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Aw c'mon!
You guys slate "The day Britain ground to a halt" (just like every other day then), which was one of the best doccumentaries ever, then refuse to give the producers the benefit of your wisdom to sort out the minor technical inaccuracies that creaped in. What are they supposed to do? Just guess again and make another slightly flawed show?
I'm not talking and losing my job though
You guys slate "The day Britain ground to a halt" (just like every other day then), which was one of the best doccumentaries ever, then refuse to give the producers the benefit of your wisdom to sort out the minor technical inaccuracies that creaped in. What are they supposed to do? Just guess again and make another slightly flawed show?
I'm not talking and losing my job though
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"I think Die Hard 2 is much more accurate"
I agree, the bit where they use software to 'hack' into the ILS and drop the GP angle to make the i/b's crash was absolutely spot-on
Much like the first series of 'Spooks' when they altered the elevations of all the mountains, and suddenly A/c on the Awy's were in danger of CFIT
and the latest series of 'Spooks' when you can wander into the centre, chat to a couple of A/c on freq. without anyone noticing, and engineer a mid-air without TCAS going off 
TV make it up, the press lap it up, and the media wonder why we don't trust them
Tori
I agree, the bit where they use software to 'hack' into the ILS and drop the GP angle to make the i/b's crash was absolutely spot-on
Much like the first series of 'Spooks' when they altered the elevations of all the mountains, and suddenly A/c on the Awy's were in danger of CFIT
and the latest series of 'Spooks' when you can wander into the centre, chat to a couple of A/c on freq. without anyone noticing, and engineer a mid-air without TCAS going off TV make it up, the press lap it up, and the media wonder why we don't trust them
Tori
The Day Britain Stopped (or whatever it was called) was notorious due to the BBC not bothering to accept any input from NATS and refusing to give NATS a prior viewing before it was shown to all and sundry. Typical BBC attitude.
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What made me laugh about the Day Britain Stood Still was the way that controllers couldn't get to the centre to take over on LL Approach, but they could make it to the tower on time which is what 5 miles away. Curse the bloody british traffic
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Every time I chat up a babe in a Club and she asks me what I do for a living... then her eyes light up and she gets all excited and says "you wave the batons!!"...
One good thing about "Pushing Tin"... a lot of people have seen it.
You just have to say "What John Cuzak did in that film... that's what I do..."
One good thing about "Pushing Tin"... a lot of people have seen it.
You just have to say "What John Cuzak did in that film... that's what I do..."
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John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton came to YYZ to train and "get into the character" of Air traffic controllers. At the start of the movie it is one of my colleagues mouth you see giving instructions.
So you slag off Pushing Tin you are slagging off all of YYZ terminal control.
Shocking
So you slag off Pushing Tin you are slagging off all of YYZ terminal control.
Shocking
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Pushing Tin depics the reality of ATC as much as Mel Brooks "The History of the World Pt 1" did... 'what shall we do the streets are crawling with romans?' .... ' half you men run with me and the rest will run with Mucus!'..... Why are you YYZaidians so sensitive. I get the feeling that you have a inferiority complex.
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Just saw your request for help.
I am not a controller but I have been writing books on ATC since the early 1980's.
"ABC Air Traffic Control" is now in its 9th edition. You will probably find it in Smiths or on the Ian Allan Publishing website.
Quite happy to help provided it's not the usual scare scenario that gives aviation and ATC a bad name.
I am not a controller but I have been writing books on ATC since the early 1980's.
"ABC Air Traffic Control" is now in its 9th edition. You will probably find it in Smiths or on the Ian Allan Publishing website.
Quite happy to help provided it's not the usual scare scenario that gives aviation and ATC a bad name.
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I too read the aforementioned book and now lead an illustrious career at London's finest.
However it must be noted that I distance myself from the above two LHR controllers. I clearly cannot compete with their uniqueness.
However it must be noted that I distance myself from the above two LHR controllers. I clearly cannot compete with their uniqueness.