Recent content by Atcer

Atlanta

They tried that here and a certain airline lost so much money that we stopped doing it... OPDs make sense on paper, but they don't work with large amounts of traffic volume in a terminal environment.

File for the route that you want. (Example: Depart ABC, go to DEF for an ILS, go to GHI for a RNAV, and finally return to ABC.) If you just file ABC to ABC, this does nothing for you or controllers in trying to help you out so file for the entire route. Also, "IFR training," "multiple...

He should've remained outside of the Class Charlie. By entering it without approval, he had a pilot deviation. Just because you call an approach/tower controller, it doesn't mean you have approval to violate airspace if didn't respond to you in a timely manner. Fortunately, nothing came of this...