Aviation Discussion

[SpaceCoastVol]

That is good stuff. But Is that a normal wind speed at whatever altitude you are at? Sorry for dumb questions.

No that is pretty unusual. Right in the heart of the jet stream pretty much. It isn't unusual to see around 100 knots though. It's not a dumb question

 

[Tri-CitiesVol]

No that is pretty unusual. Right in the heart of the jet stream pretty much. It isn't unusual to see around 100 knots though. It's not a dumb question

Can’t imagine the poor guys going the other direction.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Can’t imagine the poor guys going the other direction.

Yep. 300 knots ground speed. It was a three hour difference in the flight times. 10.5 vs almost 14 hours

 

[Tri-CitiesVol]

Yep. 300 knots ground speed. It was a three hour difference in the flight times. 10.5 vs almost 14 hours

Almost every day I work ANZ2. I think it’s typically around a 16 hour flight. I wonder if they are even able to go JFK-AUK when the Jet Stream is abnormally strong. I guess they probably plan a different route to try to avoid the worst of it.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Almost every day I work ANZ2. I think it’s typically around a 16 hour flight. I wonder if they are even able to go JFK-AUK when the Jet Stream is abnormally strong. I guess they probably plan a different route to try to avoid the worst of it.

Of that there is no doubt. They might even go east of the North Pole. I'll see if I can find out.

Edit: Nah. They go south. They go over Los Angeles and then down. I don't know what I was thinking about. 15 hours and 55 minutes. A little longer than our ATL-ICN flight.

 

[Tri-CitiesVol]

@ATC_VOL What’s your thoughts on the contract extension?

 

[ATC_VOL]

@ATC_VOL What’s your thoughts on the contract extension?

I think it was probably the safe smart move for now.

 

[Tri-CitiesVol]

I think it was probably the safe smart move for now.

For sure, but after polling the people and overwhelmingly hearing from them that they don’t want to extend, it seemed like NATCA being NATCA again.

At least you guys are getting a nice bump in the OJTI pays.

 

[ATC_VOL]

For sure, but after polling the people and overwhelmingly hearing from them that they don’t want to extend, it seemed like NATCA being NATCA again.

At least you guys are getting a nice bump in the OJTI pays.

Extra 5%. Every little helps I guess.

 

[Tri-CitiesVol]

Extra 5%. Every little helps I guess.

With how much SDT we are having to do here, the sim time counting is really helpful I bet.

 

[ATC_VOL]