[30th October 2021] Cross the Pond Eastbound - Discussion Thread

[Timm Brecht]

I pushed back on schedule according to slot at Chicago and was airborne 2 hours later and lots of Vienna traffic departed before me

[Andreas Fuchs]

1 hour ago, nathaniel mitchell said:

ok whats going on i thought ctp was meant to be fair, i ve been unable to get a book since this lottery system came in and even before the system came in, But i did notice big twitch streamers have had a slot every time, excuse me for   asking but how is that fair and dose it not defeat  the whole  lottery sytem if they are just given slots. 

I am small streamer and I also got a slot, just like another 1200 pilots.

[Andrej Lippay]

My flight from KORD to LOWW was very good. Very enjoyable experience, due to accommodative  and very professional ATC. 

Sincere “thanks” to all involved. This was the best CTP I had a pleasure flying.

Cheers,

Andrej

 

 

[Ralph Kloess]

Traces of the flights from North America to Europe.

Edited with new screeshot

Shows all flights from all CTP Airports in North America, to all CTP Airports Europe between 10Z and Midnight

Youtube timelapse animation : 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 at 12:04 AM by Ralph Kloess

[Kieran Hardern]

The final arrivals are landing for Cross the Pond Eastbound 2021. This is the 20^th anniversary of the Cross the Pond event and the first time we’ve offered over 1000 slots to pilots. We made a lot of changes to our slot allocation process this year in an attempt to include as many as possible. Demand still outstrips supply when it comes to slots, however we are pleased 1055 of you were able to obtain one. We hope to see you in late March/early April 2022 for our next iteration.

The event takes the coordination of a phenomenal number of people from many countries and timezones and we are so grateful for all their work and cooperation over the last few months. This includes our data analysis teams, facility and TMU staff, marketing teams and community members helping others in discord.

This event always reminds me what a unique entity VATSIM is. We have over 2000 members interacting around the world on one day, flying in congested airspace and yet none of them pay towards the upkeep of the VATSIM network. Of course, the fact that we aren’t a multi-national corporation comes with the drawbacks that we have a few technical hitches, like the voice problems we had earlier in the event. We’re sorry for the disruption, but well done to everyone for continuing via our ‘old fashioned’ text while things settled.

Cross the Pond is not without it’s challenges and things we’d like to improve on. The Planning Team already have lively discussions about the difficulties of timezones for eastbound events, something that we will continue to do in our post-event analysis. We have many other aims and wishes, but for now I’d like to hear yours. If you took part in the event I hope you’ll consider filling out our feedback forms.

Controller Feedback: https://forms.gle/XfAh3ADPK5RX5gUZ7

Pilot Feedback: https://forms.gle/xdkcNEtjENUP7kjM9

 

We hope you enjoyed Cross the Pond.