The following addition will be made to the Rules & Regulations page shortly:
Flight operations involving relief flights in response to real world disasters.
1. Disaster relief involving the movement of
relief supplies and heavy equipment shall be conducted under the direction of the
Cargo Operations Division. Relief flights should be flown
utilizing Cargo Charter C044.
2.
The Vice President - Cargo of each specific region shall be the contact
person for disasters occurring within their respective region. As
such the VP will provide the specifics of airports to operate out of,
any restrictions on operations (e.g. daytime only), the duration of
the operation, etc. on WestWind's forum in the Cargo Operations area.
3. WestWind VA will not be involved in the actual distribution of
supplies beyond the designated entry point(s) to the disaster area.
Those aspects of disaster relief are almost always handled by either a
nation's own military, an NGO or the United Nations.
4. Disaster relief shall not become the basis for a company sponsored
"event." Relief operations should be kept low key and on an individual
level, letting each pilot make their own decision about how involved
they want to be. Note, this does not prohibit pilots from
participating in on-line flying events involving the disaster region
that are organized by outside entities such as VATSIM.
EHAM-YSSY B772LR
ATP, CFI, CFII & MEI, CL30, 727, 737-200, DC-9
FS9, Active Sky 6.5 w/ASG, FSPax