Please meet Zoe March 12, 2020 We’d like you to meet Zoe. Zoe was born with just 10 percent of a normal small intestine, which means her body can’t get enough nutrients from solid food, and she has to be fed through a central line in her chest. She spent the first six months of her life at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto where she nearly died. Now 13 months old, Zoe is back at home in Southern California with her parents and older sister. But… afw_web_admin Read More »
Mobile App Update February 3, 2020 The most recent update of the AFW Mobile App includes the ability to bookmark or favorite a mission leg, and to rate the mission based on your preferences. Bookmarking or “Favoriting” a mission leg allows you to mark it for possible consideration. To bookmark, click the heart icon for the mission leg as show in #2. You can then filter the missions available list by favorites by using the new filter option i… afw_web_admin Read More »
Communicate with the Coordination Team through the Mobile App March 6, 2019 If you need to get in touch with the coordination team or member services, you can do so easily from the Mobile App. Tap the Contact icon at the bottom of the screen. Click the plus sign (+) to add a new message. You can check on the status of any pending issues you have with the coordination or member services team from here as well. Cheri Cimmarrusti Read More »
New Mobile App Feature – Accessing the Discussion Thread February 22, 2019 A recent update of the AFW Mobile App includes easy access to the Volunteer Discussion Thread. To access the thread, go to My Missions. For any upcoming missions, you’ll see the link to the “Discussion Thread” for that itinerary. Tap on that link to view the comments in the thread or add a new comment to the thread. (Note that you can also access the thread from the My Flights link on the web app, which i… Cheri Cimmarrusti Read More »
New Mobile App Release December 3, 2018 We’ve released a new version of the AFW Mobile App for Pilots and Earth Angels. The revisions include two of the most requested features: Searching available missions by wing, and Using the “Back” button when viewing details about a mission takes you back to where you left off in the available list. In the previous version, you had to start your search over. In addition, we streamlined some of the n… afw_web_admin Read More »
Is there an Angel Flight West app? October 17, 2018 Hopefully, you have seen the emails and notifications recently that Angel Flight West has launched its mobile application for volunteer pilots and drivers. Angel Flight West’s mobile app for both Pilots and Earth Angels is available from the Google Play™ Store and the Apple App Store. Go to the store, search for “Angel Flight West,” and install as you would any other app for your mobile device. T… afw_web_admin Read More »
In the Hangar – John Jerabek October 10, 2018 Angel Flight West welcomes John Jerabek as our newest Mission Operations Coordinator. He has been helping coordinate missions since June of this year and says: “I love the organization’s mission, how Cheri runs the operations team, and I enjoy working with all of my colleagues, and especially our passengers in their time of need.” John comes from a background in IT, engineering and sales, and feels that AFW i… afw_web_admin Read More »
JetSuiteX Renews Partnership October 3, 2018 AFW thanks JetSuiteX for renewing our partnership for the coming year. The airline has for the second year generously donated $25,000 in tickets. Pictured is the first flight under the renewed partnership agreement. Passenger Michael T. offers a thumbs up with the crew of JetSuiteX flying him home to Las Vegas, NV from a visit at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for specialized care of metastasized brain and thyro… afw_web_admin Read More »
Welcome AFW’s Newest Leaders September 26, 2018 AFW welcomes Bill Snodgrass as our new CO Wing Leader. Bill started flying in 2004, and joined AFW as a Mission Assistant while also helping with outreach. Bill has worked as a software developer at Halliburton for 21 years and is president of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Fort Collins-Loveland Chapter 515. Steve Rehnberg is our new NM Wing Leader. He is cu… afw_web_admin Read More »
Mission Notifications on the Mobile App September 19, 2018 One of the great features of the mobile app is the ability to receive system (push) notifications on your phone. We’re using system notifications to push flying/driving opportunities to you. Currently, we’re alerting you when a passenger you’ve flown or driven before has a new mission scheduled. We’ll be adding other alerts over time… If you have suggestions for what you would li… afw_web_admin Read More »
Rotor Aircraft Now Approved for Angel Flights July 4, 2018 The AFW Board of Directors and Safety Committee has approved volunteer pilots utilizing certified rotor aircraft and helicopters to transport patients to/from treatment. In particular, we hope these can be useful for shorter hops and/or re-positioning legs connecting patients to facilities closest to their care. If you have any questions about operating your helicopter in support of AFW missions, please con… afw_web_admin Read More »
Our Summer Intern: Emma Doud June 6, 2018 Emma Doud just arrived at AFW on May 7th as our summer intern. She’s studying in the Health and Human Sciences program at LMU and has two more years before she graduates. Wanting to keep busy on her summer break, Emma found AFW on an app called Handshake that puts college students together with businesses for temporary and permanent jobs. She found the description of AFW’s mission something she wanted to e… afw_web_admin Read More »
Good news for members who want to serve as Mission Assistant February 8, 2017 In the past, finding opportunities to fly on Angel Flight West missions as a Mission Assistant has been a bit challenging. We’re working on a feature that will make it easier for Command Pilots and potential Mission Assistants to connect with each other. The feature will be launched in a few weeks, but we wanted to give both Command Pilots and Mission Assistants advance notice on how the feature will work. Curre… afw_web_admin Read More »
Log in using Facebook January 31, 2017 You can now log into VPOIDS (formerly referred to as AFIDS) using your Facebook credentials. This makes the login process easier, and saves you from having to enter your VPOIDS username and password. Facebook login works when the email address in your Facebook account matches the email in your VPOIDS account. For complete instructions, please refer to this help desk article. Give it a try today! Log in at https://af… afw_web_admin Read More »
AFW has a new partner, especially for pilots: ZuluLog October 9, 2016 ZuluLog is offering 10% discount to all AFW members and also a donation back to Angel Flight West with every purchase! ZuluLog is a professional, cloud-based online pilot logbook system that can help you track flight hours, pilot currency and training, schedules, type ratings, flight and duty limits, rest requirements, certificates, medicals, and much more. ZuluLog is fully FAA-compliant and has multiple, sec… afw_web_admin Read More »
