Our Virtual Airline is not about getting that higher ranking to fly the next biggest aircraft.
Answers are published as the CEO wrote them, spelling included.
About the CEO
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? For example; how old you are, what your background with flying in general is and what brought you to creating your own Virtual Airline.
Hello, I’m Vince Begin I’m a father of a 4 month year old son I’m also a deputy sheriff for a local Sheriffs office as well as a private pilot. I created my virtual airline to bring together good friends and good people that share the same passion about flying as I do. Our Virtual Airline is not about getting that higher ranking to fly the next biggest aircraft. At WeFly Virtual Airline you create your own Flight Schedules and Fly with Any aircraft that is within the database.
How it started
When did you start your Virtual Airline?
WeFly Started roughly two and a half years ago on October 5th 2015, We have grown to over 400+ pilots with an active teamspeak server and a awesome website that is managed by myself and two other administrators.
Success
Do you consider your Virtual Airline successful?
I see our airline successful because we take the time to show other people seek their Intrest in flying with a virtual airline, as well as we seek maturity and dedication in our airline. We are all there for a purpose and to seek a passion and whatever yours might be we are interested to know. We have a High-Level of respect for one another when flying as a group and most of our pilots are in the age group between 25 and 70. All ages are welcome !
Best moment
What is your most interesting experience with your Virtual Airline, what has happened that makes you think so?
The most interesting experience is having a lot of members that I know on a personal level now and being able to engage with each other and in their life now as say a family friend and some a family member.
Hard times
Did you have any bad experiences with your Virtual Airline?
I really can’t say that I have had a bad experience with my Virtual Airline because all of my experiences are good experiences and the one that we may see as bad experiences are just mistakes that can be fixed a better option with the next experience.
Pilots coming and going
What do you think of your Virtual Airline’s flow of new and leaving VA pilots? Is there something you do to attract more pilots? And why do you think some pilots leave your Virtual Airline?
I think some pilots that do leave our airline is because we are not worried about what rank you are and what aircraft you can fly with each flight. Because some people are more worried about being on a ranking system and having to make hours to fly bigger and better things so there is no competition in receiving a high ranking level.
Fleet and liveries
What types of planes does your Virtual Airline use and do you have all the custom liveries available for your VA?
We have from General Aviation aircraft to vintage airliners to the new airliners and have a midst of custom aircraft which are fictional it just depends on what the users or pilots submit for us to add and use within our Virtual Airline. We do have custom liveries for some but not all aircraft which we hope to change very soon.
Online networks
Does your VA fly on a network? If so, what do you think about it? Do you feel it supplements the general flying experience, what do you think of the network in general and is it required for your pilots to fly on this network?
We do not fly on Vatsim or IVAO but we fly through an excellent multi-player program called JoinFS as our multi-player network. All pilots do have their own opinion and can fly on whatever network they feel is best for them.
Flight tracking
Do you use any flight tracking software? If so, which one, and are you happy about the service it provides? Would you like to improve it for example?
Yes, We use SmartCars Flight Tracking software and have other Software available if it not compatible with your Operating system.
Developer offers
Do you make use of the offers some developers / distributors have for Virtual Airlines? Do you think these developers / distributors have good offers? And does it fit your Virtual Airline policy?
No we do not have any offers to developers but we do make our own gauges that are compatible with FSX & P3D
Website
Does your Virtual Airline have a custom made internet web page or do you use, for example, PHPVMS and equivalents? Are you happy about your VA’s web page?
We are very happy with our custom webpage that I have made myself in which everything in the pilots profile is changeable by the user such as avatar profile banner teamspeak user name pilot description….etc we have many modules and pages within our site that will give the pilot up-to-date information about anything on our site or has to do with their flight.
The year ahead
And lastly, what are your expectations for your Virtual Airline in the coming twelve months?
That we seek more pilots that welcome to overcome an expeience of a lifetime with the new-coming features of our site and airline of a changing experience with the future of Virtual Aviation as well as waking in the morning and having such great friends to speak with each day through.
The original questionnaire
This is the questionnaire as Vince Begin sent it to us, in PDF.
