More questions on VFR flight following.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

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I meant the individual humans who make up ATC.


So did I.



Do all the people in ATC keep up with everything in real time or do
they look at things to get current status of various things when that
thing is needed?


I don't see a practical difference. Individual controllers are supposed to
know the status of all things that affect their area of operations.

And how would they "know the status of all things" unless they look
at some thing that gives them the status, ESP?

The practical difference is you are argueing semantics.

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Jim Pennino

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And how would they "know the status of all things" unless they look
at some thing that gives them the status, ESP?

The practical difference is you are argueing semantics.


You're the one that imagines there's a difference.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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So if it is an accurate simulation you should already know the
answer.

The answer, based on simulation, is that you are simply given a unique
transponder code and told when you are identified on radar.
Thereafter, not much unless you enter controlled airspace, except for
occasional advisories.



Nope.


Bertie

Jim Stewart wrote in
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Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

So if it is an accurate simulation you should already know the
answer.

The answer, based on simulation, is that you are simply given a
unique transponder code and told when you are identified on radar.
Thereafter, not much unless you enter controlled airspace, except for
occasional advisories.

Let it be known to rookies that "simulation" in the above
context means a guy sitting in his underwear in front of
a PC. Least it be confused with certified sim and instructor
training....








thanks for that image. I WAS hoping to get some sleep.

Bertie

Ron Natalie writes:

Listen I know your world is limited, but I used to be one of those
guys on the ground in an R area who had to suspend ops when we got an
bogey in the active restricted area. Stopping our tests for twenty
minutes or being assured that they will stay off the active range
was a whole lot better than having some lost pilot wandering through
while we were trying to get work done.

How often did it happen?

Jim Stewart writes:

Let it be known to rookies that "simulation" in the above
context means a guy sitting in his underwear in front of
a PC. Least it be confused with certified sim and instructor
training....

Simulation is the same in either case. A "certified sim" isn't anything
special, it's just certified (typically for a very narrowly defined purpose).
Having an instructor nearby doesn't change the simulation.

In this case, though, the sim was irrelevant, as the question concerned radio
communications.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Jim Stewart writes:

Let it be known to rookies that "simulation" in the above
context means a guy sitting in his underwear in front of
a PC. Least it be confused with certified sim and instructor
training....

Simulation is the same in either case. A "certified sim" isn't
anything special, it's just certified (typically for a very narrowly
defined purpose). Having an instructor nearby doesn't change the
simulation.

In this case, though, the sim was irrelevant, as the question
concerned radio communications.


And what you have, of course, isn't a radio.


So you are talking complete crap , as always.


Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Jim Stewart writes:

Let it be known to rookies that "simulation" in the above
context means a guy sitting in his underwear in front of
a PC. Least it be confused with certified sim and instructor
training....

Simulation is the same in either case. A "certified sim" isn't
anything special, it's just certified (typically for a very narrowly
defined purpose). Having an instructor nearby doesn't change the
simulation.

In this case, though, the sim was irrelevant, as the question
concerned radio communications.

And what you have, of course, isn't a radio.

The voices in his head must do a good job of simulating radio traffic.

"John Mazor" wrote in news:nkvfj.31$qV.14@trnddc03:


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote in
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Jim Stewart writes:

Let it be known to rookies that "simulation" in the above
context means a guy sitting in his underwear in front of
a PC. Least it be confused with certified sim and instructor
training....

Simulation is the same in either case. A "certified sim" isn't
anything special, it's just certified (typically for a very narrowly
defined purpose). Having an instructor nearby doesn't change the
simulation.

In this case, though, the sim was irrelevant, as the question
concerned radio communications.

And what you have, of course, isn't a radio.

The voices in his head must do a good job of simulating radio traffic.




I dunno. I can't remember the last time I got a clearance to go on the net
and make a fjukkwit of myself. (not like I'd need one anyway!)


Bertie

John Mazor writes:

The voices in his head must do a good job of simulating radio traffic.

No voices in the head are required. The traffic is provided by other pilots
and controllers on the network.