That's funny.But I am not an ATM, and neither are the other 675 people who have viewed this announcement and may be flying in or out that day. I think Luke asks a valid question and deserves to be answered. What will happen to the pilots waiting to depart? What will happen to the pilots already in the air? The NOTAM said pilots should expect delays. Does that mean arriving flights, should expect to be assigned a HOLD some time during their arrival?
I asked Luke personally if he was joking about this question on teamspeak, and relayed his response to Jamar before he made the "ATM Exemption" post:
<14:35:45> "Clay Brock": on your last post for the OSH event
<14:35:52> "Clay Brock": were you kidding?
<14:35:57> "Luke Kakert": yes lol
<14:36:04> "Clay Brock": ok
<14:36:23> "Clay Brock": sorry, just the sarcasm doesn't come across as easily in writing
<14:36:49> "Luke Kakert": but i am 100% sure there are going to be people that wont like the "airport is closed" part
<14:36:55> "Luke Kakert": i was just trying to be funny
<14:37:06> "Luke Kakert": and alot of people cant take a joke on here anymore
I do see the validity in the question though , so here is the answer, as stated previously:
KOSH airport will close to traffic at 2100z, and the FSX Blue Angels will start their modified demo at that time.
Out of respect to the FSX Blue Angels, we will not allow pilots to depart or arrive KOSH until the demonstration is over. Unless an emergency is declared, KOSH will be closed for the duration of the FSXBA demo. Pilots will have 4 whole hours to fly in with ATC, and if they cannot make the airport in that amount of time, then they will have to divert, or reconnect on the ground at OSH to watch the demonstration.
In regards these final questions:
how are people supposed to be able to see this demonstration you have planned? Will everyone have to be using vPilot and model matching in order to see it? Sign on to utube or something?
Pilots will be able to see the FSX Blue Angel demo by being connected to VATSIM on the ground at KOSH. No specific pilot client is required to watch the demonstration, but model matching will be at the pilot's discretion. As far as I'm aware, the FSXBA team will connect to the network under the type code "F18". People can set up model matching as necessary using this information.
Note that FSX vPilot users should not encounter model matching issues, as FSX has a default F18, and vPilot uses airplanes in the sim for model matchingI hope this post clears up most of the confusion, and if there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.