WestWind Airlines Rules & Regulations

1. Pilot Identifications are for the expressed and exclusive use of the person applying to WestWind Virtual Airlines. Pilots must not share their accounts with other pilots.
2. Pilot Identifications/Accounts are not transferable.
3. Pilots are required to ensure that their web site account User ID and password are protected.
4. Pilots are responsible to change passwords in the event that they suspect that their account has been breached. Pilots must notify their Hub Manager if they suspect a breach has occurred.

1. Aircraft Category Rating.
   1. Pilots may only log hours in a category of aircraft at or below the category for which the pilot holds a rating.
   2. Exception. A pilot may log hours in an aircraft which is in a category for which he/she is training to take a check ride provided that he/she has accumulated the required number of hours to be promoted to the next category.
   3. Exception. WestWind Test Pilots may log hours flown in any category of aircraft when the flight is conducted with the approval of the Senior Test Pilot or the Chief Pilot.
   4. Pilot Flight Time consists of that timecommencing fromPushbackup to andending atGate Arrival.
2. Payware Aircraft.
   1. In order to have sufficient quality control over WestWind's livery, textures for payware aircraft will only be made available if a painter at WestWind owns the payware aircraft in question and the aircraft publisher's policies allow for third party repaints.
3. Aircraft Type.
   1. Pilots may log hours only in specific makes and models of aircraft listed in the WestWind fleet. The WestWind Fleet consists of those aircraft types (makes and models) currently available for download in WestWind's hangars.
      1. Pilots may log time in a payware aircraft that does not have WestWind textures provided that a freeware aircraft of the same make and model is currently available in a WestWind hangar. For example you may log time in a payware MD-11 since a freeware MD-11 is available in a WestWind hangar.
   2. Pilots may log hours only in makes and models of aircraft appropriate to the type of mission —
      1. Passenger flights will use aircraft from the WestWind Passenger Fleet capable of operating safely at the origin and destination airports.
      2. Cargo flights will use aircraft from the WestWind Cargo Fleet capable of operating safely at the origin and destination airports.
      3. Executive charter flights will use one of the specific makes and models of aircraft from the Executive Charter Fleet listed in the charter description.
      4. Cargo charter flights will use one of the specific makes and models of aircraft from the WestWind Cargo Fleet listed in the charter description.
      5. Aircraft in the WestWind Historical Fleet are primarily used for charter flights. The Historical aircraft flown should be appropriate for the intent of the charter and logistics (aircraft range, airport compatibility, etc.) should be considered. Charters may follow current passenger or cargo routes.
      6. Training flights may use any aircraft from the WestWind Passenger, Cargo, or Executive Charter fleet, subject to the restrictions of paragraph (a). Senior Captains and above may log hours for training flights in aircraft from the WestWind Historical Fleet.
      7. WestWind Test Pilots may log hours flown in any type of aircraft not part of the WestWind Fleet when the flight is conducted with the approval of the Senior Test Pilot or the Chief Pilot.
4. Allowable Operations. Pilots may only log hours for the following types of operations —
   1. Passenger flights conducted for WestWind Airlines Hub Operations Division.
   2. Cargo flights conducted for WestWind Airlines Cargo Operations Division.
   3. Passenger charter flights conducted for WestWind Airlines Executive Charters Division.
   4. Cargo charters conducted for WestWind Airlines Cargo Operations Division.
   5. Training flights for the purpose of recurrent training or type certification for the next higher rating, subject to the restrictions of paragraph (a).
   6. Test flights conducted by WestWind Test Pilots with the approval of the Senior Test Pilot or the Chief Pilot.
   7. Special operations assigned by airline managers, for example, special charters, maintentance test flights, or repositioning flights.
   8. Flights by airline management conducted for the purpose of performing their management duties.
5. Simulation Speeds
   1. Hours flown at other than normal simulation speeds (1x) may only be logged as the actual real-time hours flown.
      1. Clarification. If you spend 1 hour flying a 2x Simulation Speed, you may log 1 hour only.
      2. Clarification. If you run a simulation at 1/4 speed, you may NOT log 4x the normal flight hours.
6. Pausing in flight. Flights may be paused in flight for as long as the pilot desires. The time while the flight is paused may not be logged.
7. Unattended Flights. Pilots may only log hours spent in direct attendance of a flight, to include the monitoring of an aircraft flying on auto-pilot. Extended periods of time spent away from a running simulation (unattended flight) shall not be counted as loggable time.
   1. Exceptions. Short breaks of a reasonable duration away from a running simulation shall not be considered unattended flight.

1. Callsign

   Our registered call-sign is "WWAxxxx" for all flights, where xxxx is your Pilot ID. If flying cargo, please just mention this in your flight plan.

2. Flight Plan

   It is required by VATSIM that you put "WESTWIND AIRLINES" and our home page www.flywestwind.org in your flight plan comments.

§4 Requirements for Hub Management Positions

§5 Requirements for All Management Positions