VATSIM

JALU3 · 08-02-08, 08:34 AM

OK . . . I am stopping NavyField for a while . . . long lance is overpowered . . . gonna take a break

Going to try VATSIM. Anyone else on?
Looking to train up to tower at KSAN . . . I understand there is a knowledge grind of a couple weeks/months to get to tower rating.

SUBMAN1 · 08-02-08, 01:21 PM

Link me

Ubergeek87 · 08-02-08, 09:40 PM

I just got my Tower rating at Minneapolis about a month ago, though I haven't controlled on the actual vatsim network yet (I need someone else on to watch me the first few times).

Tower rating isn't terribly hard to get, it took me 4 or 5 2+ hour sweatbox sessions, which might take longer for you since LA is much busier. For the most part its just learning the basics of phraseology, reading METAR, choosing active runways, and just getting comfortable with the radar client.

Vatsim main site
Vatusa

JALU3 · 08-03-08, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ubergeek87

Tower rating isn't terribly hard to get, it took me 4 or 5 2+ hour sweatbox sessions, which might take longer for you since LA is much busier. For the most part its just learning the basics of phraseology, reading METAR, choosing active runways, and just getting comfortable with the radar client.

Vatsim main site
Vatusa

On the training did you have a mentor with you? Or did you learn through experience, and then test to get the rating?

Ubergeek87 · 08-03-08, 03:09 AM

You'll have an instructor and/or mentor there to walk you through the lessons and answer questions. Then when they think you know the information well enough and you're able to do everything with a somewhat fast speed in sweatbox, they will assign you the Student 1 exam which will clear you to control on the vatsim network under supervision, until they say you can control alone. My instructor was really helpful and stuck around after my exam to go over the questions I got wrong. They want you know what you're doing and be confident in that before you're released onto vatsim.

If you are interested HERE (pdf) is ZMP's training guidlines so you can get a rough idea of what you can expect each lesson. It will probably be slightly different for ZLA though. Section 3 has the student 1 syllabus.

PeriscopeDepth · 08-03-08, 06:44 PM

When I was a religious flight simmer, I really did enjoy flying on VATSIM. Especially when it got busy and controllers were there throughout the flight.

PD

08-02-08, 08:34 AM	#1
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	VATSIM OK . . . I am stopping NavyField for a while . . . long lance is overpowered . . . gonna take a break Going to try VATSIM. Anyone else on? Looking to train up to tower at KSAN . . . I understand there is a knowledge grind of a couple weeks/months to get to tower rating. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

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08-02-08, 09:40 PM	#3
Ubergeek87 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 123 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I just got my Tower rating at Minneapolis about a month ago, though I haven't controlled on the actual vatsim network yet (I need someone else on to watch me the first few times). Tower rating isn't terribly hard to get, it took me 4 or 5 2+ hour sweatbox sessions, which might take longer for you since LA is much busier. For the most part its just learning the basics of phraseology, reading METAR, choosing active runways, and just getting comfortable with the radar client. Vatsim main site Vatusa

08-03-08, 03:09 AM	#5
Ubergeek87 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 123 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	You'll have an instructor and/or mentor there to walk you through the lessons and answer questions. Then when they think you know the information well enough and you're able to do everything with a somewhat fast speed in sweatbox, they will assign you the Student 1 exam which will clear you to control on the vatsim network under supervision, until they say you can control alone. My instructor was really helpful and stuck around after my exam to go over the questions I got wrong. They want you know what you're doing and be confident in that before you're released onto vatsim. If you are interested HERE (pdf) is ZMP's training guidlines so you can get a rough idea of what you can expect each lesson. It will probably be slightly different for ZLA though. Section 3 has the student 1 syllabus.

08-03-08, 06:44 PM	#6
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	When I was a religious flight simmer, I really did enjoy flying on VATSIM. Especially when it got busy and controllers were there throughout the flight. PD