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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | Airline Operations | Air Traffic Controller position at DVA
DVA2051
Captain, B767-300

Joined on December 15 2004
Online Quadruple Century Club
50 State Club
Nine Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Quad Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Atlanta, GA USA

943 legs, 1,699.0 hours
498 legs, 605.9 hours online
856 legs, 1,544.0 hours ACARS
5 legs, 8.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 13:18 ET by Mario Johnson
All national and major airliners have an ATC rep that briefs pilots on new procedures or reinforce ATC procedures for the crew. I would love to do something like this for DVA being that I'm an real world Air Traffic Controller and I can provide a high level of quality instruction and interpretation on these items. Comments??? I think working at ATL Tower in the real world qualifies me!
DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on May 05 2004
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Life begins at Vr"
Longmont, CO USA

479 legs, 703.8 hours
469 legs, 688.2 hours online
256 legs, 392.8 hours ACARS
3 legs, 3.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 13:59 ET by Trevor Bair
I don't know if anything formal would be/has been set up, but if someone has information pertinent to DL Operations at ATL -- or anywhere for that matter -- I think it'd be great to have a post here in the Watercooler so that all DVA pilots can be aware. For example, maybe you can give us an update on the taxiway construction at ATL?

Trevor Bair

Senior Captain, MD-88
DVA2051
Captain, B767-300

Joined on December 15 2004
Online Quadruple Century Club
50 State Club
Nine Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Quad Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Atlanta, GA USA

943 legs, 1,699.0 hours
498 legs, 605.9 hours online
856 legs, 1,544.0 hours ACARS
5 legs, 8.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 14:26 ET by Mario Johnson
All the fun taxiway closures we had this summer is over except for Lima East of Juliet because of the access roads that trucks go back and forth on are scared of wing tips
DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on May 05 2004
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Life begins at Vr"
Longmont, CO USA

479 legs, 703.8 hours
469 legs, 688.2 hours online
256 legs, 392.8 hours ACARS
3 legs, 3.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 17 2011 15:49 ET by Trevor Bair
Cool. Thanks! I'll plan my taxi's accordingly. smile

Trevor Bair

Senior Captain, MD-88
DVA7343
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on May 16 2009
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Triple Century Club

"It's not a job but an adventure "
Lugoff, SC USA

368 legs, 798.4 hours
39 legs, 73.8 hours online
358 legs, 777.7 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on January 20 2011 17:42 ET by John Morris
Mario you can ask this from the ATM Ricardo Sosa super nice guy and he is a pilot here at DVA as well
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John Morris

Captain, B777-200
DVA2434
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 01 2005
50 State Club
Online Century Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Nine Century Club

Boston, MA

943 legs, 3,373.4 hours
193 legs, 398.7 hours online
915 legs, 3,292.9 hours ACARS
113 legs dispatched, 138.7 hours
 Posted onPost created on February 04 2011 13:37 ET by Dylan Neidorff
You know, there could be some logic to a controller position here at Delta, but not so much a full time position. What if we had a Captain or a Sr Captain serve as a facility coordinator for our hubs. They would be responsible for coordinating with the respective ARTCCs. This is a real world position which actually could serve much benefit to the DVA community...

Thoughts

Regards,
Dylan
DVA5212
Captain, B757-200

Joined on June 05 2007
Century Club

"Flaps? 25. Gear? Down and Locked? Coffee? Hot."
Brooklyn, NY USA

118 legs, 200.1 hours
36 legs, 72.4 hours online
116 legs, 197.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 10.0 hours event
713 legs, 1,390.5 hours total
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 06:49 ET by James Lightbody
It does sound like a good idea, but would it be necessary for a position to inform you of taxiway closures and things of that nature that are often issued NOTAMs ?
However sometimes accessing those NOTAMs is a pain, and for those who like Sim very realistically there could just be a sticky that is updated at every taxi way opening/closing at KATL or other news that would correspond with what the "DVA ATC" position would be.

I actually do think it's a really good idea and obviously with your ATL expierence it is something you could more than likely handle. The issue I see arising is how to get this information to the pilots, and communicating with them?




DVA613
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, VFRADV

Joined on June 17 2002
50 State Club
Events Century Club
Million Mile Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Commuter Conquest
Globetrotter
Everett Millennium Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Beware of the Green Baron!"
Charlotte, NC USA

2,509 legs, 4,025.8 hours
2,328 legs, 3,644.8 hours online
2,142 legs, 3,186.8 hours ACARS
130 legs, 238.7 hours event
165 legs dispatched, 103.9 hours
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 08:09 ET by David Keech
Part of the Dispatch Operations plan is to provide Ramp Controller duties during an event. Some issues have prevented us from doing that, but here is how it would work. A pilot would contact Dispatch via ACARS and get clearance, push and start clearance and taxi off the ramp to a Spot location where they contact Ground. Inbounds would contact Ramp once they enter the ramp operations area. I hope to have this program running soon, as it would add that much more realism to an event.


DVA6167
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on July 19 2008
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Tin Dispatcher
Millennium Club
Two Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Madison, WI USA

1,182 legs, 4,649.7 hours
163 legs, 522.6 hours online
1,169 legs, 4,579.1 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.0 hours event
1,225 legs, 4,810.0 hours total
343 legs dispatched, 224.0 hours
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 09:48 ET by Bryan Klawiter
David Keech wrote:

Part of the Dispatch Operations plan is to provide Ramp Controller duties during an event. Some issues have prevented us from doing that, but here is how it would work. A pilot would contact Dispatch via ACARS and get clearance, push and start clearance and taxi off the ramp to a Spot location where they contact Ground. Inbounds would contact Ramp once they enter the ramp operations area. I hope to have this program running soon, as it would add that much more realism to an event.


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Bryan Klawiter

Senior Captain, B737-800
DVA7577
First Officer, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 18 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Buffalo, NY USA

334 legs, 637.3 hours
29 legs, 47.8 hours online
332 legs, 629.7 hours ACARS
5 legs, 9.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 10:58 ET by Jesse Kovacs
David Keech wrote:

Part of the Dispatch Operations plan is to provide Ramp Controller duties during an event. Some issues have prevented us from doing that, but here is how it would work. A pilot would contact Dispatch via ACARS and get clearance, push and start clearance and taxi off the ramp to a Spot location where they contact Ground. Inbounds would contact Ramp once they enter the ramp operations area. I hope to have this program running soon, as it would add that much more realism to an event.


I was just thinking about this as I'm going through controller training. Great to see it's in the works. Definitely will add to the realism. Thanks for letting us know, David.

Jesse Kovacs

First Officer, B777-200
DVA6167
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on July 19 2008
Online Century Club
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Tin Dispatcher
Millennium Club
Two Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Madison, WI USA

1,182 legs, 4,649.7 hours
163 legs, 522.6 hours online
1,169 legs, 4,579.1 hours ACARS
2 legs, 4.0 hours event
1,225 legs, 4,810.0 hours total
343 legs dispatched, 224.0 hours
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 11:01 ET by Bryan Klawiter
I have worked dispatch a couple of times when they have tested it and let me tell you, it will rock when they get it perfected. Everything flows so well and the nights that we did it, the Delta pilots were up in the air much faster.

Bryan Klawiter

Senior Captain, B737-800
DVA5212
Captain, B757-200

Joined on June 05 2007
Century Club

"Flaps? 25. Gear? Down and Locked? Coffee? Hot."
Brooklyn, NY USA

118 legs, 200.1 hours
36 legs, 72.4 hours online
116 legs, 197.2 hours ACARS
1 legs, 10.0 hours event
713 legs, 1,390.5 hours total
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 15:27 ET by James Lightbody
David Keech wrote:

Part of the Dispatch Operations plan is to provide Ramp Controller duties during an event. Some issues have prevented us from doing that, but here is how it would work. A pilot would contact Dispatch via ACARS and get clearance, push and start clearance and taxi off the ramp to a Spot location where they contact Ground. Inbounds would contact Ramp once they enter the ramp operations area. I hope to have this program running soon, as it would add that much more realism to an event.


Sounds awesome!


DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"It's buried under a big W!"
TX USA

651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs, 2,922.9 hours online
565 legs, 3,319.5 hours ACARS
8 legs, 18.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 16:00 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
David Keech wrote:

Part of the Dispatch Operations plan is to provide Ramp Controller duties during an event. Some issues have prevented us from doing that, but here is how it would work. A pilot would contact Dispatch via ACARS and get clearance, push and start clearance and taxi off the ramp to a Spot location where they contact Ground. Inbounds would contact Ramp once they enter the ramp operations area. I hope to have this program running soon, as it would add that much more realism to an event.


That would be nice to help free up the controllers' frequencies from clearance requests.

Nicholas Carpenter

Senior Captain, B747-400
DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on May 05 2004
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Double Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary

"Life begins at Vr"
Longmont, CO USA

479 legs, 703.8 hours
469 legs, 688.2 hours online
256 legs, 392.8 hours ACARS
3 legs, 3.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on February 08 2011 16:12 ET by Trevor Bair
Nicholas Carpenter wrote:

That would be nice to help free up the controllers' frequencies from clearance requests.


I've been lobbying for use of pre-departure clearances (PDC) on VATSIM for a long time for just that reason. smile This gets a thumbs-up from me!


Trevor Bair

Senior Captain, MD-88
DVA8560
Senior Captain, B767-300
OLP

Joined on May 01 2010
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Triple Century Club

København, Hovedstaden Danmark

313 legs, 1,204.2 hours
250 legs, 921.4 hours online
297 legs, 1,116.7 hours ACARS
8 legs, 38.8 hours event
848 legs, 2,955.2 hours total
331 legs dispatched, 302.2 hours
 Posted onPost created on February 09 2011 11:58 ET by Mathias Lund
What i would like to see is some kind of operations manual for our major hubs, which would state something like what Terminals does Delta use what runways are usually in use (especially in airports like KATL where you have 2 sets of rwys that are very similar)


DVA7620
First Officer, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 21 2009

"Dream"
NJ USA

66 legs, 105.0 hours
55 legs, 89.5 hours online
63 legs, 99.1 hours ACARS
16 legs, 31.4 hours event
 Posted onPost created on February 09 2011 20:32 ET by Neil Sarna
wow the ramp operations would make VATSIM ten times more realistic! i hope this gets put in soon smile


DVA7948
Captain, B737-800

Joined on November 10 2009
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Kent, OH USA

29 legs, 53.2 hours
20 legs, 36.8 hours online
26 legs, 48.9 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.6 hours event
 Posted onPost created on March 21 2011 00:31 ET by Chris Robison
They would be more realistic......but not all airlines have that and why would just one airline do that. Not every airline is huge with a huge pilot base. I for one belong to several other VAs and fly real world. You would never see this happen, I have pushed for Flight Service Stations and their not happening either

Chris Robison

Captain, B737-800
DVA2051
Captain, B767-300

Joined on December 15 2004
Online Quadruple Century Club
50 State Club
Nine Century Club
Stage 1 Jet Quad Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Atlanta, GA USA

943 legs, 1,699.0 hours
498 legs, 605.9 hours online
856 legs, 1,544.0 hours ACARS
5 legs, 8.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on March 25 2011 11:38 ET by Mario Johnson
at ATL, there are 3 ramp controller towers, two are contracted out with one operated by Delta
DVA3115
Captain, B757-200

Joined on May 04 2006
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club

"A good pilot never stops learning!"
Kaysville, UT

270 legs, 520.9 hours
265 legs, 512.9 hours online
255 legs, 491.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.2 hours event
 Posted onPost created on March 25 2011 13:05 ET by Aaron Cook
Having Dispatch control ramp ops is a great idea indeed. Making sure scenery's match up might be more important for the closer proximity.


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