OB012: Lost Communications
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
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🗓️ 20 March 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
RH and AG discuss the lost communications failure scenario: night, IFR, IMC, divert for bad weather, go missed, NORDO, now what?
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| 0:00.0 | Delta 1652 TRIADDAPTER 1652 TRIADROTROTCT Climb and Maintain 1-2,000. |
| 0:09.0 | Airkey, 901 Whiskey radar contact, enter the left-state-out-based runway 5 left, say altitude. |
| 0:15.0 | On-Boy 3972, the center maintains 7,000. |
| 0:20.0 | Mountain 7508-5 from Brandt. Mountain 7508 from Brand. |
| 0:23.3 | Are in left heading 2.60, maintain 3,000 until steps on the localizer, clear out last to do. |
| 0:30.0 | American 792 traffic, 2 o'clock 5 miles southbound and V8010,000. |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome to episode 12 of opposingosing Vases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 0:40.3 | We are Romeo Hotel. |
| 0:41.9 | At Alpha Golf. |
| 0:43.4 | On today's show, A.G. and R.H. are going to discuss our three-week-old lost communications |
| 0:48.7 | question and the feedback that it generated. |
| 0:51.7 | We will also have another question of the week. |
| 0:57.7 | For those of you listening for the first time, AG and I are both air traffic controllers |
| 1:02.2 | and rated pilots. |
| 1:04.0 | We express our views and opinions and do not represent our employer. |
| 1:08.3 | Our show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a |
| 1:12.0 | replacement for your CFI, your OJTI, the 7110.65, the FARs, your attorney, your doctor, |
| 1:20.4 | your best friend, or your cat. Welcome to opposing bases,ases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 1:29.1 | What's up? |
| 1:29.9 | What's going on? |
| 1:32.5 | We are here again. |
| 1:35.4 | We have done it once again. |
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