Cameron Peterson

Various new opportunities have become available to participate in the higher levels of the CTP planning process. This includes positions directly on the Planning Team, as well as other roles with less commitment. Detailed descriptions are available in the CTP Teams Structure - Google Doc. See full details of the announcement at https://vats.im/ctp/openings. To inquire, email ctp(at)vatsim.net with any relevant experience/information.

we appreciate the feedback @Peter Gzowski, great pictures too!

Cross the Pond Eastbound 2023 October 28, 2023 7-1:00pm ET Timelapses: Boston Ground ASDE-X, submitted by Nathan R. Boston Tower + Tower View, submitted by Brett R. Boston Center, submitted by Braden K. Boston Center, submitted by George T. Boston Center, submitted by Tomer B. Boston Approach, submitted by Dan G. Statistics: from Statsim KBOS Departures 150. 1100-1200z: 8 1200-1300z: 27 1300-1400z: 36 1400-1500z: 35 1500-1600z: 22 1600-1700z: 12 1700-1800z: 10 KBOS Arrivals 20.

Reminder for those pilots with reserved slots for the upcoming Cross the Pond Eastbound. You have by the end of today UTC, October 26th at 2359Z {2000 ET} to confirm your booking at https://ctp.vatsim.net or you will loose it. After unconfirmed slots get released, they will be free to book by anyone (public bookings) on October 27th, starting at 1200Z {0800 ET}. At this same time, trading will become available for those that are looking to trade slots with other individuals. More information can be found in the Cross the Pond Discord #new-resources channel. We look forward to seeing and talking with all those flying on Saturday!

Secured a slot for departing Boston? Be sure to check out our Pilot Briefing for this year's event below. This document covers everything you should be expected to know for departure. Pilots are highly encouraged to prefile their flight plan no more than 2 hours before their scheduled slot time. This will ensure we have ample opportunity to review your information and have an IFR clearance waiting for you to connect. CTP23E Pilot Brief_A.pdf

Final Slots are being secured! Remember if you secured a slot, you must return to https://ctp.vatsim.net site between October 23rd and October 26th by 1700UTC {1200 ET} 2359UTC {2000 ET} to confirm you are flying and ensure all details are entered in full. Failure to do this, will result in your slot returning to the pool for all remaining users to select. On October 27th at 1200UTC {0800 ET}, anyone my take a slot that is left available as well as anything that was dropped or not confirmed. We are looking forward to seeing you!

VATSIM members can vote for their top airports until 16th September at 2000 UTC via the CTP website. Members can vote for their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd favorite choice on both sides of the ocean, earning those airports 5, 3, and 2 points respectively. The Planning Team of the event will then meet with the user’s vote to include your favorite airports and occasionally a choice of their own. This year Boston Logan Intl - BOS/KBOS is once again in the running for your votes. We can wait to see you all this fall and would appreciate your votes!

Clif- The community has be extremely fortunate to have had you at the helm for that past 5 years. You have helped navigate the A-Team through one of the most difficult periods the network has faced with the influx of new community members and controllers. I am appreciative of your mentoring and friendship over the past few years since joining the staff. I look forward to seeing you on the scopes and in the air more. More importantly - thank you for all that you’ve done for this community. That debt can not be repaid. Best - PS

@Francesco Drake you would have to discard two cards before receiving the next new cards.

The VATSIM Cross the Pond Team is happy to announce that the next iteration of largest and longest running network event returns, this time for an eastbound journey, departing on October 28th, 2023. For additional announcement information head over to https://forum.vatsim.net/t/28th-october-2023-cross-the-pond-eastbound-discussion-thread/2806 To keep in touch with news regarding the event, you can follow the CTP team on their social media accounts as well as look for the hashtag #CTP23E Twitter: https://twitter.com/vatsimctp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vatsimctp/ The team has also setup a dedicated CTP Official discord server, which is going to get busier as we approach show-day. To join, head over to ctp.vatsim.net and follow the instructions on your screen.

It is Summer in New England, and you know what that means….BVA Tea Party Poker is BACK! We invite all pilots to participate and have the chance to win great prizes from FlyTampa, Navigraph, Fenix Simulations, Verticalsim, Flightbeam Studios, iniBuilds, AeroDesigns, and more! Are you new to Boston Virtual ARTCC or VATSIM? Find out more about getting started with online ATC. What is Tea Party Poker? Tea Party Poker is a fun game that gives pilots another reason to participate in the event, see more of our airspace, and the chance to win some terrific prizes! While there is absolutely no requirement to participate in Poker, it's become an annual tradition that many pilots take part in. If you choose to participate in Tea Party Poker: Each time you land at a Class B, C, or D airport inside ZBW, send BOS_PK_CTR a private message and you'll get a reply with one virtual 1 poker card (if the airport you land at is staffed by a Tower controller, you'll get 2 poker cards). You must fly to airports that are at least 50nm apart (straight-line distance). Once you obtain 5 cards, you can keep flying, discarding, and picking up new cards to help better your hand. The pilot with the best hand at the end of the event wins and has their pick of available prizes. Over 20 winners will be selected!!! The full set of rules is listed below. Great Prizes Available! We're excited to work with several great developers from the community to offer prizes to participants of Tea Party Poker. The first-place participant will have the choice of available prizes while each subsequent winner will be able to choose from the remaining items. Prizes Tea Party prizes include: 1. FlyTampa: FlyTampa-Boston for MSFS 2. Navigraph: Unlimited one-year subscription 3. LatinVFR: Hartford- Bradley Int'l KBDL (MSFS or P3D) 4. Verticalsim: KSYR – Syracuse Hancock International MSFS 5. Flightbeam Studios: $25 Gift Card 6. iniBuilds: New York JFK for MSFS, Oklahoma City OKC for MSFS, Detroit DTW for MSFS, Buffalo Niagara BUF MSFS 7. AeroDesigns: KPWM - Portland Intl. Jetport MSFS 8. FlightFX: SF50 Vision Jet G2, Marwan Gharib’s HJet, Chicago Executive Airport, DuPage Airport 9. Fenix Simulations A320 for MSFS 10. FlightFactor: Product of choice 11. Thrustmaster: TCA Yoke Pack Boeing Edition The prizes will be available to pilot winners of Tea Party Poker and the air traffic controllers that participate in the event. Please join us in thanking the sponsors who have donated these amazing prizes to the community to help make the event a memorable experience! Rules All pilots who choose to participate in this competition agree to abide by the rules below. The competition rules may be modified for clarity or other reasons without prior notification to participants. Please refer to this page for any updates. These rules are current as of July 8, 2023. The Events Coordinator shall have final say on all questions or disputes regarding this competition, and will be responsible for determining the winners. The full rules governing the contest are: 1. Event Duration: The poker game starts at 12:00pm ET on Saturday, August 5 and ends promptly at 7:00pm ET (1600z to 2300z). 2. How To Play: A pilot is eligible to draw virtual poker cards by completing any Eligible Flight during the event. At the conclusion of a flight, a pilot may contact the designated event official (BOS_PK_CTR) via private message (PM) to obtain the poker card(s). The event official will respond via private message advising the pilot of the cards they have received. > When contacting BOS_PK_CTR to obtain a card, your PM must include: Flight origin and destination. VATSIM CID Email Address (first message only). > Pilots will receive: First drawing: two poker cards. Subsequent drawings: - Two poker cards, if the landing is at an airport other than KBOS that is staffed by a Tower controller. - One poker card, if the landing is at a towered airport staffed "top down" by an Approach or Center controller only, or if the landing is at KBOS. > Pilots may contact BOS_PK_CTR to obtain a card after landing at the intended destination and once at a safe/appropriate location. Once the 'card request' message has been sent, pilots do not need to wait for a reply or card assignment; the next flight may begin immediately. 3. Notification of Winners, Prize Priority: By entering the contest and providing your email address to BOS_PK_CTR, you consent to Boston Virtual ARTCC emailing you should you be a winner. (If you are not a winner, we won't contact you, nor will we retain your contact information beyond the conclusion of the event.) Winners will be notified at the email address provided within 14 days of the end of the competition and will be able to choose from the list of prizes available in order of their poker hand. Winners must respond to their prize notification email within 48 hours to confirm their priority and select a prize. Winners who do not respond within 48 hours will lose their priority to select a prize but may still be eligible for any remaining prizes at the time they reply to the email. 4. How To Win: The pilots with the strongest poker hands at the conclusion of the event will be the winners. The number of possible winners will be equal to the number of pilot prizes available. Pilots must hold a full hand (5 cards) to win; therefore, pilots must complete, at a minimum, 3 eligible flights to qualify. Winning pilots will be allowed to select from a variety of prizes in order based on the strength of their respective poker hands: 5. Eligible Flights: An Eligible Flight is any flight that terminates in a full-stop landing at a towered airport (controlled by Tower, Approach, or Center) within Boston ARTCC (ZBW) during the scheduled event times and complies with the restrictions outlined. Flights that originate outside ZBW airspace, and flights that originate before the start of the event, may be considered eligible provided they comply with the restrictions below. If a pilot is not certain whether a flight will be eligible, they should contact the designated event official (BOS_PK_CTR) via private message prior to departure. The flight must be between airports that are at least 50nm apart (by straight-line distance). The destination must be a towered airport (surrounded by Class B, C, or D airspace). The pilot must remain connected to the VATSIM network for the duration of the flight. VFR pilots must file a Flight Plan prior to departure that includes, at a minimum, their aircraft type, origin, and destination. The event ends promptly at 7:00pm ET (2300z) and any flights that conclude after this time will not receive a card. 6. Discarding: Pilots who hold a full hand (5 cards) may try to better their hands throughout the stated event time by completing additional flights. Pilots wishing to do this should advise the designated event official (BOS_PK_CTR) of the card(s) they would like to discard at any point before receiving new cards. At no point shall a pilot hold more than 5 cards in their hand. 7. Designated Event Official (BOS_PK_CTR): Issuing and tracking of pilot cards will be conducted by a designated event official. Cards that each pilot has in their "possession" will remain unknown to all other pilots until the event is complete. A pilot may verify their card holdings with the designated event official via private message. All replies to card verification requests will be returned via private message. 8. Number of Decks: The competition will use a minimum of one deck of cards (52 cards) to start with, and the cards will be issued at random. Once this deck has been exhausted, a new deck will be added. Cards that are discarded will be placed back into the pool of available cards. 9. Duplicate Cards: It is possible that a pilot may mistakenly receive a duplicate card during the event. If this happens, it is the pilot's responsibility to notify the designated event official (BOS_PK_CTR) as soon as possible and receive a new card. Hands containing duplicate cards are considered "illegal" poker hands and will not be eligible to win. 10. Tracking of Poker Hands: Poker hands will be tied to a pilot's VATSIM CID, not their name or callsign. 11. Exchanging of Cards: Trading, exchanging, or transferring of cards between or among pilots will not be allowed at any time during the event. 12. Withdrawal: A pilot wishing to withdraw from the game must notify the designated event official (BOS_PK_CTR) by private message, or if unavailable, one of the BVA controllers staffing a position. The pilot's cards will be returned to the deck(s) and made available to other competitors to collect. Once a pilot has withdrawn, they may not attempt to re-enter the competition. 13. Shared Cockpit Flights: Cards are issued to flights, not pilots. Participants who choose to fly together in the same aircraft (i.e., shared cockpit flying) will be considered a single flight and receive one set of cards. For the purposes of the competition, the name and CID of the pilot who messaged BOS_PK_CTR will be considered the pilot who is participating in the competition. 14. Disqualification: Pilots who are disqualified will not be allowed to re-enter the competition. The Events Coordinator will have the final say in any disputes regarding pilot disqualification. A pilot may be disqualified from the competition for: Failure to comply with VATSIM COC. Refusal to comply with ATC instructions. Attempting to cheat or circumvent the competition rules. Providing false/misleading information to the event official. Disclaimer In no way should this competition be seen as a promotion or simulation of gambling. There is no purchase necessary to play or win. Gambling is not endorsed by Boston Virtual ARTCC or any of its affiliates, including VATUSA, VATSIM, and the event sponsors. Thanks to our Sponsors! Please join us in thanking Thurstmaster, FlyTampa, Navigraph, Fenix Simulations, Latin VFR, Verticalsim, FlightFX, Flightbeam Studios, iniBuilds, and AeroDesigns for donating the prizes that make events like this so memorable. We are very grateful for the amazing support and generosity these leading flight simulation developers have offered.

FENWY Fly-Out FNO April 07, 2023 1900-2300pm ET Timelapses: Boston Tower, submitted by Braden K. Boston Tower, submitted by Tomer B. Boston Approach, submitted by Cameron P. (Rockport) Boston Approach, submitted by George T. (Initial Departure) Statistics: from Statsim KBOS Traffic 2200-2300z | ARR: 14 DEP: 7 2300-0000z | ARR: 20 DEP: 21 0100-0100z | ARR: 40 DEP: 27 0100-0200z | ARR: 37 DEP: 24 0200-0300z | ARR: 35 DEP: 29 0300-0400z | ARR: 25 DEP: 23 Simaware:

Cross the Pond Westbound 2023 April 01, 2023 11-1900pm ET Timelapses: Boston Center, submitted by Braden K. (CAM39) Boston Center, submitted by Arvid H. (AUG02) Boston Center, submitted by Cameron P. (MLT01) Boston Center, submitted by Nathan R. (PARSO16) Boston Center Overview, submitted by Cameron P. Statistics: from Statsim KBOS Arrivals 172. max AAR: 41 KBOS Departures 128. Simaware:

Pilots that are expecting to arrive at KBOS for Cross the Pond, check out our Pilot Briefing document for important information about our airspace! CTPW23 Pilot Briefing_vB.pdf

VATSIM has released the list of both arriving and departing airfields for this upcoming Cross the Pond Westbound. Once again, we are honored to be selected as one of those fields. BOS- Boston Logan Intl will be one of four United States airports featured. The others include ATL - Atlanta Hartsfield, JFK - New York Kennedy, and ORD- Chicago O’Hare. See the full list of fields in the VATSIM announcement here. On behalf of the Administration Team here at BVA, thank you for voting for Boston and we can’t wait to support the event!