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The Classroom (Controller Tips) / University of North Dakota's ATCast
« on: July 20, 2009, 09:44:57 AM »Quote from: A. Karl Kornel
The UND SATCA has, for some time now, been releasing a set of well-produced videos on Air Traffic Control, entitled ATcast. These videos cover a range of approach-level (and a few tower-level) aspects of Air Traffic Control. I've found the following episodes in particular to be very informative:
Radar Identification
Merging Target Procedures
Satellite Airports
Point Outs
ATIS
Overhead Maneuver (although I admit, the production values here aren't as good)
Obviously, these videos do not replace the in-person training that each S3-in-training must receive, but these videos may be a good way of ensuring that information is consistently communicated correctly to controllers. They're also good for review: I can now, easily, list the six ways of radar-identifying an aircraft, when before ... I could not.
The videos are all in MP4 format, so they can be played in a browser, or downloaded for playback on your computer, and on most video-capable portable devices. There is also a direct download link for iTunes users.
Thank you so much for posting these videos! It has helped me a great ton, as well I let me students know about these..They really help!