Kyprianos Biris Posted February 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM Posted February 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM Eurocontrol promo. video on the Single European Sky concept focusing in Maastricht's UAC operations to date. They have copied Euroscope big time methinks Hellenic vACC | Olympic Air Virtual Europe Region Director 2001-2011 Pilot: P5 | ATC: C3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Cunningham Posted February 3, 2011 at 01:16 PM Posted February 3, 2011 at 01:16 PM 8 minutes of plagerism! Fantastic video Luke Cunningham Senior Controller VATSIM United Kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Loxbo Posted February 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM Posted February 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM I know you are joking, but ES is actually much more similar to other European ATM systems. The MADAP NFDPS used in Maastricht is similar in some ways, but it's specifically designed for a busy enroute centre. For example, the system doesn't just have CFL, PEL and XFL. Instead it has CFL, PFL, ECL, TFL, TSFL, CBL and as many more that I can't remember. These are all different types of flight level used by the system! ES is actually better in a few ways though. You like how you can drag aircraft labels around with the mouse in ES? Not possible in NFDPS. Instead you have to right-click the radar position symbol, this causes the label to jump to the next pre-defined position. If I remember correctly there are 16 pre-defined positions, so you might have to click the RPS 15 times to get the label where you want it. Also if two aircraft are on top of each other, it's not easy to pick the correct RPS to click, so you might have the wrong label moving about. Kind of annoying in busy traffic! (This was how the system worked in the simulator for rating training - hopefully the operational system is a bit better!) Speaking of Maastricht, Kyp: When will we have a realistic "Maastricht Virtual UAC" on VATSIM? Martin Loxbo Director Sweden FIR VATSIM Scandinavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Loxbo Posted February 4, 2011 at 12:46 PM Posted February 4, 2011 at 12:46 PM I forgot to mention, this video is quite interesting as well, talking about MTCD and other aids, and also shows glimpses of some other systems: Martin Loxbo Director Sweden FIR VATSIM Scandinavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Grauers Posted February 4, 2011 at 04:02 PM Posted February 4, 2011 at 04:02 PM Erhm, would you mind elaborating a bit on those diffren flight levels Martin? Because for the first time in a long time I have no clue what something ATC related is Johan Grauers Event Coordinator - vACC Scandinavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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