OB241: Schrödinger's Bravo

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4.8 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Episode 241 Show Notes

Topic of the show: After a pilot receives their PDC, how do the tower and radar controllers know where they are going? On this week’s show, we revisit basic ATC procedures and the discuss the methods we use to track airplanes within our airspace. We also discuss a Class Bravo airspace bust, more feedback about missed approaches, and confusion over PIREPs. You don’t want to miss this episode!

Timely Feedback:

1. Patron JEC asks how we would deal with a pilot that told us to standby.
2. Juliet Sierra got his podcast ATP rating.
3. Patron CK shares thoughts on managing a missed approach.
4. Patron CH shares what center controllers can see on their magical data screens.

Feedback

PJ want to know about inadvertent IMC for a helicopter: what would we do?
BF shares audio about a recent PIREP mixup.
JP shares a story of a Class Bravo bust.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This also brings up the great point on the controller side that on a low IFR day, especially,
0:06.6	running a squeeze play with a slow guy trying to depart with a jet on final,
0:13.4	this is a bad plan.
0:15.8	Bad, bad, bad.
0:17.0	You are not protecting for the missed approach.
0:19.7	Ready.
0:19.9	Ready.
0:34.7	This is Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk. Your host, Romeo Hotel and Alpha Golf have a combined 40 years of aviation experience as pilots and air traffic controllers.
0:39.9	They answer your questions and share their opinions about flying and air traffic control.
0:45.0	This show is not official guidance and should not be used as a replacement for your instructor,
0:50.1	your pilot examiner, the endless books of regulations, your favorite comedian, your neighbor, your spouse, or your cat.
0:57.0	November 628 Charlie Delft, the squawk 1-200, frequency of change approved.
1:01.0	The audio will be available on live ATC. Good day.
1:05.0	November 643, Julie at Mike, third visual, brush, one way, two, three left, Connick Tower.
1:09.0	November 322 to
1:11.2	Yankee area of heavy to extreme precipitation 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock 1 5 miles 7 miles
1:17.4	3047 Charlie try a departure weather contact climbing maintain
1:21.4	November 747 Sierra Lima reduce speed to 180 your overtaking traffic ahead on final
1:27.4	Skyhawk 7 7th angle IFRR can't place to receive.
1:30.3	Walked BFR frequency change approved.
1:32.3	Sierra 720 Fox Trouta flattened 190 vectors for the visual approach runway 2 3-11.
1:38.0	Intertriad Class Charlie's surface area from the east.
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