User:Ac001/ATC Tutorial

Air Traffic Control

An aircraft is going nowhere unless instructed by ATC (and a Flight Plan).

There are various roles in the the enviroment:

• Ground Control - ie pushback, taxing down to runway
• Departures - sequencing the departure slots and take off
• Lower Air Control

Radio Communications

With ATC, you are constantly being updated on position, or reporting to "guide" you through an area.

Callsign

AC001 = Alpha Bravo Zero Zero One
BAZ129 = Bravo Alpha Zulu One Two Niner

Alpa Bravo Charlie etc..
Niner has the "er" on the end, because over distance the nine and five sound the same..