OB318: Real Life in Fantasyland
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Episode 318 Show Notes
Topic of the show: Controller Recurrent Training
What topics and scenarios do controllers train on annually or semi-annually? And how does it compare to airline/commercial pilot recurrent training? On this week's episode, AG and RH will discuss the differences in training and how controllers and pilots benefit from regular interval training. We also discuss AG's Manual Transmission School, snarky tower controllers, and more of your aviation questions and feedback.
Timely Feedback:
1. SGAC DB talks about his son flying and his daughter requesting a spot at the RH and AG stick driving school.
2. Controller RL shares more info on how Center controllers enter flight following into the keyboard
3. Patron BM sends feedback about driving a stick in Europe.
Feedback:
1. Patron MKI sent audio feedback about flight plan remarks.
2. Patron DS sent feedback about the ODP episodes
3. Patron OMH sends a question about surface based E vs G for part time D airports.
4. SGAC Sierra Hotel sends a question about being cleared for the visual approach and a snarky tower controller.
5. Patron Sierra Bravo asks a question about differences between the US and Australian procedures for alternate missed approaches.
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| 0:00.0 | And to hear him talk about how aviation works down there, it's like, it's, it works there how we always think it should work here. |
| 0:08.1 | It's just exactly how it should be. |
| 0:11.3 | Like, gosh, it's clear. |
| 0:12.8 | Can't the guy just not hit something when he takes off? |
| 0:15.8 | You know? |
| 0:16.7 | Oh, no, he's IFR. |
| 0:17.8 | He can't look out the window. |
| 0:19.3 | Those windows on IFR planes are painted white. |
| 0:22.5 | Ready. |
| 0:31.5 | This is a posing base's air traffic talk. |
| 0:34.7 | Your host, Alpha Golf and Romeo Hotel, have a half century of aviation |
| 0:39.2 | experience in combat helicopters, airliners, and air traffic control. They answer your questions |
| 0:45.8 | about flying aviation and ATC. This weekly podcast is for entertainment and education and does not |
| 0:53.0 | serve as a replacement for a qualified flight |
| 0:55.6 | instructor, an examiner, the FARs, the 7110, your best friend, your next pilot, or your cat. |
| 1:03.7 | November 628, Charlie Delft, the Squawk 1-200 frequency change approved. |
| 1:07.9 | The audio will be available on live ATC. |
| 1:10.2 | Good day. |
| 1:12.3 | November 643, Julie, Mike, Clear Visual Prox, 2 2nd 2 yanktower November 3 2nd 2nd |
| 1:17.1 | Yankee area of heavy to extreme precipitation 2 o'clock 1 o'clock 1 5 miles 7 miles |
| 1:23.6 | 3047 Charlie try a departure radar contact climbing contact, climbing, maintain 8,000. |
| 1:27.9 | November 747 Cierra Lima, reduce speed to 180, your overtaking traffic ahead on file. |
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