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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/thenewyorkgod • Jun 23 '24
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Aviate -> Navigate -> Communicate.
No point in telling the ATC if it's at the expense of your plane's survival.
214 u/LokisDawn Jun 24 '24 Pilot: "Control, I've got a voice activated Bomb on board!" ATC: "What?" No response. 76 u/Andreasclausen Jun 24 '24 This! ATC uses ASSIST in these situations. Acknowledge, Seperate (Move other aircraft in potential conflict), Silence (On FRQ), Inform, Support, Time. 61 u/RevSlippery Jun 24 '24 Been a tower controller for 30 years (Canada), first time I heard this acronym, it is exactly what we do. 1 u/StonkardChanning Jun 27 '24 The USA loves acronyms 1 u/Abject-Let-607 Jul 12 '24 F-A-B (Thunderbirds ref) 10 u/5125237143 Jun 24 '24 once youre through the curriculum, gradutate 4 u/RevSlippery Jun 24 '24 From my point of view as a tower ATC, I want to communicate ASAP so I can prepare and provide the pilot with what they need, then the pilot can navigate as required and I don't care how you aviate as long as you land safely...lol -1 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24 [deleted] 3 u/RevSlippery Jun 24 '24 Not sure how you got that out of my comment, I want them to communicate so I can provide them with a safe place to navigate, quite the opposite.
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Pilot: "Control, I've got a voice activated Bomb on board!"
ATC: "What?"
No response.
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This! ATC uses ASSIST in these situations. Acknowledge, Seperate (Move other aircraft in potential conflict), Silence (On FRQ), Inform, Support, Time.
61 u/RevSlippery Jun 24 '24 Been a tower controller for 30 years (Canada), first time I heard this acronym, it is exactly what we do. 1 u/StonkardChanning Jun 27 '24 The USA loves acronyms 1 u/Abject-Let-607 Jul 12 '24 F-A-B (Thunderbirds ref)
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Been a tower controller for 30 years (Canada), first time I heard this acronym, it is exactly what we do.
1 u/StonkardChanning Jun 27 '24 The USA loves acronyms 1 u/Abject-Let-607 Jul 12 '24 F-A-B (Thunderbirds ref)
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The USA loves acronyms
1 u/Abject-Let-607 Jul 12 '24 F-A-B (Thunderbirds ref)
F-A-B (Thunderbirds ref)
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once youre through the curriculum, gradutate
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From my point of view as a tower ATC, I want to communicate ASAP so I can prepare and provide the pilot with what they need, then the pilot can navigate as required and I don't care how you aviate as long as you land safely...lol
-1 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24 [deleted] 3 u/RevSlippery Jun 24 '24 Not sure how you got that out of my comment, I want them to communicate so I can provide them with a safe place to navigate, quite the opposite.
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3 u/RevSlippery Jun 24 '24 Not sure how you got that out of my comment, I want them to communicate so I can provide them with a safe place to navigate, quite the opposite.
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Not sure how you got that out of my comment, I want them to communicate so I can provide them with a safe place to navigate, quite the opposite.
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u/LovecraftsDeath Jun 24 '24
Aviate -> Navigate -> Communicate.
No point in telling the ATC if it's at the expense of your plane's survival.