[jhb] Re: Whither Goest
- From: "bones" <bones@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:24:18 +0100
I appreciate your point but I was basing my supposition on the fact that the
JHB pilots have been used to extremely versatile flying in PCI with
locations for our sessions all round the globe.
There is nothing stopping pilots doing this in IVAO either - it is just that
we can't keep the club atmosphere intact by dragging the controllers around
on these jaunts to man the ATC units.
I don't know if anyone regularly mans EGBJ in IVAO but it would be a nice
airfield for a new controller to start off at to learn the ropes. It is even
testing out the first GPS approved approach in the UK!
bones
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Of Peter Dodds
Sent: 15 August 2007 09:07
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Subject: [jhb] Re: Whither Goest
> I doubt many JHB pilots would spend every
> Wednesday, month after month, flogging round these few airports
> when other
> interesting tours and locations are readily available
In fact, because the Cix club has two bases, which are regularly manned
largely because of us, (we even have our own scenery clubhouse at Biggin and
hangar at Gloster) our members mostly operate out of these two bases. The
world is their oyster, but they choose to stay close to the club "home"
mostly, which cements the very real club atmosphere which we have
fortunately achieved. I count many Cix members as friends and a few of us
have met in the flesh. One of our members who lives in Australia, but came
to England this summer, visited me, and one of our English members went to
New Zealand for work and "dropped in" to Sydney to visit the same Australian
member. I am sure that JHB has friendships like that too, and with over 300
licenced airfields to visit in the UK alone, the JHB ATCOs would get many
visitors from pilot members over a year.
Peter
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