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another ATC question!
Mike:
Ok, this one is something I have been wondering about for years now....
Whenever we fly an approach into KVNY we come over the tower and make the main portion of our descent over taxiway "A" and then side-step it onto our ramp. And every time there is an airplane taxiing on "Alpha" the tower tells us to not overfly the taxiing airplane. But most of the time we're still 300ft AGL or higher AND not flying over the parallel taxiway means we need to fly over the ramp (can't off-set to the other side cause of the runway) where there are tons of planes parked....way more than that one single plane taxiing in or out.
My question is: Is there a law for ATC where the can't have a helicopter hover taxi on top of a stuck wing plane on a taxiway? A law that doesn't say anything about parked plane on the apron?
(I guess this question is mostly directed towards UNDATC, but maybe some of the helo-guys may know)
undatc:
I'm not sure, I'll dig into the books this afternoon and see what I can find.
undatc:
Sorry it took me a week or two to get back to you, been pretty busy here; they've got me stuck back in the training depatment doing tons of sims. Add to that moving into a new place and all the stuff that goes with that, been a busy few weeks ::banghead::
So what I've found is pretty much nothing. In the .65 chapter three deals with all there is to know about ATC - Terminal (tower stuff), and a whole section is dedicated to 'ground movement' but most of it seems to deal with how to tell people to taxi without killing themselves.
I think this just falls into the common sense file, dont put two aircraft with people in them together. Aircraft that do not have a clearance (taxi or otherwise), in our minds eye, dont exist, so therefore they are not a factor in our clearance.
I could be wrong as I dont deal with tower stuff, but this is my best guess based on how we view the ATC world through centers eyes.
Ragwing:
If you want to make fun of our ATC friends, just see what their shirts and mugs say:
http://shop.cafepress.com/Air-Traffic-Controller?cmp=fb_AirTrafficController&utm_medium=display&utm_source=facebook
I am not sure what they do with the thong in the bottom right corner.
Ragwing
Fabo:
Ooops, too late! :)
vvv tis be the software we virtual ATCs use on IVAO network vvv
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