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Old 25th Aug 2001, 13:54
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Dominus Illuminateo Mea!

Also: an ATIS that you can never hear, a Ground frequency that gives you a b*llocking for not having the ATIS, and an Approach frequency which can't see you anyway as they have no radar (and anyway if you want radar there is super-wonderful-extra-fabulous-incredibly-helpful-and-marvellous-in-every way Brize just next door).

On Sundays it turns into AFIS and all is sweetness and light, even though some of the voices are the same.

Presumably it's all designed to get the ATPL students used to a big airport set-up? Fun is not allowed. A friend of mine is a training Captain for BMI and has to deal with new recruits from Oxford. He does this by encouraging them to go out and get wired on various Class A substances, stay up all night with dodgy Ukrainians etc etc, but says that counter-indoctrinating them is a hard and thankless task, so well has the brain washing been performed.

[ 25 August 2001: Message edited by: FNG ]
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