1 more for Chuck in Adelaide
 

Airlines and ATC should invest to clone this Gem!

what about perth,, they r very good

Perth. Good? Bwahahahaha


Cancel STAR, track direct to Modbury, twr at 5 miles, so long...

Cancel SID, from Sully direct TBD, MEL on 1285, so long.....

No contest.

Perth - Ha - What about that lady with an accent, who practically makes you do step descents - self controlling yourself, because she is to lazy to monitor the cta Steps@!!!!

Coral,

Is Chuck not working under the same rules as you? I suspect he is and he does it better than anyone else in the country, IMHO. The airlines are spending heaps changing procedures, washing planes, etc. all to save drops (literally) of fuel. Anyone who tells you they don't want direct tracking, saving fuel and time, is out of step with current thought.

I might be missing something here, being only a mere GA pilot and all... but is that not EXACTLY the point?!

The pilots are the ones in the aircraft that are gonna hit other aircraft if ATC get it wrong, surely they'd have some idea...?

And would ATC not be out of a job if it were not for the said pilots...?!


(Oh, i can feel I'm going to get some backlash from this one, stick up for me boys ;) )

It's a pleasure to fly in Chuck's airspace

Certainly we would never know :ugh: - after all we are on the recieving end of it every day.

The difference is, many of us get to experience the receiving end of ATC from not only all over Australia, but many other contries, and whilst we generally can't comment from your end, we can comment from ours.

Additionally, whilst you make throw away remarks like that, bear in mind that some of Capts/ F/os are ex ATC, and shock horror, they even make remarks about how bad the ATC is (I am sure there are pilots in similar role reversals too). Now, who would have thought that was possible!

And another vote for Chuck :ok:

Jet_A_KnightI is in the northern part of the Apple Isle cobba :E
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I am still trying to have phraseologies amended to include the circuit joining instruction:- "Whatever floats yer boat captain" :} ... folks in Canberra have no sense of humour though :p

LOL! A controller in Napier got told off once for saying to arriving Saab:

"there's, like, MAJOR downdraughts on finals..."

Another one (in NR also!) had a 152 call up downwind to say he had an engine failure, could he land.. to which the controller responded:

"negative ***, go round..., Air NZ traffic on approach..." :sad:

He had to open his wallet in the bar that night ;)

Vote 1 for Marcus of Cairns Tower! :D

best damn warbird controlling I've ever seen.

Artistry; pure artistry :ok:




PS: he only gets the vote cos I aint wearing a headset these days


Coral - deep breath and lighten up mate

My vote for Chuck too! :ok::D

He's not only efficient for the RPT guys/girls but also used to do his very best helping out training aircraft within the area.

Yep, that's true.

Marcus in Cairns for sure. Top bloke. Actually, the Cairns controllers i must admit are as good as they get. :ok:

And another one for Chuck......


Gave me the whole airspace one christmas so i could crack over Ma and Pa Tag's place in a 73 while the BBQ was in full swing.

"track as desired, you're the only ones up there, cleared visual approach, tower 1 2 oh 5 at 5, So long"

:ok:

Alan from Mackay. This is going back about 5 years. Is he still there?

Chuckie gets my vote too. Nothing fazes him no matter how much traffic there is - a calm flow of instructions and concise info as to why. I reckon he reads minds because as soon as we even think there's a short cut, Chuckie's suggesting it. Flicking over to Approach and hearing his voice is always a relief and a pleasure.

CAGROs in BRM
 

Agreed with whoever said CAGROs in Broome (well one of them anyway). Absolutely shocking.

There's no doubt about it.....I'm the best air traffic controller!

CAGRO should, at times, remember that it is not their job to control the airspace. Asking someone to hold short for arriving or departing traffic is one thing, screaming at the local meatbomber driver to 'get out of the circuit' is not, nor is chatting about the weekend's plans with the microlight driver when other aircraft need some airtime to arrange separation.