this stuff helped shape and define who we are and how we answer some of these questions.

Initially, I think that when we shared at the beginning of each episode, like, hey, what's going on?

It was to sort of dispel this myth on the pilot side that, you know, controllers aren't people.

They're not just regular people

that have normal lives and we just wanted to humanize it a little bit. We're not just some

voice on the other end of a microphone. We're people that have stuff and things happen to us.

And we just wanted to tell people about what we were going through and still managed to

put out a show. We didn't record one every week, but we recorded enough to put one out every week

for 400 weeks.

Welcome to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk, an aviation podcast by two air traffic controllers

and rated pilots who love to talk about flying, controlling, and everything in between.

The show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for your instructor,

your supervisor, the FAA, the NTSB, or your cat.

The show will give you a better understanding of how things work in the national airspace system,

and maybe even make you life along the way.

Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and first officer at Penguin Airlines Romeo Hotel. It's Tuesday, August 26th, 2,025 episode 400 on today's show.

We'll discuss NDB's vintage airways and try to understand why we have done 400 episodes

of this show.

What's out, Bayee?

Hello, hello, everyone.

That was harder to read than I thought it would be, and there's really no big words in there.

Yeah.

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