It comes from numerous sources, many of which depend on the ARTCC. Some include enroute/Aerodome charts, FAA sources, FOIA requests, sites like airnav...depends on what resources you have access to and/or how much work you are willing to put into getting and converting various data formats.

A late welcome from Anchorage...but glad to see someone to take one of the worry lines from Gary's face. Welcome to the devil's lair!

I doubt that statement.

We all have experience with students who fail to request any sort of training (even when it has been made clear that they have to initiate it). In the end some people just want an ARTCC to hold them all the way through training, while others decide to take responsibility for training on themselves.

Yes obviously I'm a "boot" as we title rookies on the fire dept!.
I'm in 2 flight schools here on VATSIM, 1 is in VATCAN, the other is at ZLA pilot school and I'm also in the midsts of the FS-X flight school 2011 edition and I can't find what I'm looking for. Can someone please help?
1) whats the max speed of a JET below 10,000 ft (US guidelines please)
2) A holding pattern in the US is commonly called "lline up and wait"-and the ATC calls this when it's peak load times-is this correct?
3)US flight levels start for VFR is 500 AGL?, IFR is 1,000 without worry of the terrain, and IFR is 2,000 AGL if flying in the mountains-is this correct or am I way off in left field here.

I just began this volunteer training (some of it-jets are new to me though) and I'm learning my way around VATSIM- so please foregive my ignorance...

1) Maximum speed unless otherwise indicated for safety is 250K below 10K. This is typically waived for larger military aircraft, and as mentioned, for safety considerations.

2) No, a holding pattern is just that, a pattern aircraft will follow when they are holding in the air. "Line up and Wait" is a phraseology term used to instruct an aircraft to line up on the runway, and hold position, or wait. (It replaced Position and Hold.)

3) Been too long, but "Flight Levels" indicate that it is starting at 18K MSL, and extending upward (below that is considered an altitude, not a flight level in the US).

I bet he's just happy to have his scalp still relatively intact after the last year  Hoist a pint (or 3) Gary!

Unfortunately I don't believe there is any precedence to have the waiting period altered. Look at it this way, you have 7 whole days to study for the next attempt...so you should do great on it!

Agreed Harold, while it might be interesting to discuss ways around the "policy" for enroute controllers, I would be highly cautious actually contemplating having a controller non-certified to work my major jumping on my center. If he's that interested in working center, he can spend the few hours to check-out for major approach and then not have to constantly worry about whether he has someone on that airport so he can work center. After all, an approach is an approach, is an approach...by which I mean that before I want someone working center, they should be competent/comfortable enough to deal with the airports under them, including knowing applicable terrain and approaches that they need to begin their (the pilot's) descent on. In that light if they can work 1 approach, they should pick up local procedure for the major pretty quickly. And if they have that much trouble comprehending policies (or the tasks of a radar position), I really don't want them on an enroute sector, where they affect not only my traffic flows, but could also impact my neighbors (if we had any in AK ), and therefore the reputation of the entire ARTCC.

Hey guys. Im new to this at VATSIM and I cant quiet find the place to download a Sector for VRC to observe ATC. Preferably ATL... Can you guys please help me out? thank you

Why does it matter?

I would guess it was a question as to why any ARTCC would choose to lock down their files, and therefore potentially discourage new and/or old members from joining the airspace. Most people use the files to get a feel for what to expect in an ARTCC before they join, and with new members that is even more so. Also VATUSA/VATSIM highly encouraged new members to download the files for areas they are thinking about joining. But I guess that they are not interested in new members or generating interest from others on the network that could be potential visitors or transferring members.

Cheers!