Wall Street Journal reporter reaching out for interviews

[Gauff]

Dang that’s crazy.

Half the time for overflights I just ask the pilot what fix center cleared them to or where they're landing if they're VFR instead of getting up to grab the strips from the FDIO since I don't have one at the scope

 

[Shikaka]

We yell at the flight data trainee who does our bidding.

 

[SquawkHijack]

It's a one handed keyboard.

It’s a pile of shit.

QoL improvements are the last thing that a cash strapped agency will care about. So you get a qwerty keyboard and electronic strips. Can you work more airplanes with it? Are there some brilliant controllers out there that wouldn't have washed if only they had a normal keyboard?

Are you really asking these questions from a fucking center?? JFC

 

[Soul_Controller]

Are you really asking these questions from a fucking center?? JFC

TRACON. I just need a primary, callsign, altitude and a history trail to get em lined up

 

[SquawkHijack]

TRACON. I just need a primary, callsign, altitude and a history trail to get em lined up

Well in any case, Zs have qwerty keyboards and flight plan readouts for a reason. They work more airplanes, something busy TRACONs also do. Your QoL argument in a general sense I can agree on, but articulating a point that neither of these equipment changes mentioned would help busy TRACONs at all when they help centers is a wild take.

 

[Shikaka]

Well in any case, Zs have qwerty keyboards and flight plan readouts for a reason. They work more airplanes, something busy TRACONs also do. Your QoL argument in a general sense I can agree on, but articulating a point that neither of these equipment changes mentioned would help busy TRACONs at all when they help centers is a wild take.

This, a busy satellite sector running overflights. I'd murder someone to not have to shout to FD to amend some shit or verbally apreq everything.

The ability to amend/read a flight plan from the scope would make life so much easier.

 

[+TSRA]

I’ve been doing this for a long time. I would never recommend this career to anyone.

 

[TangoBearFox]

I’ve been doing this for a long time. I would never recommend this career to anyone.

Maybe to someone I don't like.

 

[Lurking007]

Go find out how many people getting the “bonus” talk to airplanes full time.

 

[GroundClutter]

I truly hope that you're still here Chris and taking notes. There's plenty to go off on here.

 

[32andBelow]

I truly hope that you're still here Chris and taking notes. There's plenty to go off on here.

Tell nick you’re gonna glaze him in an expose then just hit him with all these questions.

 

[+TSRA]

We can't get broken equipment fixed/replaced (including something as simple as a chair) because there's (always) "no money". Yet somehow there is an extra $7,760,000 sitting around?

 

[32andBelow]

We can't get broken equipment fixed/replaced (including something as simple as a chair) because there's (always) "no money". Yet somehow there is an extra $7,760,000 sitting around?

Bro we don’t care about the equipment 😂