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Congratulations to Charlie who is the latest controller to join the radar ranks.
It was a fantastic performance from Charlie who showed true professionalism for the duration and assessment and will make a great controller in the future I'm sure.
Well done Charlie see you on the scope shortly!
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Date: 25/06/2020
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QuoteIt was a pleasure being controlled by Tracy, Rowan & Rob tonight, upon departing Sydney these 3 were able to maintain a professional environment whilst having time for a quick laugh cheers for the ATC can't wait to fly with you guys again
Seemed like the night to be flying on the network. Great work gents!!
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Date: 25/06/2020
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QuoteRob Hooley is one of the nicest and best controllers I've had, me and a mate going from YPMQ-YSTW helped out heaps and made me and the mate have a really pleasant experience, will definitely wanna fly more when Rob is on.
Nice one Rob! Showing the young guys how its done. Keep it up!
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Hello all,
It is with sadness that I wish to advise the community that Tracy has handed in his resignation as a Senior Instructor so he can retire from VATPAC staff roles effective 1st July 2020.
Tracy has spent the better part of a decade spent climbing through various ranks and roles at VATPAC so he wishes to step away from VATPAC and quote, "enjoy the downhill run". I would now like to take this time to say a massive thank you to you Tracy for your work and commitment to not just the ATC Training Department but VATPAC as a whole. You've trained a fair amount of students in your time Tracy and its something to be very proud of.
You've been a big part of the training department for quite a number of years both training and assessing. So on behalf of myself, VATPAC and previous ATC Training Directors, I'd like to thank you for the number of hours you've committed to training VATPAC controllers.
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Congratulations to Steve which is the latest fully qualified HF radio controller. Steve now knows how to separate aircraft in a number of different ways from what he didn’t know before.
Congratulations Steve have fun with your new oceanic endorsement!!
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Date: 22/06/2020
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QuoteFlying from YSCB -> YSSY today for Milkrun Monday and the center service is amazing. You can just hear the stress in Cam's voice as he is saying every message. He is handling all the aircraft exmtremely well. I have heard he wakes up early just to control over here and its amazing.
Once again we see @Cameron Wilbraham getting great ATC feedback. Always great to see positive feedback Cam well done keep it up!
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1. INTRODUCTION
This NOTAM is detailed in accordance with subparagraph 4.1 of the VATPAC Controller Positions and Ratings Policy. This is for the purpose of ATC Training.
2. RESERVED POSITIONS
A) ML_APP
B) ML-SNO_CTR
3. EFFECTIVE DATE & TIME
The above position will be reserved for use between 30th June 2020 between 0900-1100z
4. CONTACTS
Sam Keast - (s.keast(at)vatpac.org)
Cam Tyson - Director, ATC Training (atc(at)vatpac.org)
5. NOTICE TO ATC
Under subparagraph 4.1, controllers must not control this position during the times indicated without prior approval of the listed contacts.
6. CANCELLATION
This NOTAM self cancels at 1100z 30 June 2020 OR if cancelled by Director, ATC Training prior to date and time listed.
All edits will be posted in this thread.
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Depends if you're aircraft is RVSM capable or not. if its the default then I would suggest yes if its the PMDG then definitely.
If so you need to refer to the RVSM section of the table.
vPilot has an inbuilt Mode C transponder
But does the aircraft you're flying have GNSS or RNAV capabilities built into it? If not I would suggest /W if it has both (PMDG) then it would be /L.
Hope that helps, I'm sure there would be members on here who are more familiar with FAA equipment codes than I am.
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Have you got any spaces in the fields? Sometimes Euroscope does that.
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Round of applause to Farhad who completed the C1 training and in return got access to a C1 rating!
Coming to VATPAC ENR sectors near you shortly.
Well done Farhad!
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QuoteDear VATPAC,
My first time flying down in Australia and what an amazing experience it was! Being a rather experienced London Controller, I am very much a Europe boy who doesn't like to go outside his comfort zone.
It was an absolutely fabulous stream with so many people joining in on the flights and so many viewers loving the ATC in the stream - it really did make the day yesterday! I will be back to do more flying with you guys very soon on stream. Give me a ping if you have got an exam that you need traffic for - sure we can sort something out!
Thank you - you legends
Cheers,
Jamie Paine - 1284743 | LondonController
Well done to all the controllers who provided ATC last night its awesome to see this kind of feedback coming through keep it up!!
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I was watching James' first session as an S2. From the moment he logged on to ML_TWR he was slammed with 15 outbound aircraft in about 45 minutes, all but one were flying the same route accompanying a popular streamer. Fair to say that James made the rest of us who were on ATC look like the amateurs we are, lol. An absolutely awesome TWR masterclass!
Well done @James Hennell great to see you already making your mark on the network in such a small about of time and showing up the old boys!
It certainty looks like you've done this before!
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Congratulations to Blair who has been the first to complete the new oceanic course and has earnt himself a /O!
Coming to a "read you 2/5" HF radio near you!
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Congratulations to Sean - Who is the newest Visiting Controller (VC) to join the VATPAC ATC Team.
Welcome Sean!
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Date: 1/06/202
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QuoteOn Milkrun Monday, during a very busy time in Melbourne, I decided I really wanted to mess things up by doing a touch and go in a C172. Except, Ryan was on APP and handled it like a boss. 10 aircraft in his airspace all on the LIZZI arrival for 16 and I was over the CBD. He managed to separate us all and slotted me in for a touch and go. He was on top of everyone and no one asked for clarifications. Impecible job.
Well done Ryan keep it up!
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Half way through already?! - Controller Training Bulletin
8th Edition - April/May 2020
We are halfway through 2020 already and what an interesting and busy year it has been so far. Thank you for joining me as we read through what the ATC Training Department has been doing since the last issue of the bulletin. We've got lots of things to cover in the 8th edition of the Controller Training Bulletin!
Thanks,
Cam Tyson
Director, ATC Training
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In May we welcomed two new ATC Training Staff members onboard the team. Please join me in congratulating the following staff members:
Sam Keast
Paul Tudball
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VATPAC ATC Graduates
The VATPAC ATC Training Department would like to congratulate the following 27 people who have gone through the training system in the last two months and earnt themselves a new rating or endorsement.Oceanic Endorsement (/O): Tyler Hindle, Brett Vaughan, Sam Hall, Brett Cummings, Cameron Whilbraham
Enroute (C1): Bill Teale, Brett Cummings, Cameron Whilbraham,
TMA (S3): Steve Duggan, Joe Corrigan, Anthony Power, Clem Wu, Sam Powell, Tom Dunphy, Cian Ryan
TWR (S2): Clem Wu, Tom Dunphy, Lucas Scattergood, Paris Ioannidis, Robert Reid, Ben Smith, Ryan Harris, Pete Blazey, Jacob Maher, Tim Burnett, Luke Maynard, Connor Sedman
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What's Happening in the Department at the Moment?12 Month Plan Released
The ATC Training Department recently released their 12-Month plan at the May VATPAC Town Hall meeting. The following items were on the agenda for the ATC Training Department for the next 12-Months.
- Procedural Tower Course - Currently both Brett and Matt are working on updating the procedural tower course. This includes new videos and interactive that explain procedural tower concepts in greater detail.
- Sydney Course - We will be making a new Sydney course. This includes how to control in Sydney and will have help from DEL through to APP. This will be an optional course to complete and will provide more information along with the LI’s.
- New Mentoring Files - As discussed in the previous bulletin the ATC Training Department is working on creating new and updated mentoring files. We will be updating all the files to include a wide range of mentoring scenarios over a range of airports. This aims to make mentoring more realistic with updated callsigns and aircraft.
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Refresher of the training courses with included training videos - Training videos will be created to include in every ATC training course that
the department provides. This will include a wide range of concepts that trainees might encounter when controlling. This will be a support to
theory and mentoring. We will also be redesigning the old courses and retiring them in due course.
We aim to get this out to the community as quickly as possible, however, with COVID-19 demand within the department is still quite high for this time of year so please be patient.
Solo Endorsement Update
The trial Solo Endorsement period has now been completed. It has been decided by the VATPAC board and ATC Training Department to implement solo endorsement full time into the training syllabus. We have extended the trial period while we implement this and hope to have it as a permanent part of VATPAC ATC training as soon as possible. As always, if you have been controlled by a Solo Endorsement trainee or worked with them on the scope please be patient with them and provide feedback by going to feedback.vatpac.org and select 'ATC Training'.
New Oceanic Course Update
"Brisbane Radio, Brisbane Radio"
The ATC Training Department has a new oceanic course that is now live and eagerly awaiting new controllers!
Are you a C1 and haven't got your Oceanic Endorsement?
Why wait any longer! Come and get your Oceanic Endorsement through the VATPAC ATC Training Department today!
Did you know that you don't even need to be a local controller for this course? That's right, we also accept visiting controllers and once you've finished the course you'll be able to control eight oceanic positions under the VATSIM Pacific Oceanic Agreement.
The VATPAC ATC Training Department hope you enjoy the course as much as we did making it.
Get started today by heading https://academy.vatpac.org/. For more information, you can refer to https://pacificoceanic.vatsim.net/.
See you all at the VATPAC ATC Training Academy!
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Controller Tutorials
A new section in the VATPAC website has appeared. What could it be?
That's right, controller tutorials! After high demand from the VATPAC Town Hall Meeting in May, a new section has been added to the VATPAC website with tutorials written for controllers by controllers. These documents and videos go alongside our VATPAC ATC Training documentation and I strongly encourage you to go read it. You can go check them out by looking under https://vatpac.org/controllers/tutorials/. As always you don't have to be a part of the ATC Training Team to make documents. Send anything you think might be useful for other controllers to Cam ([email protected]).
LAHSO
Go check out VATPAC's Nick Falcione video on Land & Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) in Australia!
Managing Landing and Departing Traffic
Go check out VATPAC's Greg Barbers extremely informative document on Managing Landing and Departing Traffic by clicking here.
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Old Controller coming back to VATSIM?
Old controller coming back to VATPAC after a time away due to COVID-19? If this is the case, welcome back to VATPAC! The ATC Training Department is always here to help. If you require a quick refresher we will endeavour to accommodate your request. Email [email protected] if this sounds like you.
Remember, the VATPAC ATC Training Academy and the VATPAC Local Procedures are always available to view at any time and we strongly encourage all controllers old or new to read these documents before going onto any ATC position.
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Tell Us What You Think!
We love feedback!Tell us what you think about the ATC training bulletin. Something missing or you'd like to see added to the bulletin?
We encourage you to provide some feedback. Head to https://feedback.vatpac.org, select 'ATC Training' as the department and write us a message on your thoughts. Alternatively, you can send an email to the Director, ATC Training at [email protected].
Happy Controlling,The ATC Training Team!
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"Brisbane Radio, Brisbane Radio"The ATC Training Department has a new oceanic course that is now live and eagerly awaiting new controllers!
Are you a C1 and haven't got your Oceanic Endorsement?
Why wait any longer! Come and get your Oceanic Endorsement through the VATPAC ATC Training Department today!
Did you know that you don't even need to be a local controller for this course? That's right, we also accept visiting controllers and once you've finished the course you'll be able to control eight oceanic positions under the VATSIM Pacific Oceanic Agreement.
The VATPAC ATC Training Department hope you enjoy the course as much as we did making it.
Get started today by heading https://academy.vatpac.org/. For more information, you can refer to https://pacificoceanic.vatsim.net/.
See you all at the VATPAC ATC Training Academy,
Cam, Will and the ATC Training Department
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4 hours ago, Richard Quigley said:
This and the other videos you've done need a prominent spot somewhere on the web site.
I think I might have an answer to this Quigs
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This NOTAM and the Solo Endorsement Conditions Letter have been extended while we implement Solo Endorsements into the VATPAC ATC Training Program.
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Welcome to Cameron who has just joined the Pacific Oceanic Controller Agreement roster!
Coming to an Oceanic Position near you!
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Well done to Brett who has recently completed the VATSIM Pacific Oceanic course and earnt himself a /O!
Round of applause Brett welcome to super non-radar environment!
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Date: 8th May 2020
Received via Email
Comment:
What a great Friday night event!
I'd like to thank the excellent ATC service provided by the controllers between Melbourne and Hobart. The phraseology was excellent and the service was both professional and friendly.
The standard of ATC displayed tonight is the standard that every VATPAC controller should strive for. Thanks to the following people.
- Isaac Patman
- Sean McCormack
- Greg Barber
- Ryan McDonald
Well done to all! Awesome feedback about our controllers, keep up the great work!
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Congratulations to Sam who displayed he can keep aircraft aircraft separated in the TMA.
Well done Sam have fun controlling on a radar position and welcome to the radar team!
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30JUN | Cam Wilbraham
in ATC Feedback
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Date: 30/06/2020
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And we see @Cameron Wilbraham pop up again! Very obvious he's doing something right!! Keep it up Cam.