French vACC is the official french community of pilots and controlers on the VATSIM network. French vACC is responsible for Air Trafic Services and ATC trainnig in metropolitan France.
We are also here to provide some guidance to new pilots on the network.
The VATSIM network is structured in different entoty levels, more or less dependant on one another.
At the lowest level are vACCs or sub-divisions, then divisions like VATEUD (a group of vACCs), then come regions as VATEMEA (a group of divisions).
Above all is the VATSIM : board of governors (BoG) responsible for the entire network.
Of course there is! There are multiple actually. We recommend the following:
The welcome page of https://vatsim.fr/ displays all daily bookings made and currently online ATC. By connecting on your dashboard at https://vatsim.fr/app, you can see bookings up to 15 days in advance.
French vACC has a wide varity of events from fly-in to internationnal events.
You can find more details and all events here : https://vatsim.fr/events
On VATSIM, pilot ratings are obtained in the following order :
If you are a pilot in real life, you can get an equilavent VATSIM pilot rating by submitting your licence at https://my.vatsim.net/pilots/train.
If you want get this ratings, you will have to follow a training program with an ATO (Approved Training Organisation). The list of certified ATOs is available here: https://prams.vatsim.net/atos
You have a technical question, a problem, looking for additionnal information or anything else; the best solutions is to contact the admin team via a ticket.
Go to #bot_spam on Discord then use the /support command to create a support ticket.
We'll do our best to answer you as fast as possible.
Chartfox is a free platform for VATSIM members.
It groups all chartts availble in a country's AIP with an easy presentation and bookmarking capability. These charts are a must to navigate the complex grounds and crowded upper airspaces.
The SIA is the official source of aeronautical information in France.
On the SIA's website you can find: