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GMP
1. Select 121.97
2. Say "Start approved, contact ground 121.9 (or 121.7) for push"
GMC
1. Select 121.9
2. Say "Push approved"
3. Say "Left/Right holding point r/w ***"
4. Say "Monitor tower 118.5"
Arrivals
1. Select 118.7
2. Say "Cleared to land"
3. Say "Contact ground"
Departures
1. Select 118.5
2. Say "Line up and wait"
3. Say "Cleared for take off"
4. Say "Contact London"
Easy money i say! £15K more???? more like £15K total:{
Gonzo
23rd Apr 2003, 21:25
GMP
1. Select 121.97
2. Say "Start approved, contact ground 121.9 (or 121.7) for push"
Do you think I should say something like: "So which guide do C Watch use?" Naaaaaa, best not........... ;)
Gonzo.
Point Seven
24th Apr 2003, 01:01
GT3
Don't forget - NEVER EVER look out of the large panes of glass surrounding you. They may highlight flaws in your plan or aircraft on fire. Much safer to look at the high tech surface movement radar thingy. ;)
P7
Or even better look up to the sky at the russian cargo plane at FL370!
Captain Spunkfarter
24th Apr 2003, 17:48
Ah yes GT3, when the cries go up,
"Hey it's Golf Romeo overhead. I saw him in Caracas in 1988",
I can't help getting a tiny bit moist.
Gonzo
24th Apr 2003, 19:05
And the reply...."but did you ever see that knackered old IL62 on the far side? with no engines?"
Ahhhh, nostalgia!
Gonzo.
Jerricho
24th Apr 2003, 19:10
You misses the Arrivals phone call to the Fin:
"The spacing is getting a little tight, can you widen it"
ahhh but a real pro is too busy counting all that money to notice tight spacing ;)
surfingatco
24th Apr 2003, 23:44
The spacing is getting a little tight, can you widen it
A long time ago I remember asking No 2 (that shows my age) for a 3 mile gap so I could get a towing Jumbo across at Block 85!
Ah! The good old days when we were on £15000 a year, 2.5 mile spacing was the norm (what procedure?) and GMC was bandboxed!
Looking forward to my £15K for supplying these Heathrow boys & girls (or are they called "customers" now) with the perfectly spaced traffic :p
ATCO Two
24th Apr 2003, 23:47
I DREAM about the days when Block 85 was available as a crossing point!
shack
26th Apr 2003, 16:15
I dream about the days when we used to use 23L, 05R, 33L,15R but then I'm old!!
Vercingetorix
29th Apr 2003, 02:03
Shack
haven't you left a few runways out ?
shack
29th Apr 2003, 15:11
Yes, 33R, 23R, 15L, 05L but we didn't use them very often!!