OB424: The Lowdown on the Up-Down
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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OB424: The Lowdown on the Up-Down
Released to show supporters on 2/11/2026
Public release scheduled for 2/25/2026
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| 0:00.0 | We're not here to sugarcoat anything. We're not here. I'm not a recruiter for air traffic. The point of this show was always to give it to you real, to give it to you. Honest, the real thing. Not, oh, everyone loves it. It's going to be so great. Come in, come and do this job. It's for everyone. It's amazing. There are parts of it like that, but there are parts of it |
| 0:21.6 | that are hard. Ready. |
| 0:31.5 | Welcome to Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk, an aviation podcast by two air traffic controllers |
| 0:37.3 | and rated pilots who love |
| 0:39.2 | to talk about flying, controlling, and everything in between. The show is for entertainment |
| 0:46.1 | purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for your instructor, your supervisor, the FAA, the |
| 0:53.0 | NTSB, or your cat. |
| 0:57.2 | The show will give you a better understanding of how things work in the national airspace |
| 1:01.4 | system and maybe even make you laugh along the way. |
| 1:08.5 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and first officer at Penguin Airlines Romeo Hotel. |
| 1:19.6 | It's Wednesday, February 11, 2006, episode 424 on today's show. |
| 1:28.2 | We'll talk about the day in the life of a controller. |
| 1:30.6 | Correct another incorrect statement made by me and solve all of the world's problems. |
| 1:35.3 | What's up, B, G? |
| 1:36.8 | Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 1:38.9 | Happy Wednesday. |
| 1:41.7 | Yes. |
| 1:42.8 | 424. |
| 1:46.5 | 424. 4 424 424 episodes |
| 1:48.4 | We didn't record last week |
| 1:51.4 | We recorded two the week prior |
| 1:52.8 | I believe it was before the snow apocalypse |
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