VieuxCarre

BeyondATC is certainly interesting with quite a bit of promise, but it has issues as of 1.8.8EA. I've had Center "vector" me to pick up the ILS... 58nm north of the airport at FL225. Yes, Center. AI traffic sounds plenty busy on the radio, but often no traffic shows on the BATC map. Random AI traffic appears at my alt on a reciprocal heading within 10nm, forcing my AP to maneuver for a TCAS RA. AI traffic do not maneuver at all. Center likewise fails to issue an advisory/course directive. Traffic within 40nm of the airport seems to behave as it should. During push/start I had Ground tell me I committed a pilot deviation and needed to copy a number. I told it "Ground cleared push and start face East, WHAT deviation?" Got a "ding" of approval in reply. Yes, I was facing East. Taxi instructions are getting better, but still go stupid often enough to make it frustrating. Ground likewise has issues with runway exit taxi calls. "United 2111 off on Golf, request taxi gate 8 Bravo" gets me a reply to either request a taxi destination or specify a gate. Center and Approach step you down in the US (I have an air band radio and listen to KSEA/KBFI and SEA Center) yet BATC doesn't give step down instructions at all. I am frequently dumped by Center to an altitude miles below me, or admonished by Center/Approach for not maintaining assigned altitude because I'm flying the STAR and BATC duffed the altitude step-down. It's funny when GA tail numbers I know - and in a few cases have flown IRL - call for IFR clearance because BATC assigned that tail number to an airliner as a "callsign." Trust me, a C172H isn't getting near FL250.