Tristan Jouve Posted October 16, 2019 at 07:07 PM Posted October 16, 2019 at 07:07 PM If you have to leave for 5 mins, can you disconnect from the vatsim network, pause your sim, and then when you come back reconnect and unpause ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Don Desfosse Posted October 16, 2019 at 08:49 PM Board of Governors Posted October 16, 2019 at 08:49 PM You can, unless you can tell that you are going to cause an issue for others. If under ATC control, you can always ask if you can leave the cockpit for a few minutes. Most ATC will approve your request and ask that you simply report back on frequency. If not under ATC control, you can still leave for a short time (e.g. 5 minutes is reasonable) without disconnecting or pausing. You'll just need to check for any ATC that may have just logged on while you were gone, when you return. Don Desfosse Vice President, Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hopkinson Posted October 21, 2019 at 02:24 AM Posted October 21, 2019 at 02:24 AM Another thing to consider is not pausing. Your 'slot' is a piece of airspace that has been sequenced to have you in it. It's like a bubble of space/time around your aircraft that the controller has been trying to keep other aircraft out of (otherwise they get annoying noises and alarms and stuff). That position in space/time has been moving at the speed of your aircraft since you reached cruising altitude/speed. If you pause, it comes to a halt, but the plane behind you doesn't. Soon that aircraft behind you hits your space bubble, but you aren't even online for anyone to notice it happen. Trent Hopkinson YMML. www.youtube.com/musicalaviator WorldFlight 2002,2008,2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Grant Posted October 21, 2019 at 11:33 AM Posted October 21, 2019 at 11:33 AM Y If not under ATC control, you can still leave for a short time (e.g. 5 minutes is reasonable) without disconnecting or pausing. . I thought VATSIM policy was a period not exceeding 30 minutes? Regards Rob P1/P2/P3 /C3/ VATAME1 (retired) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted October 21, 2019 at 12:05 PM Posted October 21, 2019 at 12:05 PM That's why Don mentioned that 5 minutes are reasonable. 15 minutes are, too. 30 is the hard limit (that quite a few pilots disrespect). Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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