OB412: Sectional Scent, Premature Descent
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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OB412: Sectional Scent, Premature Descent
Released to show supporters on 11/12/2025
Public release scheduled for 12/2/2025
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| 0:00.0 | The flight plan that's in the system is drawing a line through the NAS. |
| 0:05.6 | That line determines where things will automate, how they will automate, if they will |
| 0:10.8 | automate to the sector you want. |
| 0:12.4 | If the plane is not in the same place, now you're off of the line that's defined in the system, |
| 0:19.6 | and I need to draw a new line from where you are to where you're going. |
| 0:23.6 | Ready. |
| 0:32.6 | Welcome to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk, an aviation podcast by two air traffic controllers |
| 0:38.6 | and rated pilots who love to talk about flying, controlling, and everything in between. |
| 0:45.7 | The show is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for your instructor, |
| 0:51.9 | your supervisor, the FAA, the NTSB, or your cat. |
| 0:58.0 | 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. |
| 1:10.0 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and first officer at Penguin Airlines Romeo Hotel. |
| 1:22.0 | It's Tuesday, November 11, 2025, episode 412. |
| 1:28.5 | On today's show, we'll vector the overflight, fly without an iPad, and answer more of your awesome question. |
| 1:33.0 | What's up, Pagie? |
| 1:34.2 | Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 1:36.9 | Happy Tuesday. |
| 1:40.2 | Episode two. |
| 1:41.8 | It's Tuesday. |
| 1:42.9 | It is. |
| 1:43.6 | You've done two mids. Two mids. It's Tuesday. It is. You've done two mids. |
| 1:45.5 | Two mids. |
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