Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted August 15, 2009 at 11:04 PM Posted August 15, 2009 at 11:04 PM whats with all the early events was just about to setup to fly into Cleveland when i noticed it was a 1900 - 2200z event. whatever happened to the 00z time period events? gives people time to get home, eat, relax, play with the kids, etc.. before getting online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Martin Posted August 16, 2009 at 02:10 AM Posted August 16, 2009 at 02:10 AM It's Saturday... afternoon events are a nice change. Not to mention you said events as in multiple events, yet this is the only late afternoon event I've seen in a while. JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted August 16, 2009 at 03:04 AM Author Posted August 16, 2009 at 03:04 AM take a peek at the calendar next week is houston's, a little more doable with the time if its working for them, great, but may get larger turn outs if you let folks get home and prepare, yes people work weekends aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Martin Posted August 16, 2009 at 04:01 AM Posted August 16, 2009 at 04:01 AM I agree, but I can also see the reason why you'd want to go for the afternoon event. A lot of times Saturday evenings are family nights. I personally end up taking my parents or grandmother out to dinner on Saturday evenings, so it's a nice change to have something in the afternoon. While I personally prefer early evening events, I'm not going to complain about a mix up in times a bit. Also, according to my records the ZHU event is occurring in the evening (early evening, but still evening). I guess I see your point, but to a certain degree... JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted August 16, 2009 at 04:38 AM Author Posted August 16, 2009 at 04:38 AM i would like to see vatusa start to take surveys. that would definitely aid in artcc's figuring out optimum event times etc... i know some just ask theyre controllers what times theyre available and thats what they go by, but if you also had those statistics for pilots, itd definitely help in the decision making of when an event should occur. im not sure if they keep regional pilot stats but that would probably also be a good thing aswell as it would let the EC's target those pilot even better as these are the ones more likely to visit your airspace, in theory anyway. just some ideas to throw out there. i know not everyone will be satisfied, the US spans several time zones, so it definitely isnt something easy, times gonna be way different on the east coast compared to an event in hawaii, these stats would hopefully let those in charge create events more tailored to pilot availability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Bartosz Posted August 16, 2009 at 09:33 AM Posted August 16, 2009 at 09:33 AM For us Europeans, 19z etc. is perfect !!! New York ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dubois 1066383 Posted August 16, 2009 at 02:33 PM Posted August 16, 2009 at 02:33 PM whats with all the early events was just about to setup to fly into Cleveland when i noticed it was a 1900 - 2200z event. whatever happened to the 00z time period events? gives people time to get home, eat, relax, play with the kids, etc.. before getting online. Gotta keep in mind that schools starting, and the little ones have homework and need to get to bed early. I realize that normally wouldn't apply to the weekends, but it probably would on Sunday events, and events scheduled during the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Rutila 974112 Posted August 17, 2009 at 02:50 AM Posted August 17, 2009 at 02:50 AM USA5 did take a VATUSA-wide survey at the beginning of the year. I'm not sure if any ARTCCs are utilizing that information right now, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernesto Alvarez 818262 Posted August 17, 2009 at 02:56 AM Author Posted August 17, 2009 at 02:56 AM wasnt that for mitre tho? the only one i remember, my memory isnt as good as it used to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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