WestWind Airlines

About Bill McCoy

Hi gang! I am Bill McCoy, Command Captain and Director of Hub Operations- North America West! I live in the Chicago area, exactly 4 miles due south of RW 31C at Midway (KMDW). Amazingly, I have never flown out of or into there...always KORD!! I am a 41 y/o father of 2 and a career Firefighter/Paramedic. In the rare moments that I'm not flying online, working or being a dad and husband, I enjoy wines, single malt scotches, cooking and travel. I've always had an interest in flying, and have tinkered with FS since the early days. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to get my PPL, and there is even a CFI on my Fire Department!! As soon as I sell my beer can collection, I want to go to flight school...even got the one picked out! I received FSX as a Christmas gift, and was blown away by the online ATC, and found a link that talked about Virtual Airlines. Being the anal retentive info geek that I am, I researched over 50 VA's before I settled on Westwind. After initial training I was extremely blessed to be assigned to the Miami Hub, with extremely active and helpful management and pilots. After about a month of flights, I checked out this thing called VATSIM... and was encouraged and helped by my fellow aviators. My wife, like many here, doesn't fully understand what the ruckus is all about. I tried to explain it to her and she just rolled her eyes...until I told her that it was saving her $5000 for flight school. She promptly encouraged me! Folks, if there is one piece of advice I can give, it is this. Take a serious look at getting on Vatsim! It is an INCREDIBLE time...both fun and educational! It really is "As real as it gets". You can find me there almost daily! Look me up and holler at me on the WWA Company channel! or on Teamspeak!

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