Jasper Hienen 1382626 Posted February 26, 2017 at 10:32 PM Posted February 26, 2017 at 10:32 PM Hello! My name is Jasper van Hienen and I am from the Netherlands! I am currently 17 years old and I am very new to the aviation industry. The simulator that I fly in is FSX and my favorite aricraft is the 777-300ER. After joining some multiplayer sessions in FSX I quickly found out that the sessions are overcrowded, are unrealstic, have people yelling though their mic etc. Conlusion: Not realistic at all, and that is why I joined vatsim! Right now, I have made 4 flights on vatsim. 3x from EGKK to EGCC, and 1x from EGCC to EGKK as KLM12TB(Made up Callsign). My first impressions where great! The controllers where all very helpfull, especially the first one i met on the EGKK ground frequency. I want to thank all you helpfull people getting me through my first flight and i am looking forward to meeting other simmers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Meese Posted February 27, 2017 at 01:31 AM Posted February 27, 2017 at 01:31 AM Welcome Jasper, great enthusiasm! If you want to make social connections in the world of VATSIM, I recommend testing the water with smaller communities than this network-wide forum. Virtual Airlines, flying groups, and perhaps your domestic vACC (dutchvacc.nl in your case). I bet people've been able to connect well with this forum as an arena, but in my experience it's better to start small and perhaps with someone sharing your mother tongue. Otherwise, this forum is a great knowledge base, anything you wonder will have somewhere between 2 and 40 guys throwing their 10cent coins at you. Have fun with it, and don't ever stop learning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Richards Posted February 27, 2017 at 07:32 AM Posted February 27, 2017 at 07:32 AM Nice introduction Jasper and welcome to VATSIM. Enjoy and be sure to ask any questions that you might have and I'm certain everyone will be willing to help. If you're on social media, VATSIM's official Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/vatsimnet and Twitter is @VATSIM. Mark Mark Richards (811451) Auckland, New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimo Koolen Posted February 27, 2017 at 10:01 AM Posted February 27, 2017 at 10:01 AM Welcome Jasper. It's always a pleasure to have more Dutch people here as well. I suggest joining dutchvacc.nl. There is tons of information about flying to/from/through Dutch airspace and if you want to control at any Dutch airport, that's the place to start (because that's where our Training Department is). ACCNL4 (Training Director) - Dutch VACC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Hienen 1382626 Posted February 27, 2017 at 10:04 AM Author Posted February 27, 2017 at 10:04 AM Welcome Jasper. It's always a pleasure to have more Dutch people here as well. I suggest joining dutchvacc.nl. There is tons of information about flying to/from/through Dutch airspace and if you want to control at any Dutch airport, that's the place to start (because that's where our Training Department is). Good to hear, i am already a member of the vacc and learned a lot from the training page! Do you guys also give training for a P1 training course? As I have not gotten any replies back from vateud nor the vatsim Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimo Koolen Posted February 27, 2017 at 10:45 AM Posted February 27, 2017 at 10:45 AM The Dutch Vacc only offers ATC training for Dutch airports, mainly Schiphol (EHAM). There is a queue though, because there are so many people applying and not enough mentors available. I believe the Vatsim Academy (https://academy.vatsim.net/) has the P1 course with the required information and a test to complete. Thereafter, the P1 rating will be [Mod - Happy Thoughts]igned. ACCNL4 (Training Director) - Dutch VACC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Smith Posted March 8, 2017 at 08:53 PM Posted March 8, 2017 at 08:53 PM Welcome to VATSIM Jasper! Enjoy your addiction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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