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OFFICIAL BUSINESS

VATSIM ASIA REGION REPORT Q4/2018

Executive Summary

VATSIM Asia is closing the round of 2018 Quarterly reports, with a Q4 report and a 2018 statistic overview. Q4 has been full of action, with ATC training and

new ATC upgrades within the Divisions, as well as new Instructors at local vACC level, that will boost training. Cross Regional event was organized between

New Zealand and VATSEA on 15Dec with great success. Other big scale events took place between VATJPN, VATKOR,VATROC and VATPRC. VATWA has

organized online nights and city hops as to engage local members. Staff recruitment is in progress. The Division shows good progression.

Worldflight passage through Asia was stable and uneventful for once more this year.

There have been staff appointments at vACC level. VATSEA is also recruiting staff members to provide a full staff board.

Another great success, Golden Mic achievement for approach position of year 2018 for Xi’an-Xianyang ZLXY (VATPRC) with 2239hours and 13 minutes!The

Divisions show teamwork and cooperation, which is one of the assets , as to where Asia is today and this is to congratulate all staff, pilots and ATC !

. All members have received membership retention either locally or by Regional staff.

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a great New Year for all Regions and Divisions within the Network.


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Administrative Report

Summary of administrative report.

1.0 Staffing

New staff member appointments at vACC level (VATSEA and VATWA). Please check attached relevant Division Report.

2.0 Technical

The Regional Helpdesk is set up and now sends emails to staff and members upon creation of tickets.

3.0 Membership

Membership Report is attached.

3.1 New Members

This Quarter VATSIM Asia had 610 new records signed up.

3.2 Transfers

There have been 10 transfers for this Quarter.



3.3 Other

None to report at this time.

4.0 Conflict Resolution Trends

-NIL-

5.0 VA/SOA Matters

None to report.

6.0 Additional Matters

No additional matters to report.

Operational Report

Summary of operational report.

1.0 Region Activity

Overall stable activity . VATSIM Golden Mic Award for Approach position Xi’an-Xianyang ZLXY (VATPRC) with 2239hours and 13 minutes.

2.0 Air Traffic Control Training

Takes place on regular basis and organized by the Divisions or vACCs. Please see the attached Division Reports and corresponding data.



3.0 Operational Projects

Please see the attached Division Reports and corresponding data. Region is planning to build a new site for VATASIA. New modern template

(compatible with mobile devices) and possibly new ticketing system.

4.0 Events & Meetings

Meetings with VATWA Division took place on Q4/2018.

5.0 Additional Operational Matters

None to report.

6.0 Additional Matters

None to report.

SIGNATURES & ENDORSEMENTS

By digitally signing below, the Region Staff Member authorizing this report hereby testifies to its truthfulness to the best of their knowledge and ability.

/s/ Anastasios Stefopoulos Date: 15 Jan 2019

Anastasios Stefopoulos Region Director



VATASIA 2018 STATISTICS

652, 26%

590, 24%646, 26%

610, 24%

Quarters 2018New Members Sign Up

1st Qtr

2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr

4th Qtr

540

560

580

600

620

640

660

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Asia Region, 2018 New signup's

New signup's



25%

6%

38%

12%

5%

14%

Members joining Divisions

VATPRC

VATROC

VATSEA

VATWA

VATJPN

VATKOR



VATASIA DIVISION & vACC REPORTS

VATSEA Division Q4 2018 Report

DIVISION STAFF ORGANIZATION

Position Position Title Staff Name

VATSEA1 Division Director Eugene Lee

VATSEA2 Deputy Division Director Isaac Tan

VATSEA5 Pilot Training Director Justin Tan

VATSEA8 Events Director Tim Wong

A staff recruitment drive is currently underway and will be posted for intake in Q1 2019.



DIVISION STATISTICS

RATING UPGRADES

We had 33 passes and rating upgrades. Breakdown as follows:

Rating

Upgrades

S1 S2 S3 C1 C3 Total

Hong Kong 9 1 3 2 1 16

Indonesia 6 1 0 2 0 9

Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0

Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0

Singapore 4 0 0 0 1 5

Thailand 1 0 0 0 0 1

Vietnam-

Cambodia-

Laos

1 1 0 1 0 3

Total 21 3 3 4 2 33

Majority are new controllers that have recently joined the VATSEA vACCs and have started training.



VACC REPORTS

HONG KONG VACC

Overall

HKVACC has experienced significant growth throughout the year, including Q4. We experienced a huge influx of new controllers, both local and visiting. As a result of the increased presence

of controllers, we were able to host a great number of events and were able to provide a full team of our own controllers to handle WorldFlight for the first time.

Staff Team

Position Position Title Staff Name Remarks

ACCHKG1 Director Alfred Tang

ACCHKG2 Deputy Director Oscar Chui

ACCHKG3 Senior Manager, Training Alfred Tang

ACCHKG5 Senior Manager, Publications Bailey Brown

ACCHKG6 Senior Manager, Marketing Michael Cheng

ACCHKG7 Manager, Events Kai Ko New appointment

ACCHKG8 Manager, Web Services Bailey Brown

ATC Training

New Mentor appointed by HKvACC – Ken Kwok

New Instructor appointed by VATSEA – Oscar Chui

Events



22 Dec - VHHH-RCTP

15 Dec - NZAA->VHHH (Kia Ora)

24 Nov - VMMC (Macau is your friend)

11 Nov - WorldFlight VHHH stop

Awards

Iron Mic won for TWR, APP, CTR for 10-16 December 2018.

INDONESIA VACC

Overall

Indonesia vACC performance is doing great. Training for ATC are nice and fast. Right now, we're doing some update, either to update local documents, edit something, and rearrange our performance.

Staff Team


ACCIDN1 Director Wildan Gunawan New appointment

ACCIDN2 Deputy Director Vacant

ACCIDN3 Training Director Hoo Jiong Sheng

ACCIDN4 Membership Manager Rafly Rayyaan

ACCIDN5 Event Director Ajitesh Ganis New appointment

ACCIDN6 Public Relations Manager Marco Harsono New appointment

ACCIDN7 Webmaster Victor Chandra New appointment

ACCIDN9 Assistant Training Director Stevin Leonoreza New appointment



Events

NIL

Awards

Iron Mic won for WIII_TWR in September.

MALAYSIA VACC

Overall

The vACC has been performing well and our controllers have had occasional to regular online presence on the network especially when informally requested by pilots or members of virtual

airlines.

Staff Team


ACCMY1 Director Syafiq Aidil Law

ACCMY2 Deputy Director/Events Wan Zamir Zakwan

ACCMY3 Training Director Prestley Shim

ACCMY4 Membership & Public Relations Edwin Phua New appointment

ATC Training

Re-training and acceptance of an old controller - Muhamad Hisyam (1056212)



Events

- WorldFlight 2018

- MASAVA 2018

PHILIPPINES VACC

Overall

There has been a steady flow of traffic both from local and international pilots. ATC positions are manned occasionally with controllers averaging up to 2 hours per session handling several

traffic during which. We do not expect to see a drastic increase in activity in the following months of January and February however we are forecasting an increase in traffic between March

and May due to school holidays in the Philippines.

Staff Team


ACCPHL1 Director Ian Campomanes

ACCPHL2 Deputy Director Darl Reyes

ACCPHL3 Manager, Training and Standards Darl Reyes Acting Director

ACCPHL4 Manager, Events Jasiel Espinosa

ACCPHL5 Manager, Web Services Michael Uy

ACCPHL6 Manager, Facilities Vacant

ATC Training

Endorsed and reinstated Romano Lara as RPHI_CTR after months of inactivity.



Events

NIL

SINGAPORE VACC

Overall

Singapore vACC is progressing well with a high demand to join as a resident controller. However, with limited airspace, we are bound to the constraints of the number of available facilities

used for training. At this time, new SOPs from Delivery to Radar is being set in place to allow better coordination and facility management. The expected time for these SOPs to be effective

is February-March.

Staff Team


ACCSGP1 Director Eugene Lee

ACCSGP2 Deputy Director Vacant

ACCSGP3 Training Director Isaac Tan Acting Director

ACCSGP6 Facilities Director Willis Chong

ACCSGP10 Webmaster Vacant

ATC Training

- There are currently 20 active resident controllers on the Singapore vACC Roster with 5 on the waiting list.

- Training is currently halted as SOPs are being set in place to ensure a standard quality is set in the vACC.

Events



1. ImagineSim WSSS Launch Event – 10 Nov 2018

Awards

NIL

THAILAND VACC

Overall

Thailand vACC is performing well. As usual we still don’t have the participation like in the US and Europe. Traffic still seems to be slow in the region. Staff Team


ACCTHA1 Director John Holt

ACCTHA2 Deputy Director Patrik Yngver

ACCTHA3 Training Director Tony Koskinen

ACCTHA4 Events Director Tapatt Tanaboriboon

ACCTHA5 Facilities Engineer Dieter Schulz

Webmaster Johan Tiesinga

ATC Training

- Update to Bangkok TMA SOP

Events NIL



VIETNAM-CAMBODIA-LAOS VACC

Overall

The vACC is getting remarkable results with positive activities in ATC training and traffic.

Staff Team


ACCVCL1 Director Vu Viet Phuong

ACCVCL2 Deputy Director Pham Quoc Nam New appointement

ACCVCL3 Training Director Ngo Minh Vuong

ACCVCL4 Operations Director Vacant

ACCVCL5 Events Director Truong Duc Duy An

ACCVCL6 Webmaster Nguyen Minh Hai

ATC Training

- New members: 24

- Total members: 52

- Mentors: 8

Events

NIL



MYANMAR

Overall

Work continues for the sector file for Myanmar. Once ready, we will resume open skies for the FIR.

Division VATROC - Division Director: Tzuhsiang Chao(1065234)

Member Retention

No Change

ATC Training

QTD YTD 18

YTD 17

Var (%) 6 people applied training 2 TWR OJT 1 APP OJT 1 CTR OJT around 6 INS/INS+ are in an active situation (same as last quarter)

S1 5 5 3 0

S2 1 1 1 0

S3 2 2 2 0

C1 1 1 1 0

C3 0 0 0 0

∑ 10 10 10 0

Pilot Training

N/A



Operations

Events

2018/10/13 Okinawa Night 2018/11/24 Seoul to Taipei RKSS -> RCSS 2018/12/22 Victoria Christmas Express

Other Comments



VATSIM Japan Division VATJPN - Division Director: Masaki Hasuike (1141450)

Member Retention

*VATSIM.NET:

New : 27

Total : 366

*VATJPN Web:

New : 23

Total : 2057

No staff Change.

ATC Training

QTD YTD

18

YTD

17

Var

(%) 2018 Q4, VATJPN Controllers : 86

(SUP=1, INS=5, C3=5, C1=16, S3=17, S2=9, S1=33) S1 4 11 12 92

S2 1 2 3 67

S3 0 1 1 100

C1 0 1 3 33

C3 - - - -

∑ 5 15 19 79

Pilot Training

VATJPN offers P1 exam in

Japanese.

2018 Q4, VATJPN P1-P5 pilots : 120

2 pilots were passed P1 written test in this quarter.

Operations We are discussing compliance with GDPR. The document will be issued by 1st February 2019.

Events

“Beginner’s event”------------------------------------- 20/Oct/2018, 17/Nov/2018, 15/Dec/2018.

“East Meets West” ------------------------------------- 27/Oct/2018, 24/Nov/2018, 22/Dec/2018.

“Time for OKINAWA!”(VATROC)------------------13/Oct/2018

“City Link ZANB-RJFK”(VATPRC)------------------03/Nov/2018

“World Flight 2018”-----------------------------------09/Nov/2018

“Shuttle Run RKPK-RJFF”(VATKOR)--------------08/Dec/2018



Other Comments ---



VATWA - VATSIM West Asia Division

Quarterly Report Q4/2018

www.vatwa.net

Compiled by Raihan Shahzad - VATWA1 - Division Director

2/28/2019

https://www.vatwa.net/



VATWA Staff

VATWA1 - Division Director

Raihan Shahzad

Vatsim ID 1208205

[email protected]

VATWA2 - Division Deputy Director

Pelle Klein

Vatsim ID 1099570

[email protected]

Job vacancies have been advertised for following staff positions, however no applications so far received:

VATWA3 - Training Director

VATWA4 - Assistant Training Director

VATWA6 - DCRM

VATWA7 - Events Director

Website: www.vatwa.net

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.vatwa.net/



HQ: hq.vatme.net

VATWA Members

311 members joined West Asia Division in 2018 as compared to 149 members in previous year 2017.

55 57 59

149

311

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

WA

Total Total

https://hq.vatme.net/



Following members joined the vACCs in West Asia

IND - India vACC

MDV - Maldives vACC

NPL - Nepal vACC

PAK - Pakistan vACC

SLA - Sri Lanka vACC

Following members are yet to join vACCs in West Asia

14

9

6

2 21

23

21

2

14

65 5

7

1

02468

10121416

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014

IND MDV NPL PAK SLA

Total

Total



23 39 46

141

300

050

100150200250300350

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

(blank)

Total

Total



VATWA Controllers

Details of members having Controller rating in West Asia Division

43

22

16 15

68

1 20

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

TraineeStudent

(S1)

Student(S2)

SeniorStudent

(S3)

Controller(C1)

Instructor(I1)

SeniorController

(C3)

SeniorInstructor

(I3)

Supervisor(SUP)

Total

Total



vACCs

3 vACCs are actively working in West Asia division, which are as follows:

Nepal vACC

Pakistan vACC

Sri Lanka & Maldives vACC

India vACC remain inactive as no active staff yet.

For ACCIND1 position which was announced on VATSIM forums, no recruitment has been made as the position lack interest from

the existing members of West Asia division.



India vACC (Inactive)

STAFF

None

Website: -

EVENTS

None

Controllers

Controllers in India vACC

22

14

911

26

0

5

10

15

20

25

TraineeStudent (S1)

Student (S2) SeniorStudent (S3)

Controller(C1)

Instructor(I1)

SeniorController

(C3)

IND

Total

Total



ATC STATISTICS

Delivery

(DEL)

Ground

(GND)

Tower

(TWR)

Approach

(APP)

Control

(CTR) Total (Hrs)

- 8:24 18:32 3:51 31:06 61:53

Nepal vACC

STAFF

ACCNPL1 - Director vACC

Bahaeddine El-Zarif

Vatsim ID 1123672

ACCNPL2 - Deputy Director vACC



Yazan Alothman

Vatsim ID 1327111

ACCNPL3 - Public Relations Director

Kieran Samuel Cross

Vatsim ID 1298134

Website: www.nplvacc.com

EVENTS

None

CONTROLLERS

Controllers in Nepal vACC

4

21 1

012345

TraineeStudent (S1)

Senior Student(S3)

Controller (C1) Supervisor(SUP)

NPL

Total

Total

https://www.nplvacc.com/



ATC STATISTICS

Ground

(GND) Tower (TWR)

Approach

(APP) Control (CTR) Total (Hrs)

43:36 16:05 7:03 27:20 94:04

Pakistan vACC

STAFF

ACCPAK1 - Director vACC

Shujaa Imran

Vatsim ID 1303668

ACCPAK2 - Director ATC Training

Mateen Ali Anjum

Vatsim ID 1145162



ACCPAK3 - Director Events & PR

Faaizan Sait

Vatsim ID 1323685

ACCPAK4 - Director Pilot Training

Ali Abbas

Vatsim ID 1354425

Website: www.pakvacc.com

EVENTS

Title Date Departure Arrival Description

CityLink 13 Oct

2018

OPKC /

Karachi, PK

OPIS /

Islamabad, PK City Link

Flight to

Friendship

28 Oct

2018

OPLA /

Lahore, PK

OMDB / Dubai,

AE Live Event

http://pakvacc.com/



AirBridge 10 Nov

2018

ZWWW /

Urumqi, CN

OPIS /

Islamabad, PK City Link

City-Hop 01 Dec

2018

VCBI /

Colombo, LK

OPKC /

Karachi, PK City Link

Skardu

Experience

22 Dec

2018 OPSD / Skardu, PK Fly In/Out

CONTROLLERS

Controllers in Pakistan vACC

8

54

2 2 21

0123456789

TraineeStudent (S1)

Student (S2) SeniorStudent (S3)

Controller(C1)

Instructor(I1)

SeniorController

(C3)

Supervisor(SUP)

PAK

Total

Total



ATC STATISTICS

Ground

(GND) Tower (TWR)

Approach


56:05 124:23 84:46 115:18 380:32

Sri Lanka & Maldives vACC

STAFF

ACCSRM1 - Director vACC & Training Director

Imal Mille

Vatsim ID 1102697

ACCSRM2 - Operations Director



Nishan Kannangara

Vatsim ID 1174904

ACCSRM3 - Events Director

Pasindu Fernando

Vatsim ID 1165770

ACCSRM4 - Web Designer, Social Media Manager

Gayanga Millevithanatchy

Vatsim ID 1260323

Website: 4r-ipm.bid/vaccsrm

EVENTS

Title Date Departure Arrival Description

http://4r-ipm.bid/vaccsrm



City-Hop 01 Dec

2018

VCBI /

Colombo, LK OPKC / Karachi, PK City Link

CONTROLLERS

Controllers in Sri Lanka & Maldives vACC

ATC STATISTICS - SRI LANKA

1 1

2

1 1

0

1

2

3

4

5

Controller (C1) Trainee Student(S1)

Student (S2) Senior Student(S3)

Senior Instructor(I3)

MDV SLA

Total

Total



Ground

(GND) Tower (TWR)

Approach


6:54 40:20 8:39 39:49 95:42

ATC STATISTICS - MALDIVES

Ground/Delivery

(GND/DEL)

Tower

(TWR)

Approach


00:27 21:20 39:30 20:24 81:37

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