Cobalt wrote:
How much controller workload is involved in “XXXXX, Radar Contact”, and quite some time later “XXXX, Contact XXX on YYY, good-bye”?
If that was all the controllers did, we wouldn’t need any controllers!
:-D That did not come across well, apologies…
Of course controllers do a lot more. But if you fly through a volume of airspace along the flight planned route and the next flight is at least 5,000 ft or tens of miles away from you, you don’t create any discernible workload at all, you are just a blip wandering ever so slowly across the screen.
Sure, if the weather turns bad, you ask for shortcuts etc etc the controller will be working like a one-armed paper hanger.
The average workload created by a light aircraft in empty flight levels is lower than the average workload for the “normal” aircraft,
On the other hand – the same light aircraft trying to get through a busy TMA with multiple approach and departure routes creates a significantly higher workload.
ATC capacity calculations in IFPS do not take that into account, leading to annoying results for everyone.
Cobalt wrote:
But if you fly through a volume of airspace along the flight planned route and the next flight is at least 5,000 ft or tens of miles away from you, you don’t create any discernible workload at all,
The workload is created by a) frequently checking, the next flight is really that far away and b) making sure it stays that way.
This number doesn’t work.
+496978072500
Sorry, they changed numbers when they moved from Frankfurt into a place just outside Frankfurt a few years ago. Try: +49 6103 7075500
I have these on my phone; no idea how old or who they go to
+33 169 881750
+32 2745 1950
boscomantico wrote:
Sorry, they changed numbers when they moved from Frankfurt into a place just outside Frankfurt a few years ago. Try: +49 6103 7075500
That worked, I managed to get a slot for tomorrow. They allow 5 days in advance the chap on the phone told me.
Good!
boscomantico wrote:
Good!
I’ll try to be early where I can ;)
It didn’t work out as planned, more on that another day but got my return slot home. Presume it’s a CTOT time or is it my EOBT?
