Can I be a pilot and ATC?

[Vincent Lauro 1384635]

Hello,

I want to fly but I also want to be ATC. Can I do both? Not at the same time, but I mean like sometimes I fly other times I become ATC.

 

Thanks,

Vincent Lauro

[Kieran Samuel Cross]

Hello,

I want to fly but I also want to be ATC. Can I do both? Not at the same time, but I mean like sometimes I fly other times I become ATC.

 

Thanks,

Vincent Lauro

 

Welcome to VATSIM, Vincent.

 

You can both fly and operate as a controller, as long as you are not connected both flying and controlling simultaneously. To become a controller, you'll need specific training from wherever you want to control.

 

To be a pilot however, you do not need this. It is however, recommended that you look through the pilot resource centre, for tips and guidance.

[Trent Hopkinson]

Much like the real world, there is no law preventing ATC from taking some time off from controlling traffic to become someone else's traffic.

I happen to know a few real world controllers who occasionally go to the very airport they control traffic at, and rent a Cessna on a day they aren't working.

 

As long as you aren't logged in as a controller manning an ATC position while simultaneously flying an aircraft.