October 12, 201312 yr So everyone!How did you cross the pond? Anything exciting? :rolleyes: Share your thoughts Konstantin Kharlamov Supporter of: PMDG, FlyTampa, FsDreamTeam, FlightBeam, FSFX.
October 12, 201312 yr Half a dozen times this past month. Mostly off hours at night flying freight, so not following NATS. I love looking east and seeing the sun rise.
October 12, 201312 yr Went very well for me. I had a 40 minute delay on the ground in Washington but once airborne it was very smooth. I really enjoyed it this year with PFPX to plan ETOPS and allowing me to follow the fuel plan. Spoke to 25 controllers and all were very professional. Only downside was the lousy weather at both airports! Mark CYYZ
October 13, 201312 yr Unfortunately I was busy today so couldn't do it. I then was going to do a flight on the east coast to take advantage but stuff just kept getting in the way. When's west bound?
October 13, 201312 yr I just couldn't get myself to fly, I don't particularly enjoy having to fight 15 other dudes trying to get in my position report. How was the oceanic frequencies this time? Were they as busy as always or was it OK for once? vatsim s3
October 13, 201312 yr Author It was fairly organized. I will not say it was amazing....but controllers over oceanic were handing a million of flights ..... (as you can see from the screenshot) .... I would give controllers a good 8.5/10. Departure took me almost hour and half (to leave Boston) but it was handled quite well, for both departure and arrival for me, I will give controllers 9.5/10 Konstantin Kharlamov Supporter of: PMDG, FlyTampa, FsDreamTeam, FlightBeam, FSFX.
October 13, 201312 yr It was fairly organized. I will not say it was amazing....but controllers over oceanic were handing a million of flights ..... (as you can see from the screenshot) .... I would give controllers a good 8.5/10. Departure took me almost hour and half (to leave Boston) but it was handled quite well, for both departure and arrival for me, I will give controllers 9.5/10 Hhhmmm maybe some of those shiny 777's should simulate CPDLC with squakbox or FSInn. Text would actually fit then.
October 13, 201312 yr The running of the 777's LOL that's what it looked like on vatspy. I looked while I was putting along on in my c172. Too bad I had to work this morning. It would have been funny to do the alantic crossing in the 172 starting the night prior and refueling it in the air and then watch all the 777's pass overhead. Mike Avallone [email protected],Corsair H115i cooler,ASUS 2080TI,GSkill 32GB pc3600 ram, 2 WD black NVME ssd drives, ASUS maximus hero MB
October 13, 201312 yr I stopped participating in these, because as the picture shows the traffic volume is not even close to realistic. Last time I did westbound, the Oceanic controller was rude and yelling at pilots, I guess because he was stressed out. It's just a hobby...not a real job. If people have to behave like that for a hobby then I'm not interested in those sorts of events. AJ Pongress
October 13, 201312 yr I stopped participating in these, because as the picture shows the traffic volume is not even close to realistic. Yeah that is why I do not really do them. I have noticed there are more oceanic controllers online recently and you can have 10-20 pilots with you, much better experience
October 13, 201312 yr This was my 10th CTP and as usual the Controllers were amazing and very professional, many thanks to them for getting up so early. My only glitch was just before entry into NAT track X, Frequency did not appear on the frequency list and was text only, something I was not aware of nor told before or after departure, this caused some issues to those seeking Oceanic Clearance. Also there were some server issues, which I think were caused by the sheer volume of traffic. All in all a classic CTP which must have taken a lot of time to organise, so thanks to the Team. Joaquin Blanco Intel Core i9-9900K at 5Ghz, Corsair Hydro H100i RGB PLATINUM CPU cooler, Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E,Motherboard, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB GDDR6, G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory, 500GB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2 PCIe,2TB Samsung 860 QVO Solid State Drive, 2TB, 2 x Samsung 860 Evo 2TB, 1 x 1TB Samsung 860 Evo, Corsair RM650x 80 PLUS Gold 650W PSU.
October 13, 201312 yr Commercial Member I used to really enjoy doing these, not participated for a few years now though. It looks busier than I remember too. Are they done every six months? Andrew Wilson
October 13, 201312 yr I stopped participating in these, because as the picture shows the traffic volume is not even close to realistic. I completely agree. Many of the vatsim events are so busy that I tend to avoid them.
October 13, 201312 yr This was going to be my first CTP, but things went all Murphy's Law on me. I had a slot from KIAD to LOWW booked. Got up early (my TOT was about 6:15am my local time) to get everything going. To start things off, ActiveSky decided to stop working altogether (constant crashes on startup). 'Oh well, I'll just suck it up and use Rex weather or default/Vatsim wx.' Then after I've spent a while setting things up, FS9 freezes and crashes. Threw my arms up in anger and went back to bed. I feel really bad for wasting that slot. But after all this there was no way I'd have been able to depart even close to on-time. Maybe next year. I completely agree. Many of the vatsim events are so busy that I tend to avoid them. Yep. Though many of the more localized Vatusa events I fly a lot have a pretty nice - busy but manageable - traffic flow.
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