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NOTAMs / New ZBW ATM Selected
« on: February 09, 2013, 04:26:35 AM »
Please help me to congratulate Rich Bonneau on his appointment as the newest Air Traffic Manager of the Boston ARTCC. Rich most recently served as the Deputy ATM, and has been a passionate and dedicated member of ZBW, and I have no doubt he will help ZBW prosper in the future. Welcome to your new role, Rich; we wish you all the best!

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The sad thing is -- this guy will probably lose his license for a while.....  (Or, if the stars align and the FSDO is kind and gentle, maybe a little counseling and a slap on the wrist?  Probably not....)  

Though to the lay man, everything he did seemed to be pretty reasonable for a homeowner watching someone stealing from his home, unless he can prove he was in the process of landing or taking off, which he pretty much publicly stated he wasn't (he admitted that he buzzed his house at 300 feet and there was no airport nearby), this poor guy admitted to the whole world he violated FAR 91.119, Minimum Safe Altitudes (reprinted below the article).....

[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE [/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--](CNN) A lot of things can go wrong in life that you can plan for, but some are just too far-fetched to bother with -- or so you'd think.

Just ask the man who stole a trailer from outside a Florida home, unconcerned about the small plane buzzing overhead.

Turns out the pilot of the single-engine Cessna was the home owner who just happened to be flying by when he spotted the theft in progress.

"We watched him just walk out right in front of us," David Zehntner, the homeowner, recounted Tuesday. "Two or three times, he literally looked up at us. At one point, he even stood with his hands on his hips and looked up at us."

The incident occurred Sunday afternoon, when Zehntner was flying back to Labelle, outside Fort Myers, from Franklin, N.C., where he and his wife had spent Christmas at their second home.

"The flight path and the landing procedure here in Labelle flies right over our property anyway," the 56-year-old retired auto parts store manager said. "So we always make a circle over our property."

As they reached an altitude of 800 feet, his wife noticed something odd.

"My wife says, 'Honey, there's somebody at our house. There's a truck parked in our driveway,'" Zehntner said.

Zehntner dropped the plane to 300 feet and buzzed their ranch home.

"We see this guy walking around our house looking in windows, checking the doors, scoping the house out," he said. "And it wasn't anybody we knew."

The man then picked up a 6-foot-by-12-foot red utility trailer that was parked outside the house, set it on the bumper hitch to a pickup truck, hooked it up and drove off, Zehntner said.

"My wife kept saying, 'Land, land,'" he said.

But Zehntner couldn't land; there was no airport nearby.

"I said, 'Honey, he's not going to get away. There's no way he's going to get away.'"

Zehntner followed the truck and trailer the seven miles into town.

"At no point did he act like he made any correlation -- like, 'Wait a minute, this guy is following me,'" Zehntner said.

At one point, the truck stopped at a red light in front of the police station, but Zehntner could do nothing.

He had a cell phone, but the prop noise would have drowned out any attempt at conversation.

When the truck pulled onto State Road 80 headed west out of Labelle, Zehntner made a quick landing and called the Hendry County 911 dispatcher, who put out a be-on-the-lookout call for the silver truck with a white top pulling a stolen trailer.

Within half an hour, he got a call from deputies flying a helicopter in nearby Lee County and gave them a description of the vehicle.

"They said, 'I think we've got him. Hold on. Somebody will call you back shortly.'"

Some five minutes later, a Lee County deputy sheriff called and asked for a description of the man. That was easy, since the view from 300 feet had been clear: Handlebar mustache, 6-foot tall, medium build.

A few minutes later, he got another call asking him to drive over to where they had stopped the truck on I-75 heading into Charlotte County and verify that the trailer was his.

Police said they had found guns inside the truck and wanted to know whether they were Zehntner's, he said.

They were not.

"We went back, recovered our trailer; they impounded his truck, took him to the Charlotte County Jail and we took our trailer home -- and we were happy," Zehntner said.

He said police told him the obvious -- he was lucky.

"Most of the time -- crimes like this -- they get away and it's hell for the police to try to find the stuff," he said. "I don't think my wife's still gotten over it."


Copyright 2013 by CNN NewSource. All rights reserved.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/justice/florida-plane-theft[/quote]


[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE [/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]ยง 91.119   Minimum safe altitudes: General.

Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:

a. Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.

b. Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.

c. Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.[/quote]

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The FAA has issued FAA Notice 7110.586, effective 02 Jul 2012, that makes several changes to Appendix A and renames Appendix C.

Summary of Changes:

1. Several aircraft added, deleted and/or information modified
2. Appendix C renamed

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The FAA has issued FAA Notice 7110.584, effective 15 Aug 2012, that adds climb via and clarifiies descend via procedures and terminology.

Summary of Changes:

1. Adds climb via terminology to 4-4-2
2. Standardizes climb via and descend via terminology in 4-4-2
3. Clarifies altitude assignment procedures and phraseology in 4-5-7
4. Amends and clarifies climb via and descend via in the Pilot/Controller Glossary (PCG)

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The Flight Deck / KBOS RNAV Procedures Waypoints File Available
« on: April 02, 2012, 10:21:25 AM »
RNAV Departure and Arrival procedures are now standard at Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS). However, those with default flight simulator databases that have not had AIRAC/database updates since late 2011 may not have been able to fly those procedures... until now.

With many thanks to fellow VATSIM controller Trystan Verf, the Boston ARTCC is pleased to make available a scenery file that contains all of the RNAV DP and STAR waypoints that can be found on the current KBOS RNAV Departure and Arrival Procedures.

This file will enable pilots who utilize their default MSFS GPS the ability to recognize the current KBOS RNAV waypoints in their GPS. Pilots can then fly waypoint to waypoint via their default GPS, enabling them to fly the KBOS RNAV Procedures.

The file may be downloaded here: Boston ARTCC RNAV Procedures Waypoints File

To install it, just place it in the Addon Scenery/scenery folder within your main FSX (or FS9) folder. Anyone who installed the previous version of the file with the RNAV DP waypoints released last fall should simply overwrite the older file with this one.

The author tested the file for FSX, but can't say if it will work in FS9 as it was compiled with the FSX SDK compiler. If anyone tries it with FS9, we would appreciate feedback as to whether or not it works.

Please email any discrepancy reports to [email protected] and thanks for flying with us in Boston!

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Simple Insanity / Now I get it!
« on: January 13, 2012, 09:54:13 AM »
Now I understand the new VATSIM pilot training scheme      and better about what I see on the scopes sometimes...     And pilots can see the best VATSIM ATC has to offer in action....  The Colonel!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ir-3VxEjvo

 

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General Discussion / Happy Thanksgiving
« on: November 24, 2011, 12:12:21 PM »
For those of you who celebrate it as a holiday, and also for those that don't, I'd like us all to take a moment to give thanks.  

I'd like to give thanks...

... to our families
... to those that keep us safe from harm's way
... for being as fortunate as we are.  If we have a computer and high speed internet access, we are doing so much better than so many in this world who struggle to keep a roof over their heads and food in their mouths.
... for those that share peace and love in this world
... for those that have brought, and continue to bring us VATSIM, free of charge
... for being part of such a wonderful team as we have at ZBW.  We ebb and flow, and get stronger and weaker over time, but we are made up of a great group of people and come together as a strong and wonderful family.

May we all be thankful, grateful, loving and sharing, and may we all have a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving.


Don Desfosse
Air Traffic Manager
Boston ARTCC

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The Control Room Floor / Super Separation
« on: October 05, 2010, 01:45:41 PM »
Courtesy of the Boston ARTCC:


[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE [/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]Team Boston,  

The FAA has issued FAA Notice 7110.541, effective 01 Oct 2010, that addresses separation standards when dealing with Airbus A388 aircraft

Summary of Changes:

1. Enroute and terminal separation rules have been modified to add consideration for the A388.  
2. Visual separation rules found in 7110.65 7-2 are NOT to be used with A388s.
3. Append the expression "SUPER" after the aircraft callsign (much like we append "HEAVY" for heavies).



[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE [/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]
5. Procedures. Standard air traffic control procedures contained in FAA Order JO 7110.65 and facility letters of agreement must be applied in support of the A388 with the following additions/changes:

a. EN ROUTE.
1. Small/large/heavy behind an A388 - 5 miles.
2. When transitioning to terminal airspace - provide a minimum of 10 miles spacing.
3. Include the expression “SUPER” immediately after the aircraft call sign in communications with a terminal facility about A388 operations, and when issuing traffic advisories regarding an A388.
4. Visual separation rules specified in FAA Order JO 7110.65, chapter 7, section 2, must not be applied with respect to the A388.

b. TERMINAL.
1. Separate aircraft operating directly behind or directly behind and less than 1,000 feet below by:
NOTE Consider parallel runways less than 2,500 feet apart as a single runway because of the possible effects of wake turbulence.
   ( a ) Heavy behind A388 - 6 miles.
   ( b ) Large behind A388 - 8 miles.
   ( c ) Small behind A388 - 10 miles.
   ( d ) When applying wake turbulence separation criteria for terminal operations that are defined in minutes, add 1 additional minute.
2. Use the expression "SUPER" immediately after the aircraft call sign in all communications with or about an A388.
3. Visual separation rules specified in FAA Order JO 7110.65, chapter 7, section 2, must not be applied with respect to the A388.[/quote][/quote]

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Team,  

The FAA just issued FAA Notice 7110.528, effective 30 Jun 2010, that affects significantly the taxi procedures used when crossing runways.  

Summary of Changes:

1. The phraseology "Taxi to _____" will no longer be used.  
2. Aircraft are no longer automatically permitted to cross runways along their taxi route.  An explicit runway crossing clearance must be issued for each runway (active/inactive or closed) crossing and requires an aircraft/vehicle to have crossed the previous runway before another runway crossing clearance may be issued.  


An example using the new terminology:  

Note: In the following example, KBOS is using the 27/27 configuration, Local and Ground control are combined.

Old clearance to Runway 27 for departure, using the new taxi diagram, would sound like:
AAL123, taxi to runway 27 via Bravo, Charlie Delta.


New clearance to Runway 27 for departure, using the new taxi diagram, would sound like:
AAL123, Runway 27, taxi via Bravo, Charlie, Delta, hold short Runway 4L.

as AAL123 approaches Runway 4L:
AAL123, cross Runway 4L, hold short Runway 4R.

as AAL123 approaches Runway 4R:
AAL123, cross Runway 4R, hold short Runway 33L.

as AAL123 approaches Runway 33L:
AAL123, cross Runway 33L.


Yes, so on a busy day (read event), can you see the issue with this....?  Methinks the lawyers won, ATC and the pilots lost.....

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General Discussion / Giving Thanks
« on: November 25, 2009, 08:19:06 PM »
For those of you who celebrate it as a holiday, and also for those that don't, I'd like to invite us all to take a moment to give thanks.  

I'd like to give thanks...

... to our families
... to those that keep us safe from harm's way
... for being as fortunate as we are.  If we have a computer and high speed internet access, we are doing so much better than so many in this world who struggle to keep a roof over their heads and food in their mouths.
... for those that share peace and love in this world
... for those that have brought, and continue to bring us VATSIM, free of charge
... for being part of such a wonderful team as we have at VATUSA.  

May we all be thankful, grateful, loving and sharing, and may we all have a safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving.

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