipment swaps & subs. Our schedule is as big as Texas and offers something for all skill levels. Click here to begin our application process. It's great that we have begun accepting pilot applications, but we still have a lot of staff positions that need to be filled. We want to bring in even more options and features for our pilots, but none of that can happen without help from some great individuals willing to lend us their time and skills. Please visit our Staff page to see what is available. After that, please click here to see detailed position descriptions and learn how to apply. We hope to see many new faces in the near future, and as always, Come Fly the Texas-friendly skies!

It is a great pleasure to announce that TexAir Virtual Airlines has returned to the virtual skies after a long hiatus. We have a great, fully-functional, new website (at our old location texairvirtual.org I might add) with lots of features and awards for pilots to pursue. We return with the same all-Boeing mainline fleet and that one-of-a-kind massive flight schedule similar to that of a legacy carrier, but with lots of routes no one flies thrown in. We've upgraded our terminals at all of our old hubs in Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis, Washington, and Tampa - once again making it obvious why everything is bigger about Texas. What has changed is our attitude towards flying and structure in general. We don't have a very large staff design (but with that said do have some vacant positions that need filling), we no longer restrict flights or aircraft based on rank, and our activity polices are extremely relaxed (1 flight every 90 days). Pilots can file via FSPassengers, XAcars, or online manual form (we hope to support more systems in the near future). We will be adding a forum in the next day or two; and with enough interest, we may consider a dedicated TeamSpeak server and some other great add-on features. And yes, we even have an amazing new livery design in the works. We could certainly use some pilots, though! Won't you come by and say Howdy? (Any of our pre-hiatus members are more than welcome to sign up as well - we even give an award for y'all.) vPress Release: Based in Austin, TexAir is a world-class simulated carrier hell-bent on connecting Texas with the rest of the world. We also have hubs in Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis, Washington, and Tampa - making it easy to see everything really is bigger about Texas. We also offer a grand flight schedule comparable to real world legacy carriers, but with many routes that no one else flies thrown in. We have an friendly atmosphere, minimal requirements, lots of options, and lots of awards. So come by and say Howdy, Y'all!

It is a great pleasure to announce that TexAir Virtual Airlines has returned to the virtual skies after a long hiatus. We have a great, fully-functional, new website (at our old location texairvirtual.org I might add) with lots of features and awards for pilots to pursue. We return with the same all-Boeing mainline fleet and that one-of-a-kind massive flight schedule similar to that of a legacy carrier, but with lots of routes no one flies thrown in. We've upgraded our terminals at all of our old hubs in Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis, Washington, and Tampa - once again making it obvious why everything is bigger about Texas. What has changed is our attitude towards flying and structure in general. We don't have a very large staff design (but with that said do have some vacant positions that need filling), we no longer restrict flights or aircraft based on rank, and our activity polices are extremely relaxed (1 flight every 90 days). Pilots can file via FSPassengers, XAcars, or online manual form (we hope to support more systems in the near future). We will be adding a forum in the next day or two; and with enough interest, we may consider a dedicated TeamSpeak server and some other great add-on features. And yes, we even have an amazing new livery design in the works. We could certainly use some pilots, though! Won't you come by and say Howdy? (Any of our pre-hiatus members are more than welcome to sign up as well - we even give an award for y'all.) vPress Release: Based in Austin, TexAir is a world-class simulated carrier hell-bent on connecting Texas with the rest of the world. We also have hubs in Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Minneapolis, Washington, and Tampa - making it easy to see everything really is bigger about Texas. We also offer a grand flight schedule comparable to real world legacy carriers, but with many routes that no one else flies thrown in. We have an friendly atmosphere, minimal requirements, lots of options, and lots of awards. So come by and say Howdy, Y'all!