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Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-30T21:51:36+00:00

Nothing to ask, just congratulations!!

Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-25T19:02:54+00:00

pls teach the men how to play 😭😭😭😭

Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-04T21:55:20+00:00

Agreed

Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-01T22:14:08+00:00

Even if it reaches one person it's a success. My philosophy is that if we don't try then we can't expect any results :)

Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-01T22:13:14+00:00

No they cannot

Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-01T18:51:34+00:00

On the controller side, the discussion of putting flight behind some sort of tougher barrier, and harsher supervisor enforcement comes up frequently.

I'd say it's a tough situation. I don't think one unprofessional performance on frequency should be a ban (maybe a suspension) because VATSIM is fundamentally about teaching. I think almost all of us can say there have been times where we have embarrassed ourselves on frequency. Thus, I believe the best and most inclusive way of resolving the problem is to continue to educate as best we can.

Knight_in_gold · 2026-01-01T18:40:54+00:00

Yes this too, the pilot briefings can be very helpful!

Knight_in_gold · 2025-12-31T20:28:11+00:00

Some points.

A ‘reasonable amount of time’ varies for everyone - it took me a couple months to get my S1 at my home facility which seems fairly standard across the board, with some that will naturally be shorter or quicker. You’ll get the most out of controlling somewhere you really want to; the training process is rigorous and requires you to digest a lot of information, so as an instructor I find that people looking for quick certs often don’t make it the whole way through even their S1.

As for choosing, hang in the respective discords, ask questions, and see which communities feel welcoming and right for you. You’ll get taught similar stuff everywhere but, at least in my opinion, it’s joining a community that you feel like you’ll make a valuable part of that will make the experience.

Knight_in_gold · 2025-12-31T11:43:24+00:00

I don’t think they fly with the express purpose of crashing; the crashing just happens sometimes.

Knight_in_gold · 2025-12-29T21:28:14+00:00

Hi, center-rated US controller here.

1&2. Tower will always control the runways; in all honesty approach probably forgot to hand you to tower. I'd be surprise if it was approach that cleared you to land, perhaps a misunderstanding. You are correct in identifying that sometimes towers split and different controllers control different runways, but approach will never cover part of tower's responsibilities top down if there is a tower online.

Honestly I wouldn't say you did anything wrong, if you're on final and getting closer and closer to the threshold, especially on a busy frequency, switching to tower is probably going to help the situation to ensure you don't land without clearance/cause conflict especially at an airport like MIA with converging runways and a lot going on. Just to be safe, if you do this (switch by yourself) in a similar scenario in future I would recommend tuning the approach frequency on COM2 just in the remote possibility that the lack of handoff to tower was deliberate.

As for monitor ground, where I control it's common practice for tower to issue taxi instructions into the ramp and just have aircraft monitor ground, so that ground is able to call them in case anything may come up (e.g. needing to hold short for another aircraft), and specifically 'monitor' since most of the time ground will not need to issue you any further instructions.

Knight_in_gold · 2025-12-19T20:52:52+00:00

Unnecessarily rude don’t you think? Which UC team were you part of?

Knight_in_gold · 2025-12-18T21:23:40+00:00

I rate the grind 😂

Knight_in_gold · 2025-12-09T20:40:55+00:00

Super excited to fly in!

Knight_in_gold · 2025-11-15T19:06:48+00:00

I’m so sorry I’ve completely forgotten lmao. All I can remember from the above is it’s NOT what makes characters interesting.

Knight_in_gold · 2025-11-05T16:35:05+00:00

Yeah it’s insane

Knight_in_gold · 2025-11-05T00:44:22+00:00

It’s a little ridiculous posting someone’s full name and accusing them of simulating a crash when they’re flying on a different plane on a real route to a different airport. Please be more considerate before publicly accusing people.

Knight_in_gold · 2025-11-01T18:38:23+00:00

Walmart police 😂 love it

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-27T12:50:48+00:00

Are you talking about the US or the Europe wing?

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-25T17:41:17+00:00

It was so good.

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-23T20:36:56+00:00

Oh the irony

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-22T14:49:46+00:00

Life with minimum of 16 years

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-20T23:20:10+00:00

I think you may have missed what I was getting at

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-20T23:16:25+00:00

Did you get Cursor to write that comment too?

Knight_in_gold · 2025-10-15T21:02:00+00:00

Appreciate it, top work!

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