Using Mountain Air's Website

Using Mountain Air's Website Version 1.1 January 3, 2013 2013 Mountain Air Virtual Airlines Help-Tip for learning the Website: While exploring Mountain Air's website, you will see your mouse arrow cursor turn to a hand & finger pointing cursor when you move across a screen hot-spot. This indicates a mouse selectable point. You are encouraged to left-click this point and see where it takes you! Don't be afraid to try this you can't hurt anything! Best viewed using either Mozilla Forefox or Google Chrome Page 1 of 31

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION...3 HOME PAGE DROP-DOWN MENUS...4 HOME PAGE HOT-SPOTS...5 Recent Headlines...5 Upcoming Mountain Air Events...5 Awards...6 Donations...6 HOME PAGE INFORMATIONAL AREAS...7 GENERAL INFO / JOIN DROP-DOWN MENU...8 Home...8 Join the Airlines...8 News...8 Events...9 PILOT LOUNGE DROP-DOWN MENU...10 Active Roster...10 Personal Page...11 Database...13 PIREP Entry...15 Promotion Request...16 Points Test...16 Top Landings...17 Logbook Search...17 Flight Search...18 Flight Details Page...19 Pilot Search...20 Aircraft ICAO Search...20 Airport/Chart Search...21 Aircraft Update...22 Flight Board...22 Forum...23 Training...24 Fleet...24 Scenery...24 New Pilots...25 Screenshot Winners...26 HUBS DROP-DOWN MENU...26 CORPORATE DROP-DOWN MENU...29 Human Resources...29 About Us...29 Links...30 UPDATE LOG...31 Page 2 of 31

INTRODUCTION Mountain Air's (MTN) website is unique in that it is a continual work-in-progress and is more than just screenshot pictures and a place to post a Forum message now and then. It is a critical part of the MTN organization and provides updated information and functional pilot tools along with educational materials. Try to check the MTN Forum several times a week. The Forum has a section dedicated to this website and will contain updates and new information as necessary. It is also a good place for you to post questions if you encounter an issue while using the website. NOTE: If at anytime you try to gain access to information in the secure MTN database and are not logged in with your MTN callsign and database password, you will be required to enter that information before you are granted access. Throughout this manual, the red arrows indicate mouse selectable points. Fig. 1: Mountain Air's "Home" webpage. Page 3 of 31

HOME PAGE DROP-DOWN MENUS Roll the mouse pointer over the heading titles (red arrows) to see the drop-down menus. Fig. 2: Mountain Air's "Home" page drop-down menus. General Info / Join General Info / Join Hubs Hubs Pilot Lounge Pilot Lounge - Home - Home - Active Roster - Active Roster - Atlanta - Atlanta - Join the Airlines - Join the Airlines - Database - Database - Chicago - Chicago - News - News - Flight Board - Flight Board - Dallas/Ft. Worth - Dallas/Ft. Worth - Events - Events - Forum - Forum - Denver - Denver -Training -Training - Juneau - Juneau - Fleet - Fleet - Philadelphia - Philadelphia - Scenery - Scenery - Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City - New Pilots - New Pilots - San Francisco - San Francisco - Screenshot -Winners Screenshot Winners - San Juan - San Juan - Seattle - Seattle Page 4 of 31 Corporate Corporate - Human - Resource Human Resource - About Us - About Us - Links - Links

HOME PAGE HOT-SPOTS Recent Headlines Fig. 3: News headlines. #1: Select this and you can read the the most recent MTN news articles. #2: Select this and you will see the associated Forum posted details. Upcoming Mountain Air Events Fig. 4: Upcoming Events. #1: Select the title to access a Google calendar link; select the location to obtain a map. #2: Select an airport ICAO to access the airport's charts, weather, & flight schedules. Select View Forum Post to see the associated Forum post with details of the flight. #3: This selection will pull up the monthly VATUSA Events Calendar. #4: This selection will pull up the monthly Mountain Air Google Events Calendar. Page 5 of 31

Awards Fig. 5: Awards. This section lists the ten most recent awards earned by MTN pilots. #1: Click here to view all of the different types of awards available to MTN pilots. #2: Click here to see what the pilot accomplished to receive the specific award and a list of all the MTN pilots that have received the award. Donations Fig. 6: Donations. #1: This selection will permit you to send an email to the MTN site Administrator. #2: This selection will bring up a consolidated site map. #3: These selections will tell you why you might consider a donation, and the PayPal donation window. #4: This selection will pull up the www.vatsim.net home website. Page 6 of 31

HOME PAGE INFORMATIONAL AREAS Along with the pull-down menus and the hot-spots on the MTN Home page described above, there are seven other real-time informational sections displayed. They are: Brief information on the 10 newest pilots. Listing of the 10 newest pilot promotions. Random display of screenshots MTN pilots have submitted. Flight Board displaying all currently active flights using FSAcars and the last 15 completed flights that have been logged via FSAcars or manually. Note: Clicking on the top banner bar (red arrow) of this Flight Board Light will bring up a new window that will display the full Flight Board that is auto-refreshed every 2 minutes and a real-time tracking map of currently active FSAcars flights. Listing of ATC in MTN Skies - What VATSIM controllers are currently online. Listing of which MTN pilots are currently flying online with VATSIM. Listing of the 15 pilots that have earned the most points in the current month. Listing of the twelve most popular airports based upon MTN flights for the last 30 days. Page 7 of 31

GENERAL INFO / JOIN DROP-DOWN MENU - Home - Home - Join the Airlines - Join the Airlines - News - News General Info / Join General Info / Join - Events - Events Home Home is the main webpage that appears when you go to MTN's website at: www.mountain-air.org Join the Airlines Join the Airlines is the application page a person completes and submits to join Mountain Air. News News is the page where you can read brief articles about the most recent Mountain Air news. At times, within the text of the articles, there will be selectable hot-spots (words that are blue and underlined) that will link you to Forum posts that have additional information. Fig. 7: Headline News. #1: When blue or magenta color/underlined words, click for more information. Page 8 of 31

Events This drop-down menu item will take you directly to the Events Forum where you can access each MTN Event posting. This is a read-only Forum mode. If you wish to reply, you are required to log into the Forum. The full Forum user mode is accessed by going to the Pilot Lounge drop-down menu and selecting the Forum which will then request your MTN callsign and Forum password. Fig. 8: Events Forum. #1: Click here to see the details of the Event. Fig. 9: Selected Event Forum post (Note: "Highlighted" hot-spot). #1: When you see blue colored highlighting, this denotes it is a selectable link. In this example, clicking on 312 will bring up the database details of the flight. Page 9 of 31

PILOT LOUNGE DROP-DOWN MENU - Active Roster - Active Roster - Database - Database - Live ACARS Tracking - Live ACARS Tracking Pilot Lounge Pilot Lounge - Forum - Forum - Training - Training - Fleet - Fleet - Scenery - Scenery - New Pilots - New Pilots - Screenshot Winners - Screenshot Winners Active Roster An active pilot is a pilot that has flown at least one flight in the past 90 days. Fig. 10: Active Pilot Roster. This section lists the active MTN pilots. #1: This will take you to the selected pilot's Personal Page. There is a tremendous amount of pilot activity information displayed on this page. #2: This will take you to a website called www.vataware.com that provides VATSIM based statistical data related to the specific pilot selected. #3: Takes you to the Pilot Ranks page that describes the requirements to obtain each level of rank. Page 10 of 31

Personal Page NOTE: The Personal Page is secured from non-mtn pilots. MTN pilots can view each others' Personal Page. Fig. 11: Top portion of the Personal Secure Pilot Area window. #1: Selecting the Flight number will bring up the MTN database flight details of the currently dispatched flight assigned to this pilot. #2: Selecting this flight number will display the flight details of the last flown flight reported on a PIREP. Fig. 12: Flights flown in the last 30 days map. Page 11 of 31

Fig. 13: Awards earned as a MTN pilot. Fig. 14: Logbook for the last 30 flights. #1: Selecting the date will bring up the flight log details of that specific flight. The full FSAcars log will be displayed if the flight was flown using FSAcars. #2: This selection point is under construction. #3: Selecting the flight number will bring up the MTN database flight details. #4: Selecting the Origin or Destination will bring up that specific airport's detailed information. Page 12 of 31

Database The first thing you must do to gain access to the MTN Secure Database is to log in (Fig. 11). You must be a registered MTN pilot. Fig. 15: Secure Database log-in window. #1: Enter your MTN callsign (eg. MTN2071). #2: Enter your MTN Secure Database Password that you established when you joined the airlines. The next screen you will see is Fig. 12. Fig. 16: Secure Database Functions window. The four actions you can select from are: #1: This will take you to the main Secure Pilot Area menu. #2: This will take you to your personal page. #3: This will allow you to send an email to the Member Services Manager. #4: This will log you out of the Secure Database. Note: Actions #2 and #4 are available on all other Secure Database related windows. Page 13 of 31

Fig. 17: Secure Pilot Area menus. - PIREP Entry - PIREP Entry - Dispatch Flight - Dispatch Flight - Promotion Request - Promotion Request - Points Test - Points Test - Top Landing - Top Landing Secure Pilot Area Secure Pilot Area - Logbook Search - Logbook Search - Flight Search - Flight Search - Pilot Search - Pilot Search - Aircraft ICAO Search - Aircraft ICAO Search - Airport/Chart Search - Airport/Chart Search - Aircraft Update - Aircraft Update Page 14 of 31

PIREP Entry This is the manual method of filing your PIREP upon completion of a flight. PIREPs are required to be filed to earn points; both for your individual flights and participation in Events, such as the Group Flights. Fig. 18: Pilot Report (PIREP). What to select in the Flight Hub Area : If both your departure and arrival airports are hubs, select the departure hub. If either airport is a hub, but not both, select the hub airport. If neither airport is a hub, and the flight is in the continental U.S., Alaska, southern Canada, northern Mexico or the Caribbean islands region, select the hub closest to the largest part of the flight. All others select No hub area. Page 15 of 31

Promotion Request Fig. 19: Promotion Request window. IMPORTANT: You MUST request a promotion when you believe you have met the requirements for the specific rank. Promotions are not given without an appropriate request submitted by the pilot. Points Test This window allows you to see how many points will be earned if a particular flight is flown. Fig. 20: Points Test window. Help-Tip: Note: A Charter flight is any flight that does not appear in MTN's official flight database (no assigned flight number). For example, if you planned and flew a flight from KGPI to S59, that would be logged as a Charter because that city-pair does not show up in the database under an official MTN flight number. Page 16 of 31

Top Landings This selection will bring up a page that displays the best landings as reported by FSAcars. Only flights logged with FSAcars are eligible, and only flights that are more than.5 hours block time. Block time is the time between the dropping of your brakes at the departure gate, until the time when you set your brakes at the arrival gate. Items in these reports that are highlighted with blue letters/numbers and underlining are selectable and if selected will provide additional information related to that specific item. Fig. 21: Sample of one of the "Best Landing" reports. Logbook Search Fig. 22: Logbook search results. #1: Selecting the date will bring up the full FSAcars log of this specific flight if the PIREP was filed using FSAcars. #2: Selecting the pilot's callsign will take you to that pilot's personal Secure Pilot Area. All items highlighted with blue or magenta letters/numbers and underlining are selectable and if selected will provide additional information related to that specific item. Page 17 of 31

Flight Search This is search engine that allows you to find all official flight routes in the MTN database that match your search criteria. By leaving certain window(s) blank can widen your search. For example, if you left Origin blank, and entered Destination as KSLC, Division as Any, and Aircraft as Bombardier Canadian Regional Jet 200, you would get a listing of all flights that use a CRJ-200 aircraft and scheduled to fly into Salt Lake City (the figure only shows part of the search results; three are actually 24 flights that match this example search criteria). Fig. 23: Flight search results. #1: Entered search criteria data. #2: This selection will bring up the MTN database Flight Details Page (shown below) of this specific flight. From this Flights Detail Page you can dispatch the flight to yourself. #3: Selecting either the origin or destination ICAO codes will bring up the airport page which shows current weather conditions (both real-time and VATSIM METARs) at that location, all other scheduled arrivals and departures for that airport, the last 10 actual flights involving that airport, destinations map, and access to that airport's aviation charts. Like other search result reports, all items highlighted with blue letters/numbers and underlining are selectable and if selected will provide additional information related to that specific item. Page 18 of 31

Flight Details Page Fig. 24: Flight Details Page. #1: Selecting either of the airport ICAO codes will take you to the airport detail page. #2: This selection is very important in helping MTN maintain up to date routes. If you find a newer routes or the existing route needs correcting, click on this link. #3: This is the selecting place you enter the data the requested data and dispatch the flight to yourself up to 8 hours in advance. Once you do this, your flight will show scheduled on the Flight Board. #4: This selection is optional. Tiy can enter your aircraft type and then click to go to the VATSIM pre-flight Flight Plan filing page. You can only pre-file no more than 2 hours prior your departure. Page 19 of 31

Pilot Search This is a search engine that allows you to view information on a specific MTN pilot, and send email to that pilot. Fig. 25: Pilot search results. #1: Entered search criteria data; in this case you want to look at MTN001. #2: This selection will bring up MTN001's personal Secure Pilot Area. #3: Selecting the pilot's name will allow you to send email to this pilot using your email client software that is on your computer. All items highlighted with blue or magenta letters/numbers and underlining are selectable and if selected will provide additional information related to that specific item. Aircraft ICAO Search Fig. 26: Aircraft ICAO Search window. #1: The aircraft ICAO search provides a way to search for aircraft ICAO information based upon and ICAO code, and/or manufacturer name, and/or model type. You can do a search with one, two, or three of the data windows used, or left blanked. Page 20 of 31

Airport/Chart Search This is search engine that allows you to find all official flight routes in the MTN database that match your search criteria Fig. 27: Airport/Chart search input window (KSLC used in this example). #1: Entered airport of interest; e.g. KSLC (Salt Lake City). #2: This selection will bring up MTN's chart information system. #3: This selection will take you to www.airnav.com ; an alternate Internet source for airport information. This is a good site to use if MTN's chart information is unavailable. Note: Another excellent Internet source for airport/chart information is www.skyvector.com. Fig. 28: Airport/Chart search result (KSLC used in this example). #1: Selecting of of the charts' title will bring up charts in PDF format for viewing and/or printing. #2: Selecting the flight number will bring up the MTN database flight details. #3: Selecting either Origin/Destination will bring up the airport detail info page. #4: Selecting the Arrival Gate will bring up additional gate information if available. Page 21 of 31

Aircraft Update This function is used only when you are using FSAcars AND flying Off-Line. You should enter the aircraft ICAO code when you are preparing to depart on your flight. If you fly online and using FSAcars, you can ignore this feature. Fig. 29: Aircraft ICAO Code update window. #1: Enter the aircraft ICAO code; e.g. CRJ-200 is CRJ2. Flight Board The MTN full Flight Board displays the most recent flights being flown using the FSAcars automated system, and flown and reported by manually filing the PIREP. If a flight is being flown using FSAcars, the flight will appear real-time on the Flight Board. If the flight is flown and the PIREP filed manually, the flight will not be displayed on the Flight Board until after the flight is completed and the PIREP is filed. This window automatically refreshes every two minutes. Fig. 30: Full Flight Board. Page 22 of 31

Fig. 31: Real time tracking map. This example shows MTN005 shortly after leaving KSLC for KFAR. This information will be updated real-time as the flight progresses. All flights, either being flown on- or off-line that are using FSAcars are displayed. Flights not using FSAcers will not be displayed. Forum The MTN Forum is the airline's communication backbone. The Forum is very active and therefore pilots are encouraged to check it several times a week to stay up-to-date with changes, announcements, and events. It is also an excellent place to receive help with problems pertaining to software, hardware, flight simming issues or activities, MTN items, etc. To enter the Forum, use your MTN callsign and Forum password. NOTE: Your Forum password is not your MTN secure database password. Fig. 32: MTN Forum log in area. Page 23 of 31

Training Access to MTN's training materials require logging into the database. The program consists of three prongs: Documents, videos, and online one-on-one assistance. The PDF documents are for your use and study. They cover basic issues such as installing software to connect to online servers, and basic VFR and IFR VATSIM flying. The videos cover much of the same material as the training manuals, but offer step by step instructions with corresponding video. The oneon-one online training is provided upon pilot request. You are matched with a MTN trainer for handson learning. This training will be based on an individual pilot's need, and may be a single short session, or could be several sessions stretched over several weeks. Fleet This section is under review & construction. Scenery This section is under review & construction. Page 24 of 31

New Pilots This page provides a quick snap-shot of important information for those considering Mountain Air Virtual Airlines as an airline to join, or recently new members wondering how to begin their career. Fig. 33: Mountain Air Virtual Airlines New Pilot page. #1: The Pilot Manual is an excellent place to find information that will help a new pilot launch their MTN career. #2: The Forum is MTN's communication backbone. #3: This is section under construction and will provide downloads of MTN fleet aircraft to MTN members. #4: This provides a link directly to VATSIM. #5: This provides a link directly to VATSIM's sign-up page. #6: If you have any questions, this link will provide an email to Mountain Air's Member Services Manager that stands ready to help with any questions you may have. Page 25 of 31

Screenshot Winners MTN pilots can submit screenshots (.jpg format and 800 pixels X 520 pixels in size) showing MTN aircraft or MTN aircraft related scenes via the MTN Forum Screenshots area. Periodically the MTN membership will elect by vote who has submitted the best screenshot and this will determine who is the winner and co-winner. The winner of these Forum votes will be posted in this area of MTNs website and added to the random picture display on the MTN Home webpage. HUBS DROP-DOWN MENU This drop-down menu provides a list of the official MTN hubs. The following descriptions and figures are from the Denver hub, but all other hub pages appear and function in the same manner. - Atlanta - Atlanta - Chicago - Chicago - Dallas/Ft. Worth - Dallas/Ft. Worth Hubs Hubs - Denver - Denver - Juneau - Juneau - Philadelphia - Philadelphia - Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City - San Francisco - San Francisco - San Juan - San Juan - Seattle - Seattle Each hub selection displays the follow information: A brief description and diagram of the of the hub facilities and where available, the terminal gates normally used by MTN. The aviation diagram for that airport. Click on this diagram to download it in a Page 26 of 31

PDF file format. Hot-spots labeled Dispatch a flight FROM {hub name} and Dispatch a flight TO {hub name}. An Airports Served By... map. A tabular listing of all official MTN flights originating from the hub. Fig. 34: A portion of the Denver hub page. #1: This selection will take you to the Dispatch window with the origin automatically configured as from this hub. #2: This selection will take you to the Dispatch window with the destination automatically configured as to this hub. Page 27 of 31

Fig. 35: Listing of official MTN flights origination from this hub. #1: Selecting a flight number will take you to the flight details window. #2: Selecting either the origin or destination ICAO code will bring up that airport's detail information. If the ICAO is magenta color, that means you have already viewed this location during the current viewing session. #3: If a gate number is highlighted, you can select this gate to call up additional gate information. Fig. 36: Flight details example. #1: Selecting either airport ICAO code will bring up the details of that specific airport. #2: Selecting this item will allow you to submit an updated route for MTN dispatch review and possible additional/correction made to the MTN official flight database. Page 28 of 31

CORPORATE DROP-DOWN MENU Human Resources This section provides general cooperate information such as Job Descriptions, the Pilot Ranking System and promotions overview, a description of the Pilot Awards available, and the organizational chart shown in the figure below. Fig. 37: MTN's organizational structure. About Us This page provides a brief history of the Mountain Air Virtual Airlines history which began in 1998. It also provides an overview of what aircraft are in the MTN fleet. It is also noted that no payware aircraft, scenery, or add-ons are required to join and enjoy Mountain Air. The bottom line is summed up in MTN's motto: Short Hops, Light on Rules, Have Fun! Page 29 of 31

Links All highlighted areas are hot-spots that provide direct links to many helpful Internet sites! Fig. 38: MTN's Link page. Page 30 of 31

UPDATE LOG Date: Version: Reason for Update: 01/03/13 1.1 General corrections, updating, and automation of Table of Contents; Added Flight Dispatching from the Flight Details Page and Aircraft ICAO Search. Page 31 of 31