The geeks think VATSIM is geeky

HPNPilot1200 said:
Looks good to me. :D Haven't flown from the pilot side in years, but I can tell you with certainty that from the other side of the scope you can typically find me at, it's as real as it gets minus the fancy FAA hardware.
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What's the status of the VATSIM ATC 'training' program? I was actually looking forward to being a V-ATC'er, but the program was pretty much FUBAR and I got fed up with it and quit. Have they got things straightened out yet?
 
HPNPilot1200 said:
Looks good to me. :D Haven't flown from the pilot side in years, but I can tell you with certainty that from the other side of the scope you can typically find me at, it's as real as it gets minus the fancy FAA hardware.
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and the lousy pay long hours etc. if you listen to Don Brown, which I know you do :)
 
CJones said:
What's the status of the VATSIM ATC 'training' program? I was actually looking forward to being a V-ATC'er, but the program was pretty much FUBAR and I got fed up with it and quit. Have they got things straightened out yet?
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The program was initially introduced at VATUSA level but instructor staffing restricted the number of students being trained and the whole thing was scrubbed essentially. There are no plans that I know of to recreate such a program/academy.

tonycondon said:
and the lousy pay long hours etc. if you listen to Don Brown, which I know you do :)
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It definitely is....$0/hr for lots of labor. But we all do it because we like to, geeks or not (most of us are).
 
I must say, I LOVE flying on VATSIM. When I can't really be in the air, this is truly the next-best thing. It was an amazing training aide, and really helped me polish my radio skills before I started my real-life PPL training. Even now, it's a great help for when I go for my IR in that through VATSIM, I'm flying on full IFR flight plans, including a SID, J-airway routes, a STAR, then finishing up with a category III ILS approach - all using the actual real-life plates that I download from airnav or the like. It allows me to "fly" aircraft that I probably will never be able to fly in real life, and allows me to "fly" into airports and parts of the world that I will never get to fly to in real life as well. The people who are acting as ATC are wonderful and almost always sound as professional as real-life ATC's, though they get so used to people flying IFR plans that I kinda throw them for a loop when I tool around VFR in a Cessna or Bonanza. If this makes me a geek, so be it :).
 
I love VATSIM, except when I have to listen to a poor controller deal with a newbie pilot who doesn't know ANYTHING.

A nearby operator has interfaced their full motion sim to VATSIM.
 
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