BER SOP v1.00

The meanings of words are as follows:

“Shall, must, has to, is to”, and verbs used in present indicative form such as “does, perform”, etc., are used in an imperative, compulsory, mandatory sense. “Should” is used in a sense of strong recommendation. “May, might” is used in a permissive sense to state the authority or permission to do the mentioned act. “Must not, may not or no crew member may” means that nobody is authorized or permitted to do the act. “Includes” means “includes but is not limited to”. “He, his, him, himself, …” are used for both male and female

SOP Changelog

29.08.2024 - Initial Version

Executive Board

Chairman: Steve | Deputy Chairman: Michael

Duties:

• establishment, operation and development of the virtual airline

• appointment and dismissal of persons who are entrusted with the above-mentioned task as well as other tasks to support the members entitled to fulfilling these tasks

• nomination of the various post-holder positions

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Postholder Flight Operations

Main: tbd | Deputy: tbd

• Ensures and is responsible that the operation is carried out according to the valid legal rules and regulations such as EASA regulations and observes changes, amendments and/or revisions in national and/or international air legislation

• Ensures and is responsible for the safe operation of airplanes

• manages, supports, and is in charge of the pilots as superior and is responsible for their standard of performance

• Is responsible for the compilation and content of the Operations Manual Parts

• Supervises and ensures that crewmembers apply procedures, performance and flight safety standards in accordance with the OM. In case of ineffectiveness and/or non-compliance takes corrective action.

• Development and implementation of standard operating procedures

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Postholder Ground Operations

Main: tbd | Deputy: tbd

• Is responsible to organise Events

• Informs and keeps in touch with various stakeholders such as members or external partners.

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The applicant must complete their registration with the complete first and surname.

At the time of registration, the applicant must fulfill all requirements by vAMSYS Ltd. ( Terms )

Membership can be terminated under these circumstances:

• Upon member’s request

• By repeated/serious violations to our (or vAMSYS) Terms.

• Not fulling the activity requirements.

• Upon discretion of the Managment Team of vBER.

If your account has been terminated (not banned!), you can reactive your account by creating a request in our Discord Support Section.
If your account has been banned, you are unable to join again.

It is possible to transfer flight hours from a selected list of Partners on vAMSYS.

We credit you up to 100h (one time!) and additionally, we will credit you 80 points/flight based on your transferred flights (capped at 10000 Points).

To receive the credit, please open a ticket in our Discord Support Section, providing the Partner-Airlines name and your Pilot ID there.

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All flight operations have to be tracked with “Pegasus”

If there is an issue with Pegasus, you can file a Claim via the website providing the necessary evidence (Screenshot from the external Aircraft AND a screenshot of an external tracker (such as Volanta, STKP, VATSIM/IVAO Tracker).

PIREPS are processed automatically unless the PIREP deviates from our Rules.

Inflight refueling, airplane change, slewing, increased sim rates, excessive pausing, etc. is prohibited.

Flights have to be operated with the booked aircraft type with a Air Berlin Livery (Last valid real AB Livery, or our custom liveries).

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To remain active, you need to have at least 1 (accepted) PIREPS within 60 days.

When joining airberlin, your first PIREP has to be filed (and accepted!) within the first 7 days.

You can file your Absence in your Pilot Profile (We do not accept vacations within the first 4 weeks of your membership.)

Upon Management discretion, you can be whitelisted from the minimum requirements.

We ask you to stick to the EASA Duty time limits per day. Excessive violations will be invalidated.

When participating in Events/Flights to Focus Airports, Bonus points for these flights can be deducted if you fly these flights multiple times with the sole intent to get the Bonus Points.

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airberlin Members are required to avoid airspaces closed by NOTAM or other company information due to security concerns. A list of closed Airspaces is available. PIREPS violating this rule will be invalidated.

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• All PIREPS are automatically processed according to the vAMSYS Points Manual Click Here

• We reserve the right to deduct points if your flight wasn't safe/approaches were not stable/racing on the ground/etc.

• We ask all our pilots to be stable configured for landing at 1000ft AGL

For the following incidents/cases/occurrences, a PIREP Comment is mandatory. If you experience something special which is not covered in the following list, you may also add a PIREP-Comment.

• Collisions with other objects or terrain (incl. TCAS Resolution Advisories)

• Aborted Takeoffs, Go-Arounds, use of incorrect or closed airports or runways.

• Runway incursions (if Online, please let us know if under ATC, and who was in charge)

• Runway excursions

• Arriving below fuel minimas

• Temporary or permanent loss of controls

• Events leading into an emergency situation

• Exceeding structural limits

• Navigational errors

• Airplane malfunctions

• Non-standard flap settings