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Old 17th Oct 2016, 06:12
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Multiple jugglers, multiple balls analogy

Many years ago, in my ATS System Requirements tenure (1993-96) I had a video on my office shelf which had been produced by IATA (I think) or it may have been Boeing ATM in its early days or some other organisation - the memory fades.

The video opened with a single juggler tossing a single ball in the air and catching it and progressed through the single juggler juggling five or six balls, two jugglers sharing the juggling of six or seven balls and so on until there were six or seven jugglers and many balls in the air. "This is what ATC is like," the voice over told the viewers. The video then went on to describe some of the (then) innovations being studied and introduced to ATM in the airspace backwaters of the world - the South Pacific. Such things as CPDLC, ADS/C, PDC, RTA and the like. [US readers may think these are new technologies being considered today, but I digress.]

The "Herding Cats" analogy, drawn from the EADS advert is a good way of introducing ATC in after dinner speeches and presentations but I'm trying to locate the juggling video to replace it in my future presentations.

Anyone out there got a copy, or a link?

I've tried all my contacts, including my partner who manages a "moving image library" and has found video clips for TV shows worldwide (Tarrant, 20:1 and the like), but with no suuccess.

Heeelp, please fellow PRuNers

MJG
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There's the juggler analogy in this video around minute 14 Your Flight in their hands
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Originally Posted by callum91
There's the juggler analogy in this video around minute 14 Your Flight in their hands
Stirring stuff !

Notwithstanding the © 2009 at the end of the credits, it was actually made for Channel 4 in 1993, so could well be the one the OP remembers (though they are juggling clubs rather than balls).
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Thanks folks,

not exactly the same as the one I remember where the jugglers were walking around but it will be useful.

MJG
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