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The Flight Deck / It's out... If you've been waiting, go get it....
« on: September 05, 2013, 03:48:10 PM »
just a bit to rich for me
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Simple Insanity / WOW.....JUST WOW.
« on: July 22, 2013, 08:39:34 AM »
Proof there is a fool born every minute.
And JFK was shot by a second gunman
And JFK was shot by a second gunman
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The Control Room Floor / ARTCC Inactivity Tranfers
« on: October 15, 2012, 08:48:34 AM »
Steve,
Thanks for your interest in joining ZLC ARTCC. The time it takes to accept or reject a transfer requests varies depending on various circumstances. The first thing that occurs is a persons VATSIM record is reviewed which could include how many times a person has requested a transfer and why and any issues from other ARTCC/FIR. Staff meeting are sometimes arranged to review a record and make recommendations. I would also like to mention that your post makes it sound like your request has been languishing without any action being taken. You only requested a transfer yesterday and it sometimes takes a few days to be approved. Please be patient and the staff will get with you soon.
Thanks for your interest in joining ZLC ARTCC. The time it takes to accept or reject a transfer requests varies depending on various circumstances. The first thing that occurs is a persons VATSIM record is reviewed which could include how many times a person has requested a transfer and why and any issues from other ARTCC/FIR. Staff meeting are sometimes arranged to review a record and make recommendations. I would also like to mention that your post makes it sound like your request has been languishing without any action being taken. You only requested a transfer yesterday and it sometimes takes a few days to be approved. Please be patient and the staff will get with you soon.
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General Discussion / Basic Controller Exam and choice of ARTCC
« on: November 27, 2011, 09:59:06 PM »Quote from: Isak Moebius
I went to look at the questions I got wrong and I figured out how and why I got them wrong in 5 minutes.
Isak,
When you are assigned the test an email clearly explains you would need to wait 7 days to retake the exam. In my opinion this is designed to avoid students from rushing through the exam. If we only required a 24 hour waiting period there would be many students you would rush through the exam without reading the material knowing that if they fail they can just retake the exam the following day. The statement that you said it only took you five minutes to find the answers to the questions that you missed makes me wonder why you didn't get the answers right the first time.
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The Control Room Floor / UNICOM a talking frequency?
« on: October 24, 2010, 11:52:05 AM »Quote from: Kyle Beamsderfer
I;m not sure if this belongs here, as this is my first post, but I have been thinking lately: If we are trying to emulate real-world flying and ATC procedures, would it be possible to make the UNICOM frequency 122.8 a talking frequency? I would like to see us announce intentions on an actual voice channel rather that having to type everything. Is this a possibility in the near or distant future?
Bandwidth
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The Flight Deck / Pilots flying JAX, MLB, DAB and MCO/ORL/SFB
« on: September 21, 2010, 10:09:11 PM »Quote from: Dan Leavitt
So, while we waiþ on an answer about a VC/Transfer, let me add this wrench into the loop.
1. A student ONLY wants to work minors, he gets up to APP and cleared for APP, but not for majors, can he get Center, and then just either wait for an APP to cover him on major, have a split where he only works high, or west, etc, where he's not in control of the major?
2. I'm going to borrow from another thread, let's say that a controller has his major cert revoked ie: discipline, not competent, WHATEVER the reason, can he still control center, following the same example from number 1 here?
DL
lol, if a controller has major cert revoked for discipline, or not competent than how would he be competent and not have discipline problems to work center?
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The Classroom (Controller Tips) / VATUSA Training Resource Center Error
« on: July 19, 2010, 08:13:40 AM »Quote from: Tod Allison
In VATUSA's Training Resource Center, under VFR Tower, it states
Class B/C Operations
You will treat all VFR departures out of a Class B/C airport the same as you would IFR departures. Clear them for takeoff, then hand them off to departure once airborne.
This is incorrect unless all of my instructors were wrong. The Tower controller should keep VFR aircraft within the Class B/C surface area (usually 5 mile radius) of the Class B/C airport instead of handing them off as you would IFR. If the pilot was VFR doing closed traffic, the Tower controller would not hand that pilot off and would maintain control of that aircraft, such as advising the pilot to fly left traffic, report mid-field downwind/base/final or whatever. Otherwise there is a lot of unnecessary handoffs back and forth between TWR and APP/DEP or CTR. I know I have had 4 or 5 doing closed pattern work in the ORD Class Bravo airspace before and if I would have handed each one off to APP or CTR and then have gotten them right back, there wouldn't be much of a chance to control anyone else do to the constant handoff/acceptance, etc.
This quote can be found here.
If aircraft is departing Class B/C then the pilot isn't flying the pattern, hand off to app/dep is required. If pilot remains in the pattern then he is with tower.
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General Discussion / New United States domestic flight regulations
« on: December 26, 2009, 04:15:40 PM »Quote from: Brad Littlejohn
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...BDuKg&pos=9
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=11732573
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=121929781
From the NPR report:
I still don't know why the TSA is sticking their head into this, because this was clearly a failure of security at EHAM. Besides, if this was on him, what good would keeping people stuck in their chairs do? The guy would only have to lean over to detonate what was attached to him, and off it goes again.
This is a joke.
BL.
It's a Federal Government employee protecting their job. If they didn't do anything to appear to take necessary precautions they would be fired. A person tries to explode a shoe bomb on board an aircraft with a cigarette lighter so now you can't carry a lighter on board and you have to take off your shoes at the check point. A person brings an explosive liquid on board and now you can't bring certain size containers of liquid on board. If this keeps up we will be required to fly naked and won't be able to bring any luggage.
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General Discussion / New United States domestic flight regulations
« on: December 26, 2009, 03:48:43 PM »Quote from: Harold Rutila
Sorry Mike, but this is complete bogus. What is your source? All local media is reporting the attempted terror plot over Detroit from yesterday as their top story, and I have not heard anything about this new "regulation."
TSA.gov - nothing
FAA.gov - nothing
The Associated Press has reported new TSA rules require that all passengers and crew remain seated during the last hours of flight. The TSA has neither confirmed or denied the new regulations.
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General Discussion / New United States domestic flight regulations
« on: December 26, 2009, 02:35:51 PM »
not gonna happen on VATSIM
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