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Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Mar 2002, 04:18
Replies: 5
Views: 581
Posted By Mr Simple

Post I seem to recall reading a report that the FAA,...

I seem to recall reading a report that the FAA, following a recent incident, recommended that it's controllers receive more flying training. Once again NATS leads the world ... in being parsimonious,...
Forum: ATC Issues
18th Feb 2002, 03:11
Replies: 16
Views: 731
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Sorry, but I don't have any faith in the closed...

Sorry, but I don't have any faith in the closed shop that is aviation avionics to do anything other than screw GA for as much cash as they can muster.

Our club are currently trying to upgrade 1...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Feb 2002, 03:21
Replies: 7
Views: 574
Posted By Mr Simple

Angry ATC manuals and money saving

Anyone else pissed off with the burdensome and chaotic way that MATS Pt1/MATS pt2 amendments are now handled ?

To save money, plenty of units have stopped issuing MATS Pt1 and amendments. It is...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Feb 2002, 03:06
Replies: 12
Views: 703
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Why should you ?

Why should you ?
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Feb 2002, 04:43
Replies: 3
Views: 427
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Usually on crossed rwy approaches (a few years...

Usually on crossed rwy approaches (a few years ago at Glasgow) I'd put in a GOOD 6 mile gap, just in case one went around - cos' it would make my ring twitch way too much watching you both disappear...
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Jan 2002, 18:20
Replies: 0
Views: 430
Posted By Mr Simple

Wink Antrim/Belfast Part2

Must say, I think it is working well. Only problem is that ScACC don't see outbounds until 6500' on the Tiree Radar,and 8500' on the Lowther Hill, so we need earlyish transfers to guarantee...
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Jan 2002, 18:16
Replies: 9
Views: 839
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Probably taken off to be used in evidence against...

Probably taken off to be used in evidence against those expressing an opinion.

Anyway, where were we ? Let's start a new thread.
Forum: ATC Issues
22nd Jan 2002, 20:25
Replies: 14
Views: 720
Posted By Mr Simple

Thumbs down I think it will clutter up radar displays with SO...

I think it will clutter up radar displays with SO much stuff outside CAS that any RAS/RIS services will be severely limited and downgraded. How many spurious TCAS alerts will it generate ? How many...
Forum: ATC Issues
27th Nov 2001, 00:39
Replies: 94
Views: 11,894
Posted By Mr Simple

Post To USAF F-111 "Jazz54 confirm you're not on...

To USAF F-111
"Jazz54 confirm you're not on this frequency?"

To/from RAF Harrier trying to work out VFR conditions
"Bandit 3 what's your impression of the circuit?"
Bandit3 "Sorry I don't do...
Forum: ATC Issues
20th Nov 2001, 00:09
Replies: 14
Views: 625
Posted By Mr Simple

Unhappy Don't let small-minded arsocrats remove your fun...

Don't let small-minded arsocrats remove your fun toys. It was said that Glasgow used to have an inflatable Red Arrow, but that was removed as a 'fire hazard'. 'Fun hazard' more like if the Laughter...
Forum: ATC Issues
14th Nov 2001, 22:57
Replies: 6
Views: 579
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Well Muppit, if you were a bean-counter wouldn't...

Well Muppit, if you were a bean-counter wouldn't you try and get rid of top of the scale ATCO2s and replace them with low scale or T+D ? It happens everywhere else. In fact you have been very lucky...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Nov 2001, 03:01
Replies: 56
Views: 3,881
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Och, and here was me complaining about 2 Loganair...

Och, and here was me complaining about 2 Loganair flights a day at Tiree spoiling the peace and quiet ... at least they weren't supersonic. :D
Forum: ATC Issues
9th Nov 2001, 01:33
Replies: 4
Views: 547
Posted By Mr Simple

Post But of course if it was south of Watford they'd...

But of course if it was south of Watford they'd find the money.

"Ohh ohh ohhh ohhhh OHHHH OHHHHHH YEEEEEEES"
Kelly Macdonald :p
Forum: ATC Issues
8th Nov 2001, 03:56
Replies: 12
Views: 717
Posted By Mr Simple

Post Nothing stops you putting a FIS on a squawk and...

Nothing stops you putting a FIS on a squawk and identifying it (for example to make it 'known traffic') to yourself. If passing tfc info to FIS traffic you could always use the time-honoured phrase...
Forum: ATC Issues
8th Nov 2001, 03:39
Replies: 4
Views: 547
Posted By Mr Simple

Angry Well for a start the Govt is supposed to have a...

Well for a start the Govt is supposed to have a 49% stake. Given that it is years of political prevarication that leaves us in our current state, it would not be unreasonable to expect them to...
Forum: ATC Issues
6th Nov 2001, 03:36
Replies: 4
Views: 547
Posted By Mr Simple

Question "A ***** state of affairs"

(To quote Renton in Trainpotting)

Forgive me for being cynical, but in this post-Sept-11th-world we hear tales of woe from the airlines that numbers are down/flights are cut etc....

All the...
Forum: ATC Issues
6th Nov 2001, 03:21
Replies: 9
Views: 636
Posted By Mr Simple

Post I seem to recall that one of the first signs of...

I seem to recall that one of the first signs of trouble at Pan Am were when the company took a pension holiday.
Forum: ATC Issues
5th Nov 2001, 05:29
Replies: 11
Views: 3,201
Posted By Mr Simple

Post But it's not impossible. It just doesn't give you...

But it's not impossible. It just doesn't give you a useful qualification in the RAF. You will need to either buy your own civil licence courses (caŁ30k for ADC,APP and APR) or persuade NATS that you...
Forum: ATC Issues
5th Nov 2001, 05:15
Replies: 5
Views: 834
Posted By Mr Simple

Wink 61N10W RATSU (Reykjavik Air Traffic Service Unit)...

61N10W RATSU (Reykjavik Air Traffic Service Unit)
60N10W ATSIX
59N10W BALIX (A load of....)
58N10W ERAKA (One of the WMs daughters ...?)57N10W GOMUP
56N10W MIMKU
55N10W NIBOG (Northern Ireland...
Forum: ATC Issues
2nd Nov 2001, 04:49
Replies: 18
Views: 571
Posted By Mr Simple

Post DS - what would it take to raise your morale? A...

DS - what would it take to raise your morale? A pay rise, or sack all the useless non-communicative managers?

I vote for the latter.
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Oct 2001, 03:19
Replies: 20
Views: 1,250
Posted By Mr Simple

Angry Loki - what went wrong ? ex-ATCOs promoted...

Loki - what went wrong ?

ex-ATCOs promoted beyond their ability, acting like excited children with a new calculator and becoming bean-counters 'par excellence'. Forgetting that morale and...
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Sep 2001, 22:09
Replies: 7
Views: 511
Posted By Mr Simple

Exclamation I even heard that one unit is so penny-pinching...

I even heard that one unit is so penny-pinching that they have withdrawn everyones MATS Pt1 because they want to save the cost of buying amendments!! Would never have happened when I was in charge.
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Sep 2001, 03:18
Replies: 29
Views: 2,080
Posted By Mr Simple

Post When I was a boss I wanted to get all the useless...

When I was a boss I wanted to get all the useless GMs at airports off their backsides and working - so hopefully TAG will grab them by the balls and make them re-validate their ATC ratings, or kick...
Forum: ATC Issues
25th Sep 2001, 03:04
Replies: 10
Views: 850
Posted By Mr Simple

Exclamation LVPs - ooh scary stuff - particularly at dodgy...

LVPs - ooh scary stuff - particularly at dodgy regional airports that won't spend money on ground radar. I wouldn't like to be in the tower on a foggy day, giving take-off and landing clearances with...
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