Rules & Regulations
Code of Conduct
Rules & Regulations
Introduction
‘The registrants’ is referred to as ‘the pilot’ in the regulations.
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Article 1Acceptance Policy
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To become a member, the pilot must be at least 16 years of age. Are you younger? No problem, but always ask permission from your parents. We do not check this, as we do not ask for the date of birth of our members.
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It is not mandatory to be a member of the online networks IVAO and/or VATSIM. However, we do verify the skill level of the pilot. That means that we require at least 30 hours of online flying experience. If this cannot be demonstrated, it may be necessary to take a practical exam through a ‘Linecheck’.
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The pilot has a good basic knowledge of the English language. He/she can communicate clearly, understandably, and politely with fellow users of the flight simulator community.
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The pilot has good knowledge of aviation jargon, as well as IFR radio communication procedures. He/she can communicate clearly via microphone or otherwise via text with other users in an online setting.
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When the pilot is flying for one of the divisions, he/she has good knowledge of the aircraft he/she decides to fly. ‘Getting to know’ the aircraft cannot be logged. This must be done in advance. We can of course help with this.
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Article 2Retention of Membership
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To remain active, the pilot must perform a flight at least once every 28 days.
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After 28 days of inactivity, the account automatically gets suspended by VAMSYS. You will have recieved several warnings per e-mail prior to that moment.
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Your account may be reinstated upon request by the CEO or ACEO (or in absence an other member of staff). Note that this will not be done for an unlimited amount of times.
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When a pilot becomes inactive multiple times, the staff may decide to permanently remove the account from the virtual airline.
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5Should there be a direct Vamsys matter concerning your membership (banned from the platform), we can not reinstate nor debate on your behalf regarding this matter. This is out of our hands. Please note that Vamsys has their own legal terms and conditions. You can read al legal terms and conditions directly on the website of Vamsys by following this link.
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KLM Transavia Virtual has a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination and/or bullying. Depending on the severity of the offense, the membership can be terminated immediately. Until a decision is made, the account remains suspended.
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Discrimination that can be proven can also be reported to the discrimination reporting point of the Dutch police. Data on our servers can be used to support the report. This also goes for the Discord community server.
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Suspension or banning from platforms outside of our virtual airline do not necessarily have to be fully adopted. Based on reasoning, it can be decided not to go along with this and make a seperate discision.
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Article 3Operations
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1The pilot is free to fly for all the airlines operated within the virtual airline (KLM, KLM Cityhopper, KLM Cargo (Martinair), Transavia and Transavia France).
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2Realism and professionalism are important to us. The pilot must perform their flights in a realistic matter. The following sub-rules are part of that philosophy:
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aUsing time acceleration is not allowed! Flights logged using time acceleration will be rejected by our system automatically.
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bFlying intercontinental flighs with smaller aircrafts such as Embraers, Boeing 737’s or the smaller Airbusses are not allowed, unless specified specifically (e.g. in an event).
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cFlying european flighs with bigger aircrafts such as Boeing 787’s and 777’s or Airbus A330’s (or sizes of simillar proportions) are not allowed, unless specified specifically (e.g. in an event). The exemption is made for KLM Cargo flights using a Boeing 747 Freighter. They might perform shorter legs. Cargo flights are only allowed using the MPH prefix.
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KLM Transavia Virtual has three main HUB airports for maintenance: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam/The Hague Airport and Eindhoven Airport. The pilot must fly to or from a maintenance HUB at least once every 6 flights, unless it is a route from the timetable (such as the Jakarta – Manila – Jakarta shuttle). We do have maintenance contracts in the U.S. aswell for domestic U.S. flights. Flying for Transavia France will allow pilots to fly from Paris Orly Airport as well as other foreign HUBs in France.
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Due to the emergence of apps such as ‘Simbrief’ and monthly changing AIRAC-cycles, we ask our pilots to take care of using up-to-date charts and AIRAC-cycles to make sure they can operate their aircraft correctly.
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5Just like in real life, the pilot is personally responsible for executing a safe flight. He/she is responsible for checking the route, fuel, and payload. Refuelling mid-air or not configuring the aircraft in the correct manner (according to the SOP) will result in penalty points.
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6In case of unrealistic ‘misuse’ of our systems, we may decide to suspend the account pending an interview. We assume that we all strive for a real-life simulation of the divisions within our virtual airline.
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7All our operational documentation is made for simulation purposes only. They are based on real life operations, but are not assembled for real life aviation. Please not they can not be used in real life.
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Article 4KLM Transavia Virtual as a ‘brand’
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1It is not allowed for anyone to publish or distribute KLM Transavia Virtual’s data, logos, or other intellectual property without the CEO’s permission. As this virtual airline is based on a real airline. It’s logo’s are not owned by this organisation. An agreement has been made between Sven Duijff (the CEO) and airline regarding the way of using the intelectual properties of set airlines. Therefor publicating any items containing intellectual property of either KLM or Transavia is always at own risk/responsability.
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2Systems may be shown in live-stream flights, but we request that you include a name credit in your video description.
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3This virtual organization is for the purpose of flight simulation. Therefore, we do not own any airline-related intellectual property. We act with integrity when it comes to simulating a truthful situation.
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4For business inquiries, please contact our CEO at ceo@klmtransavia-virtual.com. Please not this is not a commercial platform. Inquiries or sale propositions are not appreaciated. Our customized operational features are not for sale.
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Article 5Validity of these regulations
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1This regulation applies to anyone who uses our website or is a member of the virtual airline.
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2This regulation can be changed based on new insights or developments in society or within the online community. A NOTAM will be published upon changes made. These NOTAMs are a ‘must read’ item. We assume that members who continue to use the platform after having read the NOTAM are in agreement to the Rules & Regulations current at that time.
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3Any criminal behaviour (discrimination, extortion or other illegal behaviour) may be reported to the Dutch authorities. Dutch law is applicable to the use of our platform.