Sapphire Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Err.. Tomo....shouldn't that be `push back' time? I'll bet you've got HH's attention now.rgmwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Normoyle Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Ben87r, no I'm a REAL controller, I work at Adelaide Tower and fly out of Aldinga. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Same here! Pull back time 6am... Luckily you'll be well back on the ground when I get airborne! 2000 start for me, sadly that's not UTC! PS: Pull back, the houses get smaller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 PS: Pull back, the houses get smaller! Until they start getting bigger again, that is my favorite part of that advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Ben87r, no I'm a REAL controller, I work at Adelaide Tower and fly out of Aldinga. Hi Patrick, I knew an approach controller at Tullamarine long ago, after about a year at it, the poor guy had developed a nervous tick and most of his hair had fallen out !! He also looked ten years older. One of my radio Ham friends worked there in maintenence and he commented about the unusually high number of controller's headsets which came down to his workshop for repair after the approach / radar guys had been constantly "wiggling" the leads where they plug into the work station in case they missed a radio call. . . . . I've always had REAL respect for people who choose that career. . . Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 We've even ( seriously ) had a guy here in the UK who reckons he can use his Iphone with the Guiness beer glass app stuck on his trike panel, and he says he can fly in cloud by keeping the beer level. ....until the velcro lets go under the g-forces and the eye-phone disappears out of sight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 ....until the velcro lets go under the g-forces and the eye-phone disappears out of sight. That would be nearly as funny to watch as the bloke who flew with the new cordless headset in the open cockpit until it flew right off his head, you would have to see it to fully appreciate it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Normoyle Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks Phil, I've worked Essendon, Mackey, Avalon and Mackay towers, I take a very casual, relaxed approach, while being professional but I don't really stress a great deal, I love the job a great deal, I am fully immersed in aviation, I just love the freedom we have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks Phil, I've worked Essendon, Mackey, Avalon and Mackay towers, I take a very casual, relaxed approach, while being professional but I don't really stress a great deal, I love the job a great deal, I am fully immersed in aviation, I just love the freedom we have. That's really good to hear Patrick,. . . I've only ever had cross words with a controller once, and to be honest he was probably right ( ! ) . . in the main, they all seem to be doing a job that they like. May you keep your hair for many years to come ! ! ! ! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 PP said: I've always had REAL respect for people who choose that career. . . That's not a career, that's a suicide pact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 You just KNOW you're only a weekend pilot when. . . . . Umm you only fly on the week ends ?? 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 You just KNOW you're only a weekend pilot when. . . . .Umm you only fly on the week ends ?? I never thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 You just KNOW you're only a weekend pilot when. . . . .Umm you only fly on the week ends ?? Obvious, now that you mention it. But if you're not a weekend pilot does that make you a weak... err .. week.. pilot? rgmwa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 You just KNOW you're only a weekend pilot when. . . . .Umm you only fly on the week ends ?? Geez. . . . . All these posts, and we missed the most obvious one. Give that man a candy floss and a goldfish in a plastic bag !, oh, and that pink teddy off the top shelf as well. Well done Bones. You DA MAN ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks Phil, I've worked Essendon, Mackey, Avalon and Mackay towers, I take a very casual, relaxed approach, while being professional but I don't really stress a great deal, I love the job a great deal, I am fully immersed in aviation, I just love the freedom we have. I just watched an old Yank movie called "Pushing Tin" about some controllers in the USA, . . . . I wonder how many people could REALLY remember where all their aircraft were when the radar screens all went blank, and they had to run to a phone and give all the details to another ATC unit with radar. . . . . . . Makes you wonder when you're on your Easyjet flight on your vacation to Spain or somewhere what these guys on the ground are actually doing ? ? ? In the case of France, . . .well. . . they're usually on strike for some reason or another ! ! ! That shouldn't worry Our Patrick, as a "Tower" controller in the UK is only responsible for what he / she can see. . . . ie, car-park control. . . . . it's the guys / gals in the dungeon on the radars who have most of the stress !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dunno how it works in OZ, as I never worked ATC there ! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cscotthendry Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 You just KNOW you're only a weekend pilot when. . . . .Umm you only fly on the week ends ?? OMG! Really? Who'd have thought. Give that man a new avatar...somebody...PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I wonder how many people could REALLY remember where all their aircraft were when the radar screens all went blank, and they had to run to a phone and give all the details to another ATC unit with radar. . . . . . . The pilots wouldn't worry, they'd seperate themselves!TIBA style.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 The pilots wouldn't worry, they'd seperate themselves!TIBA style.... Thank God for TCAS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWF Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The pilots wouldn't worry, they'd seperate themselves! Yes. We do it all the time! There is not a control tower for over 600km in any direction from here. We just look out the window and listen to the radio (VHF aircraft band - not JJJ ). DWF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Yes. We do it all the time! There is not a control tower for over 600km in any direction from here.We just look out the window and listen to the radio (VHF aircraft band - not JJJ ). DWF WOT ? . . . . No 2 metre Ham Band ?? I used to have chats with loads of radio hams situated in the bush all over the place on channel 40, 50 and 51, ( vhf FM ) great when you can't raise a ground aeronautical station on vhf. . . There used to be loads of those old VINTEN taxi rigs whcih had been crystalled for the 2 metre band, but you had to pick up the mike, and wait thirty seconds whilst the heaters warmed up in the valves before the damned things would transmit . . . ( Valves, you youngsters ask ? what're valves ?? ). . . . It DID require the passing of a simple exam in radio technology,, but they've dumbed that down in the UK now, possibly in Australia as well ? Perhaps some of the hams on here can let me know what the current licencing situation is. . . Then there was "Smoke Net" the CFA always had a chat if you'd got no one else to talk to to while away the hours in't outback. . . . bordering on mildly illegal of course, but very useful anyway. It was easier than winding out the HF wire antenna 142 turns and messing around on the snap crackle and pop bands to raise Darwin Flight service anyhow. . . Does Flight Service ( used to be called Air Radio ) still exist ? ( and YES I do remember Alan's ( head in clouds ) somewhat negative experience with them some time ago. . . ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Thank God for TCAS ? Note from the manufacturer: TCAS is NOT to be used for separation! But it's great for helping build the mental picture, after all it's similar to the way the ATCers do it! PS: You know you're a weekend pilot, when you don't have TCAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 You know you are a weekend pilot when.. You get in the RH side because you have become used to your car. Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Or when you throw a leg over the Drifter forgetting it wasn't the Indian? (Seen the great old Indian in the new Shannons ad FH?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Post war Chief..TOO MODERN. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Note from the manufacturer: TCAS is NOT to be used for separation! But it's great for helping build the mental picture, after all it's similar to the way the ATCers do it! I wondered why the plane was getting closer, then it hit me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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