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    Melbourne City Centre

    in Community

    Posted

    There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (TANSTAAFL) (Heinreich, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, 1966)  Or a "free" ride.

    Some one,  (Likely you, if you are gainfully employed and not a government servant) is paying for your "free" ride.

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    Teamspeak

    in General

    Posted

    2 hours ago, David Zhong said:

    As to the matter of bookmarks, no evidence of bookmark deletion was discovered on the server :)

    I would have been a little concerned if the bookmark problem had resided there.  

    Teamspeak

    in General

    Posted · Edited by Richard Quigley

    6 hours ago, Joshua Micallef said:

    That is not Related to the VATPAC TeamSpeak server outage :)

    @Steven Brown can you follow up on this for Saturday?

    And your proof for this assertion is....?

    I suspect you MAY be correct but I'm not about to accept your bald assertion that it and the server outage are unrelated.

    It may be that the server outage and the bookmark deletion are two different manifestations of a teamspeak problem that may, or may not, be traceable to VATPAC's teamspaeak server.

    Just to be pedantic.:D

    VATCAN had a server outage problem as well I note.

    YBAS issue euroscope

    in Controller Clients

    Posted

    In the AIRAC 1812 test release YBAS regions are in:

    bn_mde
    ara
    tbp
    dos
    isa
    tst
    kiy
    str
    weg
    ml-bke
    tbd
    esp
    asp
    ore
    war
    for
    wra

    nt-tma

    According to the config_region.ini file dated 6/10/2018 and the config.ini file dated 8/10/2018.

     


     

     

    Everyday use of PDC

    in ATC Training

    Posted

    No. It's not.

    As far as I can see, on an admittedly quick reading, the vMATs, while being quite verbose on matters pertaining to clearances of all sorts, is silent on the mode of delivery of those clearances.

    However,  given VATSIM's devotion to the protection of text transmission, and considering that the Code of Conduct  Section B5 provides for the use of text by air traffic controllers and places no restrictions on the use of text,  any divisional policy restricting the use of text would be contrary to these provisions and as such in breach of VATSIM regulations.

     

    Everyday use of PDC

    in ATC Training

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, Liesel Downes said:

    Keep in mind not even the real MATS has anything about PDC.

    The AsA MATs provides a concise definition of a PDC.

    "Pre-departure Clearance (PDC) A means of delivering an unsolicited, text-based airways clearance to
    eligible aircraft via an ATC data link."

    Everyday use of PDC

    in ATC Training

    Posted

    I knew to which airspace you were referring.  :P

    As far as I am aware or can discover in  cursory search there are no policies in place, nor should there be, that prohibit its use in Australian airspace at anytime by suitable qualified controllers.  Since the issuance of standard departure clearances is one of the basic competencies of an S2 that should mean all controllers should be competent to issue both voice and text clearances.

    Its use is provided for in the alias files.

    I would encourage the use of PDC clearances.

    1.  Frees up radio time.
    2.  Provides the pilot and controller with a hard copy of the clearance.
    3.  Clearance can be issued as soon as filed saving time chasing up pilots who are doing other things. 
    4.  Very useful for pilots for whom English is a second language, those who are not familiar with an Australian accent, and those who  are watching Netflix while the clearance is being read back.
    5. Reduces the number of "I didn't catch the squawk code. Can you repeat that?"
    6.  It is an efficient method of delivering information in the standard form.

    You have a Town Hall coming up.  I'd suggest that might be an excellent opportunity to canvas your proposals among both controllers and pilots.

    New Voicde Codec?

    in General

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Sean Harrison said:

    So we going to re-release FSInn? ;)

    Not an entirely bad idea.  It was an excellent program.  It really was too bad when the developers walked away from it.

    NOTAM 07OCT18 - Reserved Positions for Real Ops

    in News

    Posted

    1. INTRODUCTION

     This NOTAM is detailed in accordance with section 4.1 of the VATPAC Controller Positions and Ratings Policy. This is for the purpose of Real Ops Sydney.  

    2. RESERVED POSITIONS

    SY_DEL

    SY_GND

    SY-E_GND

    SY_TWR

    SY-E_TWR

    SY_APP

    SY-S_APP

    SY-DEP

    SY-S_DEP

    SY-D_APP

    SY-DE_APP

    ML-WOL_CTR

    BN-MDE_CTR

    3. EFFECTIVE DATE & TIME

     The above positions will be reserved for use between 0000Z and 0800z Sunday 07/10/18.

     4. CONTACT

    Trent Hopkinson - Deputy Director Events 

    E: t.hopkinson(at)vatpac.org

    Tristan Duncombe - Event Coordinator

    E: t.duncombe(at)vatpac.org

     

    5. NOTICE TO ATC

     

    Under section 4.1, controllers must not control these positions during the times indicated without prior approval of the listed contacts.

     

    6. CANCELLATION

     

    This NOTAM Self Cancels at 0800z 07 OCTOBER 2018.

     

    VATPAC Discord Statement

    in General Staff Forum

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Daniel Martin said:

    No one is forcing you to should we bring it back 

    Did not say they were.   The introduction of that program was a complete disaster for VATPAC.  If it is returned to general use you, or those of you that remain, will be rehashing these same problems within 6 months.

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    Controller had me inside CTR on Victor One Sydney

    in Airspace

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Robert Fluke said:

    No Idea I only noticed it today, I remember it being 1500, must have been only a recent change?

    Nope!  Nothing has been changed in the Sydney area in the past 5 AIRAC's but SID/STAR numbers.

    If it came out in an AIS/AIC it got by me and every one else.

    Fixed for AIRAC 1812!

    Real Ops Controllers needed.

    in General Staff Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Tristan Duncombe said:

    Hey Guys,

    After over 1/4 of the controllers from Real Ops not being able to attend, I really need to find new controllers. Some people have put their hand up for all day shifts and I'm grateful to those people, however, the amount of controllers pulling out is ridiculous. I come to staff because I believe that all staff are semi-reliable and we really need people who I can rely on. We need more controllers can anyone make any time on Sunday the 7th?

    Thanks, 

    Tristan

    That's disgraceful.  No idea of the concept of "commitment" or "responsibility".

    Tristan shift me around as required if you need to accommodate some one.

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    New Voicde Codec?

    in General

    Posted

    Not sure about the CTAF function Dan.   Lets ALL ask on the VATSIM forum and see what the response is. :D

    Going back and looking again at Zack's blog piece I noticed this: " It means the ability to implement a realistic ‘voice UNICOM’. It means the possibility of setting up company frequencies for virtual airlines and VSOA’s. It means hearing pilots (and ATC) only if they are in range, "

    That indicates, I think, that the CTAF function should be possible.

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