Three staff vacancies have recently arisen and applications are now invited to fill these positions. The positions are:- Training Captain Regional Jet Fleet (BA CityFlyer) Training Captain 757/767 Fleet and Scheduling Assistant. Job descriptions for the Training Captain posts are here and for the Scheduling Assistant here. Applications close on 17th August 2008.

Very many congratulations to our new Training Captain for the Concorde fleet - BAW 417 Michael Penson. Welcome Michael! Also apologies to BAW 1155 Malcolm McKenzie who has been in post as Training Captain Turbo Prop Fleet for several weeks. Congratulations Malcolm!

BAV World Cargo schedules are currently under updating and are not available. It will be worth the wait though as the real world BA Cargo schedules will be included and over the next few months some more varied contracts will be added such as F1 and World Rally events and the Red Bull Race schedule.

Discount for BAV pilots on new 747 Training DVD!

Thanks to the initiative of our 747 Training Captain, Lee James, and the generosity of AOA Founder Chris Palmer, BAV pilots will be able to benefit from a 10% discount on the purchase price of the forthcoming AOA Media training DVD for the PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies. If you want to know how to REALLY fly this great aircraft then you'll certainly want this DVD. Not only that, but you can also benefit from a 10% discount on the already released LDS 767 Training DVD. To obtain your discount code just contact Lee by e-mail

Further details are to be found in the General Forum or for screenshots and sample videos click the AOA logo on this page.

Very many congratulations to our three latest Training Captains - John Barnes at Flight School, Darius Assassi at 737 Fleet, and Willie Nel at Airbus Fleet. Welcome gentlemen!

Vacancies exist for Training Captains over at Speedbird Online. The vacancies are Airbus, 737, Regional Jets and Flight School. Full job specification here

Our new requirement is for someone who is fully conversant with Joomla , the open source content management system, who will be able to design a template, or adapt a current free template design to satisfy the requirements of BAV both in terms of content layout and corporate colours. In additition, we require one or two graphic designers to produce images and graphics as required to make the website look attractive.

I'm sorry about moving the goal posts so quickly, but a website re-design comes along so infrequently that we do need to make the right decision. So, if you have the necessary skills and have time to commit to this project, then please contact ceo@bavirtual.co.uk /08 18:0 GMT

The BAV website is long over due a complete redesign. We would like the next generation website to be database driven if possible. So, if you are competent in PHP/ASP coding with a strong design flair, then I'd like to hear from you. It is possible that this work could be undertaken by two or more members working in collaboration and pooling coding, graphics and design skills. The time frame is 6 months from appointment to completion. If you have the necessary skills and have the time to commit to this project then please contact ceo@bavirtual.co.uk

For personal and business reasons our CEO Ferry van Aesch has decided to stand down with immediate effect. However, he'll still be around to kick some life into the server as required and ensure the smooth operation of our great software.

We also bid farewell to Assistant CEO Nicola Romano who also needs to devote most of his time to real world matters such as completing his studies and getting a job! Good luck Nicola! Nicola will remain with us as a pilot and so he'll still be around from time to time.

Ferry and Nicola have done a great job for BAV and we thank them for all their efforts on your behalf.

Taking over the reins as new CEO is Rob Parker, who, as one of the original Board members, has for the past 7 years been the Director of Online Flying and the webmaster of Speedbird Online.

Bryan Clarke vacates the Deputy HR chair and moves up to fill the position of Director of Human Resources

To make up our numbers on the Board we are pleased to announce the appointment of two new Directors.

We welcome Tim Brown our Flight School Training Captain who becomes Deputy Director of Human Resources incorporating Pilot Services.

We also welcome Florian Harms as Director of Online Flying. Flo will continue as our Events Co-ordinator in addition to his role on the VATSIM Board of Governors.

The British Airways Virtual Board.

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