Mitty wrote:



On 3/26/2007 9:28 PM, Newps wrote the following:


Mitty wrote:

If you are getting vectors, he may not have the vector though.


The previous controller is required to coordinate that.


My experience is limited to sitting with MSP and ZMP controllers but I
am sure I saw cases where the handoff was automated and there was no
talk on the telephone. Possibly these are standardized routes where
everyone knows what the vector is. Or is there a way this info would
have been coded into the data tag & I just didn't notice?

The center controller has no control over an approach controllers data
tag. Completely different systems. Many times a controller is only
required to send a plane thru a gate. Any heading that gets the plane
thru the opening is good and doesn't have to be coordinated.




So, you work at a TRACON, right?

Yessir.