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This week's fly-in destination is: Boston

The Saturday Scramble is a VATSIM group flight partnership between Virtual Air Canada (VAC), United Virtual Airlines (UVA) and Virtual-USAairways (VUS). With more than 1,700 pilots between them, these top-notch virtual airlines seek to provide their members with the highest possible degree of realism. UVA and VAC management quickly recognized the potential of such a large pool of group flight participants and the Saturday Scramble was established to provide a highly-realistic online virtual aviation experience.

The Scramble responds to survey data demonstrating that, given the choice, the majority of VAC and UVA members prefer Saturday's for group flights. And they prefer group flights with the professional ATC provided by VATSIM.

The event starts with departures from several airports in the current UVA, VAC and VUS schedules. All flights converge on the same destination, arriving at the scheduled times. This provides a steady flow of traffic from multiple directions during the arrival period, which closely simulates real world airline operations due to traffic density and associated ATC requirements.

Pilots participating in the Scramble may also choose to fly a scheduled flight which originates at the designated destination airport during the specified period. UVA, VAC and VUS pilots are also free to choose a personally preferred departure point, with the flight arriving at the destination airport within the specified period. For UVA pilots, these off-schedule flights are not credited to total hours flown for the airline. UVA pilots are required to remain in their assigned aircraft category. As per VAC Online Event Policy, VAC pilots are permitted to fly any reasonable aircraft, however pilots are required to fly aircraft from within their assigned aircraft category.

Members of other VATSIM-based virtual airlines are most welcome to join in the Scramble. Follow your company procedures for flying and filing your flight.

Hope to see you next Saturday at the Scramble! And remember, It's Time to Fly!!

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