follow-up materials for June meeting

[James Carlson]

The podcast I mentioned in the meeting is Opposing Bases.

  https://www.opposingbases.com/

It's hosted by two pilots, one who works in ATC was an army helicopter
pilot, and another who was in ATC and now flies for an airline. They
cover all sorts of topics related to air traffic control and
communications. The episode I used for our meeting was OB385:

https://opposingbases.libsyn.com/ob385-where-were-going-we-dont-need-victor-airways-1

The discussion I used as source material starts at 00:37:00 and runs to
00:59:45 in the on-line player; time codes might be a little different
in a podcast player due to ad insertion or other minor editing changes.
It's the main show topic contributed by SGAC Patron BD.

You can listen on-line from any computer or device, or subscribe to the
feed in your podcast player. Here's a link for Apple podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opposing-bases-air-traffic-talk/id1330865695

Or just search for "Opposing Bases" in your favorite podcast app. (I use
Overcast on iOS rather than the native app.)

They'll be at Airventure on Saturday, July 26th at the AOPA Program
Pavilion.

https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/2951673

I've been a listener and patron for several years now, and have
contributed material a couple of times, such as a bit about ODPs in OB163:

https://opposingbases.libsyn.com/ob163-can-you-see-me-now

Every airport and other named entity gets a code name on the show, and
listeners are referred to by initials just like controllers. I made up
"Bread and Roses" for the Lawrence airport, based on the 1912 strike at
the Everett Mill, across the river from the airport.

One of the things I learned on the show is that for approach
controllers, they enter a VFR request or pop-up as "callsign destination
type altitude." So if you can say it in that order, it helps with the
back-and-forth.

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James Carlson     42.703N 71.076W FN42lq08    <carlsonj at workingcode.com>