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 August '10 Stats
Total Hours: 128.80
Total Flights: 75
New Pilots Aug '10
Mark Biangardi SWVA 3241
Derk Weijers SWVA 3244
August '10
Pilot of The Month Award
Gus Heinze SWA3116
KHOU Aug '10 Promotions
Want to get your virtual type rating? RVP, PVP, CVP, and ATVP are available. Click the license above to get started on your virtual rating.
Online Pilots, want to have others know when and where you are flying? Click the image above to learn about Vatsim Indicators made by Eric Ness
Want to learn how to fly online with other SWA pilots? Click the Vatsim image above to get started
Need Charts for the Houston Hobby Airport? Click the image above all of HOU's charts.
Need gate information, sceneries, or terminal information for all of SWA's 66 airports? Click the jetway above.
Houston News
09/01/10 Crew Base Update
09.1.10: Hello Houston Crew! 07.31.10: Hello Houston Crew! 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.
As usual our Pilot of the Month for August Gus Heinze, way to go Gus!
Due to the lack of interest the Flight of the Month and the Texans Charters have been discontinued.
Blue Sky's to All
Dale Reitz - Houston Crew Base Manager
As promised here is the link to the August Flght of the Month Page.
The 1hr extra per Leg Credit starts 1 Aug.
Only one series per Pilot will get the extra hour per leg added.
Enjoy!
Blue Sky's to All
Dale Reitz - Houston Crew Base Manager
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