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- Atlanta Center Adopts 600 Delta Pilots (10 replies)
- LGA CAT II (10 replies)
- B757 Heavy (18 replies)
- FAA-Controllers Come To Agreement On New Fatigue Plan (6 replies)
- visual approach (13 replies)
- changed due to "ATS System redesign" (3 replies)
- UNITED Tower? KSFO (10 replies)
- Video: Paths of Flight (0 replies)
- ComAir Help (1 replies)
- aerial photo planning help (7 replies)
- Any Polar area controllers here? (3 replies)
- Near miss in Chicago (14 replies)
- Vectoring corporate aircraft to give landing priority to airline. (33 replies)
- FAA proposed procedures (8 replies)
- Nice article on fatigue (12 replies)
- Controller working alone waker upper? (8 replies)
- No VFR Flight Following Through a MOA??? (43 replies)
- What's up with this clearance, experts?? (20 replies)
- Clearance above RVSM (22 replies)
- "Do not pass the hold short lines" @ KADS (18 replies)
- Searching LiveATC.net? (1 replies)
- JFK Departure routing question (2 replies)
- Help - NAT Tracks TAS Variance?? (14 replies)
- PDK is this normal (16 replies)
- FAA Test Pilot gets NATCA Award (0 replies)
- CYYF -- LOC DME-C? (2 replies)
- Maintain Visual Separation (41 replies)
- A question for NYC controllers (6 replies)
- Cross xxx at... (9 replies)
- ATC medical question (2 replies)
- Slowing while on vectors in the approach (26 replies)
- Southwest-ATC beatdown (19 replies)
- Ultralight aircraft primary returns (3 replies)
- Altimeter question (8 replies)
- Report leaving altitude (34 replies)
- Another question for the ATC experts (5 replies)
- Use of the word 'Immediate' (3 replies)
- Arriving KFRG "Cluster F!!! (19 replies)
- Proceed on Course (4 replies)
- PIC info? (3 replies)
- Gander Center is "ATC Zero" (5 replies)
- Airspeed on Sunst2 RNAV Arrival LAS (37 replies)
- to JRAMS or not JRAMS .... that is the question (9 replies)
- "..... ready in sequence." (82 replies)
- CLEARANCE ISSUE WITH CONTROLLER (68 replies)
- TWOLF.TWOLF2 ARRIVAL KMSP (when used for other airports) (2 replies)
- I learned something new about ATC priority yesterday... (7 replies)
- CAT ll Special Authorization (9 replies)
- A Christmas miracle (0 replies)
- Atlanta inbound/outbound routes and airways (24 replies)
- JetBlue flight has close call at Boston airport (10 replies)
- Spanish Military takes over ATC (1 replies)
- Thanks to ATC for taking the fear out of a bad day (18 replies)
- DP Procedure (19 replies)
- Brazil air controller convicted over 2006 crash (2 replies)
- SFO arrival (5 replies)
- Operation Rain Check (7 replies)
- ATCO Florida NFCT (2 replies)
- Trip to CMH TRACON (10 replies)
- New Wake Standards in the Works? (0 replies)
- Is this nonstandard or standard (9 replies)
- Flow Control - Las Vegas McCarren (6 replies)
- Kudos to ATL APP controller (2 replies)
- TEB Dalton 19 Departure Now by Pilot Request Only (7 replies)
- Departure Question (5 replies)
- Please call....possible pilot deviation! (81 replies)
- VFR Climbs / Maintaining Obstacle & Obstruction Clearance (15 replies)
- Sound Visual 34 @ HPN (27 replies)
- UN in session (0 replies)
- HPN Update (17 replies)
- Warning Horns? (6 replies)
- ATC Metering New York Airports (9 replies)
- Europe's Flight Level Adherence Day 09/29/10 (21 replies)
- Enforcing 200 Kts under Class B (85 replies)
- I'm predicting 4 pages (39 replies)
- ATTN: HPN operators (83 replies)
- Someone has a macabre sense of humor (42 replies)
- So... just how close is this ATCers? (15 replies)
- Visual Approach Speed Question (6 replies)
- Feeder route question - (11 replies)
- Caution Wake Turbulence in IMC (5 replies)
- Slot reservation vs IFR release (2 replies)
- FAA to Implement ICAO 'Line Up and Wait' Phraseology, Sept. 30, 2010 (36 replies)
- Use of Selected Altitude by ATC (Mode S) (3 replies)
- Clearways in a crosswind (8 replies)
- Arrival Question (49 replies)
- ARTCC CENTERS USA (6 replies)
- Who is "Joe-Sa"? (5 replies)
- VFR (31 replies)
- Question for ATC folks (8 replies)
- Legal Clearance (3 replies)
- Reporting Descent with discretion clearance (59 replies)
- Is this a legal approach clearance for F70 (22 replies)
- Using an inactive runway when exiting the active (2 replies)
- False alt alert?? (23 replies)
- South Florida Routing Question (5 replies)
- ATC guidance - convective weather info to pilots (11 replies)
- Taxiing Phraseology Changing (8 replies)
- Cleared for Takeoff and reported winds (10 replies)
- Question about holds - Why does ATC give a quadrant? (17 replies)
- Priority determination (24 replies)
- Question about STAR (10 replies)
- Central America and Mexico ATC (9 replies)
- Heads up - LGA Departures (23 replies)
- Controllers Awarded (5 replies)
- TEB ILS 6 Circle to Rwy 1 (20 replies)
- LiveATC JFK today 3/13/2010 (52 replies)
- Side-Step Maneuver, Side-Step Minimums (21 replies)
- 757 Classification Change (54 replies)
- Child on JFK ATC Frequency (126 replies)
- ATIS cloud base question (5 replies)
- NORDO 91.185 (29 replies)
- A Warm Welcome to our Newest ATC Member from Canada (11 replies)
- Routing question (22 replies)
- ATL Bravo airspace (2 replies)
- Fight against Approach radar consolidation (10 replies)
- Superbowl Sunday (3 replies)
- New York TRACON staffing situation (10 replies)
- MAA on T-routes (6 replies)
- Notifying ATC Of ELT Signal (13 replies)
- KBOS New RNAV Departures (9 replies)
- KMIA Approach (8 replies)
- ATC jobs (26 replies)
- Getting a CTI (6 replies)
- AT-SAT (5 replies)
- AS Below Class B (9 replies)
- Know your equipment suffix if you're talking to ABQ Center (62 replies)
- Airport tower blacked out twice by power failures (0 replies)
- Procedural Question (33 replies)
- FAA COMMUNICATIONS (0 replies)
- Cleared for approach without descent? (74 replies)
- Thinking about switching to ATC... (25 replies)
- NADIN down 11/19/09 (36 replies)
- Who here does this? (153 replies)
- ATC in Antarctica (8 replies)
- ABE (0 replies)
- Empowering Controllers to Help Flights in Trouble (1 replies)
- "Vectors To" vs. "Vectors For" an airway (11 replies)
- No TIPH at TEB? (23 replies)
- Putting a RCO at a airport? (4 replies)
- Question about Houston Center and Approach (4 replies)
- "Cleared to enter Class B airspace" (25 replies)
- Bonjour to FrenchATC (26 replies)
- Say Hello to ATC_UK (36 replies)
- Neat ATC game... (26 replies)
- Atlanta ATC facilities tour today (3 replies)
- On takeoff fly upwind until advised (19 replies)
- UN General Assembly (2 replies)
- Flight Level kick? (49 replies)
- AT-SAT study materials (1 replies)
- Contract ATC Job in Hawaii (4 replies)
- Looking for a recorded ATC feed (6 replies)
- Radar fix on an ILS without DME (7 replies)
- TEB Controller and Supervisor under the Microscope (29 replies)
- FAA AND NATCA REACH LANDMARK LABOR AGREEMENT (25 replies)
- ATC PHONE DIRECTORY (6 replies)
- Orlando TRACON and ZME Contact Info (3 replies)
- Routing KSFM south of NY area (9 replies)
- IFR clearance on VFR days - wacky full route clearances (9 replies)
- Landing clearance question (9 replies)
- Controllers NEVER wrong? Pilots ALWAYS wrong? (24 replies)
- FAA brings new 'Safety Culture' to controller errors (1 replies)
- re-route/clearance ? for ATC folks (13 replies)
- ATC jobs open to public (34 replies)
- A United 767... (11 replies)
- Turnover turmoil buffets air-control system (5 replies)
- Descent on STAR - what does ATC expect? (22 replies)
- HYA Tower... (41 replies)
- Upcoming PEPC (5 replies)
- Filing direct = penalty? (10 replies)
- ATC Radar and Transponders (10 replies)
- VFR on top - airwork (8 replies)
- The new controller quality - (29 replies)
- SID clearances UK ATC? (7 replies)
- LAMP-CCFD (2 replies)
- "Maintain own obstruction clearance" (28 replies)
- speed for spacing (22 replies)
- Help a student out with some ATC questions? (4 replies)
- Wind Check... or not (6 replies)
- Anyone work at Detroit Metro TWR? (3 replies)
- Looking For OAE489 (5 replies)
- What's the speed limit? (15 replies)
- "On Course" vs. Direct (21 replies)
- ATC at risk (0 replies)
- Deal over BWG (35 replies)
- Controllers wanted in Afghanistan (3 replies)
- Need Help (0 replies)
- Help Wanted: Area 51 Tower Controller! (11 replies)
- She gives good radio (76 replies)
- What's your traffic like? (7 replies)
- SoCal (2 replies)
- Early descents? (48 replies)
- Traffic (5 replies)
- Any Canadian controllers here? (6 replies)
- Any of you controllers see this falcon replay? (9 replies)
- Some A-hole (28 replies)
- International Callsigns? (16 replies)
- 8'' floppy drive (27 replies)
- Do pilots make decent controllers? (11 replies)
- 8 recent assists/saves (7 replies)
- Older ATC controllers get it done (13 replies)
- Vectors to an airway (9 replies)
- Dear BOS approach: (25 replies)
- AOPA Controller Awards (11 replies)
- USA 1549 FO Jeff Skiles (9 replies)
- Workload of airline vs. non-airline traffic? (29 replies)
- Pushing Tin, the original article from NY Times Sunday Magazine (4 replies)
- How to find out about an old deal? (3 replies)
- Preferred ATC Routes (22 replies)
- NY Approach Controller of Flight 1549 Testifies to Congress (0 replies)
- A TFR Question (4 replies)
- A divert question (28 replies)
- Stepping on another sector's jurisdiction? (1 replies)
- ATC Hiring?? (14 replies)
- ATIS Recordings (78 replies)
- Can ATC tell how good a pilot you are? (4 replies)
- ATC Waive 250kts below 10K' (65 replies)
- Instrument Approach with Navaid Inop (12 replies)
- Mumbler at PHL (19 replies)
- ATC Using Incorrect Tail Numbers... (8 replies)
- New CPC! (10 replies)
- new supe! (28 replies)
- ATC buys deal for pilots mistake (12 replies)
- "Hospital Flight" (17 replies)
- Can Somebody Explain..... (22 replies)
- Advisory Circular Landing lights (2 replies)
- Anyone work at Chicago Center? (2 replies)
- Deviating for an TCAS RA (25 replies)
- A few ?'s regarding today's flight (26 replies)
- Wasted fuel and time on terrible routing between NY airports (41 replies)
- Obtaining ATC Tapes (16 replies)
- DCA Controllers Rock (11 replies)
- Boston and FLIBB/ how to get a fix named (7 replies)
- N13CB (51 replies)
- Wash. Center last night (10 replies)
- FAA Chief Nailed for Pilot Deviation (71 replies)
- NY ATC: MANTA (15 replies)
- Being cleared for a visual to follow someone on an ILS (3 replies)
- Las Vegas visual instructions when IFR (6 replies)
- Pittsburgh (AGC) Allegheny 5 Departure (15 replies)
- Situation/Scenario Question (21 replies)
- Uncontrolled ramp. (3 replies)
- Houston Approach Question - Landing KHOU (48 replies)
- FAA Investigating Claim That Planes Illegally Rerouted as Training Exercise (9 replies)
- Need ATC input on runway incursion thread (0 replies)
- ATC Tapes question (2 replies)
- LA Center Ques (28 replies)
- FAA Slammed For ATC Action (0 replies)
- Fort Worth, TX area 91.141 TFR - September 16, 2008 (0 replies)
- KBUR Tower Chief Dies in Third World (6 replies)
- ATC Test (4 replies)
- Call back in 10... (8 replies)
- Who was stupid enough to do this and who in the FAA was stupid enough to buy off ??? (12 replies)
- New NTSB Investigations 8/29/08 (4 replies)
- NADIN is Down...Again (3 replies)
- FAA Scandals Hint at Rift Between Managers and Inspectors (2 replies)
- non aviation related chat on Freq! (29 replies)
- GDP vs AFP (8 replies)
- ATC Cops Thread Moved to "General" (0 replies)
- ALPA CLT Departure Caution (40 replies)
- Ugly at LAX (2 replies)
- Deal at ORD (15 replies)
- RA at 390 (31 replies)
- NTSB on site for 2nd NMAC JFK (6 replies)
- low altitude alert (10 replies)
- Do we, like, get to meet John Cusack? (26 replies)
- Class B Question (14 replies)
- Overworked controller has heart attack on duty (2 replies)
- InFO: Acknowledgement of Altitude Clearances and Altitude Read Back (25 replies)
- A Speed question (30 replies)
- Hold for staffing (19 replies)
- Margaritas tonight for me (22 replies)
- More Detailed Taxi Instructions Improve Runway Safety (5 replies)
- PTK tower controller. . . (18 replies)
- Heads up at EWR (6 replies)
- "Additional" Waypoints (25 replies)
- Dual J80 (20 replies)
- Stopping for checklist after clearing runway?? (2 replies)
- Questionable clearances... (5 replies)
- ATC Instructors OK (4 replies)
- seriously, wtf is wrong with ny area controllers? (37 replies)
- Urgent again!!! We need your help!!! (11 replies)
- NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign (1 replies)
- URGENT!!! Please Support your controllers!!! (17 replies)
- Maybe y'all can help me... (25 replies)
- FAA admits to coverup at DFW APCH (14 replies)
- Lifeguard Flights (25 replies)
- Our new batch of trainees (32 replies)
- Yesterday on the HPN1 departure (37 replies)
- Japanese Court Finds Controller and Trainee Guilty (6 replies)
- Metering to EWR (3 replies)
- ATL King Air (65 replies)
- TEB5 departure confusion (34 replies)
- Violation at HPN (28 replies)
- ZBWMY (6 replies)
- The Controller Crystal Ball (32 replies)
- Descent terminology (12 replies)
- Do you folks get tired of "can that be our discretion?" (70 replies)
- "Expect heading" (64 replies)
- PD and Crossing Restrictions Part II (21 replies)
- PD and Crossing restrictions (25 replies)
- Is this a complete, legal clearance? (44 replies)
- Cleared Direct to J-Route ? (39 replies)
- HF Control in Hawaii? (15 replies)
- Thank You! (8 replies)
- DTW Approach (9 replies)
- weird day at work (16 replies)
- Class 1 Navigation (3 replies)
- Kennyd... Were you working tonight? (3 replies)
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Officials: Planes Avoid Mid-Air Crash (10 replies)
- Stopped by my old employer today (21 replies)
- Huge hole over Hawaii Friday afternoon (26 replies)
- LPV Approaches (26 replies)
- ZAB (today's Main bang) (11 replies)
- FAA Cuts Red Tape for ATC Hiring (10 replies)
- ATC archived tapes on line (10 replies)
- LGA Traffic Flow Questions (11 replies)
- Traffic Management Potomac Approach Style (10 replies)
- Visual Approach question (87 replies)
- TEB Ground Stop (4 replies)
- Traffic Management ZMA Style (37 replies)
- FAA Facility-level training sucks, says IG (0 replies)
- Cancelling VFR flight following (11 replies)
- Turbulence (39 replies)
- Manager Air Traffic Systems position (0 replies)
- Departing IFR from REMOTE fields (71 replies)
- Controllers and Flying (39 replies)
- FAA brainwashing (13 replies)
- Traffic Warning (22 replies)
- Runway incident at SAN, 1/16/2008 (34 replies)
- ATC Rating System (pay raise) (5 replies)
- ReHire ! (3 replies)
- Can you climb on a visual approach? (14 replies)
- ATC Humor (2 replies)
- Screenplay for "Secrets from the Tower" (9 replies)
- RNAV SIDs to Be Implemented at Salt Lake City International (40 replies)
- Old ORD Approach Chart (20 replies)
- No longer 'cleared direct destination'? (31 replies)
- FAA Adopts Military Handbook (2 replies)
- No. 2 in the Visual APCH sequence (38 replies)
- Project Pirep (6 replies)
- High Performance Single Pilot Jets (27 replies)
- Life is Short (3 replies)
- ATC: Year 2012 (2 replies)
- SIMO? (2 replies)
- Staffing tonight (7 replies)
- The FAA isn't hiring controllers (41 replies)
- Cruise Clearance (31 replies)
- Contact v. Visual Approach (55 replies)
- Is this a legal clearance? (44 replies)
- PHL and EWR alert (12 replies)
- I "got the Flick" today from ZOB (21 replies)
- RNAV Arrivals (3 replies)
- NMAC at ZTL -- JFK got all the press (11 replies)
- Simultaneous go-arounds JFK 13L and 22L (18 replies)
- WNBC on EWR runway incursion, 12/8/07 (4 replies)
- Controller on duty for nearly 14 hours (2 replies)
- GAO REPORT ADDS TO MOUNTING EVIDENCE AGAINST FAA (1 replies)
- The FAA is a pack of #$%holes (21 replies)
- HPN is a cluster tonight, 11/25/2007 (12 replies)
- Thanksgiving Week Adventures 2007 (33 replies)
- Question for the PHL experts (18 replies)
- Thanksgiving Express Lane (45 replies)
- Put behind another slow regional aircraft, WHY? (54 replies)
- Trouble at ZJX today 11/9/07 (4 replies)
- I'll give you a story (11 replies)
- TCAS Is My Friend (77 replies)
- Secrets from the Tower (6 replies)
- Just took the AT-SAT (11 replies)
- ATA's Claim "a distraction" (0 replies)
- Cool controller in Midair Drama (25 replies)
- New Dawn (1 replies)
- Heard something funny the other day (0 replies)
- There's trouble out there (5 replies)
- COTEE1 RNAV SID (13 replies)
- Flow Control (?) Question (5 replies)
- Deep Water Routes (7 replies)
- Final altitude for rides (12 replies)
- Coult1 Dep at MSP (2 replies)
- ? for NYCPILOT (14 replies)
- Wikipedia trumps FAA (2 replies)
- Speed assignments (43 replies)
- Interesting Phraseology heard yesterday (28 replies)
- HR2881 (0 replies)
- Cleared >250 KIAS below 10,000' in Class B (47 replies)
- Current ATIS Code (6 replies)
- Altimeter Setting (43 replies)
- Air Force One (33 replies)
- Stand up for ATC at TEB! (13 replies)
- More Resignations at Oakland Center (5 replies)
- Can you issue vectors during a practice approach? (10 replies)
- Intersection Takeoffs (8 replies)
- Report Leaving (please) (6 replies)
- Swiss convict 4 air controllers over 2002 jet crash (0 replies)
- JAX TRACON (1 replies)
- FAA and Controllers Remain Strongly Divided over Air Safety Issues (0 replies)
- "Descend Via..." (35 replies)
- What do our customers REALLY think? (5 replies)
- Question about ILS PRM (8 replies)
- Was there a runway incursion in ATL recently? (1 replies)
- Former tower chief defends controller (1 replies)
- NATCA: Strain Showing At SoCal TRACON (18 replies)
- Need answers? (0 replies)
- Late Descent (36 replies)
- Poll: when do you call the field in sight? (22 replies)
- Blakey, Industry Leaders To Discuss Incursions (1 replies)
- WALL STREET JOURNAL: Small Jets, More Trips Worsen Airport Delays (3 replies)
- HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Crowded skies (but flawed reasoning) (0 replies)
- How to obtain a CTO certificate (3 replies)
- The sky is falling (10 replies)
- Hats off to DSM controllers! (2 replies)
- Correcting the ATA's lie on separation standards (5 replies)
- St. Augustine Letter to the Editor (0 replies)
- FAA doesn't pay enough to attract experienced controllers (0 replies)
- Flushed (0 replies)
- Three Card Monte (5 replies)
- Another good controller gone (3 replies)
- This is what we are dealing with (4 replies)
- Any Reason Why? (23 replies)
- Expect Vectors Question (10 replies)
- A new low (12 replies)
- When is an error not an error? (12 replies)
- Controllers retiring in large numbers - govexec.com (2 replies)
- La Guardia Near-Crash Is One of a Rising Number (5 replies)
- AAY 758 (SFB Nose Up).... The rest of the story (1 replies)
- Controller Fun In Philly... (12 replies)
- Pit Approach- MAJOR thanks! (7 replies)
- Miffed By Dress Code, Male Air Controllers Wear Dresses (13 replies)
- FAA offering $20,000 signing bonus for experienced Controllers (2 replies)
- Why I'm proud to be a member of NATCA (1 replies)
- More fun in the Northeast today..... (10 replies)
- Strange clearance (5 replies)
- What the hell! (4 replies)
- DOT IG investigating rash of NYC incidents (2 replies)
- Can ATC really send "government marshals" to a pilot's home... (13 replies)
- NBC news ATC item 6/11 (0 replies)
- The heat is on, 6/11/2007 (0 replies)
- NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM STATUS (2 replies)
- East Coast melting down 6/8/07 (21 replies)
- Close call raises air traffic staffing concerns (0 replies)
- Weird instruction? (41 replies)
- Sen. Schumer: Traffic Delays Caused by Too Few Controllers (12 replies)
- Instructor/Asst. Professor of ATC Georgia (2 replies)
- Here's what your future looks like (6 replies)
- 91.117(c) - 200 Knots Below Class B (87 replies)
- What to expect from FSS (21 replies)
- something that's been on my mind (28 replies)
- Cleared to active runway (17 replies)
- Naples, FL fixes: MARC and GENE (5 replies)
- Avweb ATC Staffing Article (1 replies)
- Amending canned flight plans (15 replies)
- Center reroutes (9 replies)
- Restricted airspace? (13 replies)
- Trial starts for air crash over S. Germany in 2002 (1 replies)
- Appending a letter to callsign (16 replies)
- Smoking issue (1 replies)
- Weather Radar at ARTCCs (7 replies)
- "A Slight Amendment to your Routing" (9 replies)
- Index of "Say Again" Articles by Don Brown in Avweb (0 replies)
- Burning issue (24 replies)
- FAA's criminal behavior (4 replies)
- Was I wrong, LEGALLY? (13 replies)
- Call ready or not (32 replies)
- After 70 columns on AvWeb, Don Brown Hangs up His Keyboard. (13 replies)
- RVSM in China (2 replies)
- Only in Italy (5 replies)
- FAA Management Video Update (2 replies)
- "Traffic's no factor" (26 replies)
- Is this true? (22 replies)
- Disabled Vets to ATC (3 replies)
- NTSB Safety Rec. re. Controller Training - A-07-34 (9 replies)
- Expect Further Clearance After I Flush (25 replies)
- Controller Fatigue (0 replies)
- ORD Tower (5 replies)
- I worry deeply (3 replies)
- Transmitter question (3 replies)
- Things are gonna get interesting in Memphis (11 replies)
- Controller Trainee Quits FAA (6 replies)
- FAA Announces Move Of Headquarters To Dubai (1 replies)
- Indicated airspeed (11 replies)
- Non Staffing Staffing (0 replies)
- Stuck Mike - on the ATC side (11 replies)
- Chicago Executive (PWK) Close Call (5 replies)
- Getting hired by the FAA (29 replies)
- The Main Bang (1 replies)
- PBI ATC..Great Job...again! (1 replies)
- I think I'm going to lose it (17 replies)
- MSP TRACON? (6 replies)
- Boiler Two Arrival - MDW (14 replies)
- Do approach controllers not see my flight plan?? (7 replies)
- IFR into a TFR (9 replies)
- Filing w/ FSS frustrating (15 replies)
- AC 90-100A: RNAV-1 and RNAV 2 (10 replies)
- Golden Treatment (13 replies)
- Who has priority? (15 replies)
- Cancelling IFR-ATC's thoughts?? (22 replies)
- Attention Don Brown (0 replies)
- 2 questions - unrelated. (30 replies)
- Cancelling IFR -- ATC Phraseology (29 replies)
- Heads up on the runways (9 replies)
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