OB254: Penguin Death NOTAMs
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Episode 254 Show Notes
Topic of the show: How can pilots avoid the pitfalls of expectation bias with regards to NOTAMs? We offer some easy tips to avoid some taxi instruction traps. We also discuss tower operational hours and flight following in no man's land. RH ends the show with a rant about a rule change. Enjoy this episode made up entirely of Patron feedback!
Timely Feedback:
- 1. SGAC Patron MR shares his flight home story all the way back to California in his Cirrus!
- 2. Patron MZ shares local tower equipment issues.
Feedback
- Patron RK asks about tower closing times and how that changes emergency response.
- Patron TSC shares some flight following audio.
- Patron BK shares a flight following story with a question.
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| 0:00.0 | And then we would do the same thing on the outbound. |
| 0:02.4 | I would usually draw the route. |
| 0:05.3 | I'm sure we're going to get this runway, or if there's only one, this is what we would expect for a taxi route. |
| 0:10.4 | Then, if anything's different, it's going to catch your attention. |
| 0:13.8 | Like, oh, why are we doing that? |
| 0:16.1 | Oh, that's closed. |
| 0:16.9 | Okay. |
| 0:17.7 | Ready. |
| 0:26.4 | Okay. Ready. This is Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 0:29.6 | Your host, Romeo Hotel and Alpha Golf have a combined 40 years of aviation experience as pilots and air traffic controllers. |
| 0:39.7 | They answer your questions and share their opinions about flying and air traffic control. This show is not official guidance |
| 0:44.7 | and should not be used as a replacement for your instructor, your pilot examiner, the endless |
| 0:49.9 | books of regulations, your favorite comedian, your neighbor, your spouse, for your cat. |
| 0:55.4 | November 628 Charlie Dale, the squawk 1-200, frequency of change approved. The audio will be |
| 1:00.4 | available on live ATC. Good day. November 643, too late, Mike, third visual pressure, way, |
| 1:05.7 | 2,3 left, Connick Tower. November 3-22-2-Yanky, area of heavy to extreme precipitation to the clock to one o'clock |
| 1:13.8 | 15 miles 7047 Charlie try a departure letter contact climbing maintain |
| 1:19.4 | November 747 Sierra Lema reduce speed to 180 your overtaking traffic ahead on final |
| 1:25.4 | Skyhawk 7 7 7th angle IFR cancellationR cancellation receives, walk BIRFR, frequency change, approved. |
| 1:30.3 | Sierra 720 Fox Trina Alpha flattened 190 vectors for the visual approach runway, 2311. |
| 1:35.3 | ...intertriad class Charlie's surface area from the east, maintain special view of arc. |
| 1:39.3 | Charlie Fox, Scott Alpha, this is Triad Approach on guard. |
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