Welcome to SouthwestVirtual's Houston Crew Base
Welcome to the Houston Crew Base of Southwest Virtual. There have been some new changes to our Crew Base and Southwest Virtual over the past month. It might have been quiet in here in the past but that'll soon change and soon HOU will be a big contender in hours filed with the other Crew Bases at Southwest Virtual. If you're a new pilot feel free to visit the main site and fill out an application by clicking on the airport photo below.
Contact
Dale Reitz - HOU - CBM
houcbm@virtualswa.com
HOU Notams
*Just a friendly reminder to check your pireps and make sure everything is filled in before you send them.
*Go here Tired of manually filing pireps, follow the link to get started with SWVA Acars and have pireps sent automatically
HOU May '10 Stats
Total Hours: 217.30
Total Flights: 210
New Pilots June '10
Fred Clark SWVA3234
Rylan Rich SWVA3235
May '10
Pilot of The Month Award
Gus Heinze SWA3116
KHOU May '10 Promotions
Gus Heinze SWA3116
Second Officer
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Houston News
05/10/10 Crew Base Update
05.10.10: Hello Houston Crew!
Just a little update, I updated the Pull Down Menu and the Gates Page with current data, added Boston and Panama City Florida.
Speaking of Panama City Beach, service from Houston opens May 23rd, I will be offering a double hour event from May 23 to May 31 to celebrate the new destination.
Below is the schedule for our crewbase, to and from Panama City, NOTE: Their are no Gate Charts yet, so check Southwest Flight Status page for the gate assignment.
| Flight |
Departure Time |
Arrival Time |
Day |
Stops |
| 2364 |
11:25A |
1:00P |
_____6 |
N/S |
| 15 |
11:35A |
1:10P |
12345_7 |
N/S |
| 2294/200 |
1:50P |
6:50P |
12345_7 |
BNA/1 |
| 1255 |
8:00P |
9:35P |
_____6_ |
N/S |
| 51 |
8:25P |
10:00P |
12345_7 |
N/S |
| Flight |
Departure Time |
Arrival Time |
Day |
Stops |
| 22 |
9:20A |
11:05A |
12345_7 |
N/S |
| 2921 |
9:45A |
11:30A |
_____6_ |
N/S |
| 1123/36 |
10:10A |
2:35P |
12345_7 |
BNA/1 |
| 40 |
1:40P |
3:25P |
12345_7 |
N/S |
| 160/3512 |
2:30P |
9:10P |
12345_7 |
BNA/1 |
| 2846 |
2:50P |
4:35P |
_____6_ |
N/S |
| 980/1936 |
4:55P |
8:55P |
_____6_ |
BNA/1 |
Blue Sky's to All
Dale Reitz - Houston Crew Base CO-Manager
03/04/10 Crew Base Update
03.04.10: Hello Houston!
My name is Dale Reitz, I was the CBM for Vegas a few years back, I will be looking after the
crewbase until Dave's return sometime this spring then I will be helping out when he gets busy.
Just wanted to say Hello and I am looking forward to help make the Houston Crewbase the pride of Southwest Virtual.
Dale Reitz - Houston Crew Base CO-Manager
11/02/09 Crew Base Update
11.02.09: GREAT JOB for the month of October Houston pilots! We had a total of 264.9 hours for the month, almost reaching our goal of 300. There were also a number of promotions at the crewbase this past month. I am proud of all the pilots in Houston and can only say KEEP IT UP!
David Clark - Houston Crew Base Manager
8/20/09 Crew Base Update
8.20.09: Houston Pilots, welcome to your new website. There are some new changes in the process. Soon you'll have your new Crew Base Managers to continue with Operations here at this great Crew Base of HOU. We at SWV are currently updating the PID (Pilot's Identification Number) so in the meantime The Virtual Southwest Operations site is down for Maintenance and should be back up on August 30th, 2009.
As part of this maintenance, we are assigning new Pilot ID numbers to all pilots. To see your new number, or to watch for any updates on this maintenance, please visit the Virtual Southwest Forums