Gaz took me on for "OJT" on the job training after Robin Bilgil quit (I see he has rejoined!)
We have yet to find a mutually agreeable time to do anything..... He organises a time with me and I log on to find him overseeing others. I'm afraid I've chucked in the towel - 2 years is enough for any man. I'll be sticking to flying hours now. best wishes Kev On 7/10/2009 15:58:25, Fossil (fossil@xxxxxxx) wrote: > The > FRA's at Heathrow rather limit the number of controllers who can plug > in. The bad side of this is that we just don't > have sufficient numbers in > the UK to provide anything like continual coverage there. We > don't even have > the numbers to provide evening coverage each night. > > The Dutch are far more dedicated to FS and have good organisation. Their > priority is EHAM and Centre coverage first with any surplus ATC moving out > to Rotterdam, Eelde or Twenthe. It's > a good idea because with almost > guaranteed coverage pilots know they can plan there any time of day or > night. > > Gaz is unrepentant about UK rules. If a C2 or C3 > isn't around to plug into > EGLL then it stays shut because he considers quality more important than > coverage. I would agree with this if we had more controllers but even with > lots of C1's > coming out the training courses I > don't see vast increases in > ATC presence on IVAO. In truth we need a great deal more C1 rated > controllers before we see any real impact. > > Assume that most guys can log in for maybe three hours a night and once a > week. To man EGLL_TWR from 1700 - 2300 each night would require 14 > controllers. EGLL_GND, APP and CTR increase this to 56
