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General Discussion / Re: ATC Coverage Times
« on: March 17, 2017, 03:50:54 PM »Do you mean 12AM (midnight?)? 3-6PM comes after 12PM but 22z comes before 23zWashigton runs on a different clock.
Indeed, I meant 12AM, midnight...silly mistake :p
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Do you mean 12AM (midnight?)? 3-6PM comes after 12PM but 22z comes before 23zWashigton runs on a different clock.
I am a big supported of using the Contact Me feature. I dont care what the COC says. Why do people get online? Either they want to fly in a simulated environment (meaning they want to be controlled) or they want to control aircraft. I know that it can be argued that there are maps etc. that tell you when to contact ATC etc. There is no simulator that I am aware of that will tell you who's airspace you are in when you are flying. Everybody wants to talk about the real world this and the real world that. In the real world an enroute controller would hand you off to the next facility, since we can not guarantee who will be on and who will not, this is not an area of realism that we can accurately simulate.
My thinking is if you want to control that aircraft, send a contact me. On the flip side, I have had controllers who never contacted me and they were not online when I entered there airspace and when I realized that they were online and contacted them, i got an attitude; my thoughts STICK IT!!! If you wanted to control me, then you should have contacted me and let me know you were online. If a pilot does contact you before you contact him than Wooooo Hoooooo. We are supposed to work together to have fun and make this hobby fun. I applaud you for sending the contact me, if you do it again, I will applaud you again and if a pilot gives you any flack, give him a .wallop