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The Classroom (Controller Tips) / Emergency Procedures?
« on: July 14, 2010, 05:28:59 PM »
Hello all,
What happened to me today in the server was a joke. Left KSEA in B752 talked with SEA-CTR, no ATC in between. Talked to DFW Center, No Problem. GO to DFW Approach, no comms working, only chat. I just spoke with Ctr at hand-off, switch freqs. No response from App, Left msg in Box, 30 secs to response. Controller gives me clearence to decend, read back on radio. Controller types in chat that I need to read Back. Typed a read back. Obviously controller and I can't hear each other!
In Life, you recognise the problem. You know what the aircraft is going to do he filed a FP. You don't know if the pilot can hear you, so you ask the pilot to make a 60 deg turn. If he hears, he makes the turn, you know he can hear you. If not you have a problem, and as the aircraft gets closer you clear space for him to land. Other aircraft may have to hold, some may be able to follow in a visual approach. Whatever it takes!! What you Don't do is have a fit, put nasty notes in the flight strip, and whine like a baby. Remember No chatbox in real life folks.
What happened to me today in the server was a joke. Left KSEA in B752 talked with SEA-CTR, no ATC in between. Talked to DFW Center, No Problem. GO to DFW Approach, no comms working, only chat. I just spoke with Ctr at hand-off, switch freqs. No response from App, Left msg in Box, 30 secs to response. Controller gives me clearence to decend, read back on radio. Controller types in chat that I need to read Back. Typed a read back. Obviously controller and I can't hear each other!
In Life, you recognise the problem. You know what the aircraft is going to do he filed a FP. You don't know if the pilot can hear you, so you ask the pilot to make a 60 deg turn. If he hears, he makes the turn, you know he can hear you. If not you have a problem, and as the aircraft gets closer you clear space for him to land. Other aircraft may have to hold, some may be able to follow in a visual approach. Whatever it takes!! What you Don't do is have a fit, put nasty notes in the flight strip, and whine like a baby. Remember No chatbox in real life folks.