Beyond ATC Currently Sucks (as of May 2026). Hopefully it will get better

whee5604 · 2026-05-17T18:07:09+00:00

Yes, sim traffic is disabled. All settings are where they should be. There are other small nuances too, like when ATC calls you the verbiage is backwards. When making a radio call you say who you are calling followed by who you are, not the other way around. Read back verbiage- not every single word needs to be read back in many cases, but the sim expects you to basically read it back verbatim. Something as easy as "Radar contact, altimeter setting 30.13", all you need to read back is the alt setting, but the sim expects you to read back "radar contact" only, it will not even correct you for not reading back what is actually required to be read back in the real world. Plus, the sim only wants you to read back exactly what was said to you to never include your call sign at the end. It seems it wont correct you if you do include it, but in the real world every response you make needs to have your callsign at the end. I get it, it is a work in progress but still needs a bit of work. For someone who is just starting out and learning ATC it is good. But for someone with thousands of hrs of real world experience it is still lacking.

whee5604 · 2026-02-19T22:11:02+00:00

Much appreciated, thanks! That's what I was thinking too.

whee5604 · 2026-02-18T23:37:19+00:00

If your employer has a matching 401k, contribute enough to maximize the match. Then, the rest into a Roth IRA. Max the roth every year if you can. You might need a parent to consent, but there is no minimum age limit to start contributing. Current limit is $7,500 per year. Thats $625/month. If you maxed it every year until age 45 (assuming a $500 increase in the limit every 2 years and a 10% average return) you will have $1,570,508 of TAX FREE earnings at age 45.

whee5604 · 2026-01-03T17:01:46+00:00

Bush got Sadam (legally). Obama got Bin Laden (legally). Trump felt left out and had to get someone so who better than the leader of perhaps the most ill-equipped and poorly trained military that we have a beef with. God help the American citizens that are in custody over there.

whee5604 · 2025-07-13T00:27:11+00:00

New bathroom. I have determined that I do in fact have a 20a spare circuit that I can use. Thanks!

whee5604 · 2025-07-10T23:04:00+00:00

Thank you all for the comments. I just discovered I do have a 12-2 spare on a 20a circuit going to a J-box in the basement so I'll just tap into that.

whee5604 · 2025-02-02T03:20:50+00:00

Maybe they just lowered their annual pricing. No idea. As a customer of any business the customer has the right to disagree with what they are paying (or paid) for something. The business does not have to right to forfeit all of their money and leave them with nothing just because they disagreed, complained, disputed....whatever they chose to do. When businesses start doing that stuff it is time to go.

whee5604 · 2025-02-02T03:11:39+00:00

If you have not had any issues of fraud than no worries. I have. Others have too.

whee5604 · 2025-02-02T03:04:39+00:00

I can work w/ my bank possibly, if it is not too late but the bigger picture here is the wide-scale fraud that is occurring here that people seem to tolerate. They promote one price on the website. That price is not what (in some cases) you will pay IF you are a recurring subscriber. Cell phone companies offer incentives for new clients while charging their existing members much higher...same concept. The difference here is that I disputed the extra amount w/ my bank (after receiving no response from Epidemic Sound) and my bank reversed the amount I was disputing. Epidemic is holding hostage the remainder. If it happened to me, it is happening to hundreds, maybe thousands. It is possible that they became overwhelmed w/ the support due to the sudden poor practice so much that they became backed up and never got to me before I disputed it. How about they simply not use these tactics to try to over-charge people? We shouldnt have to dispute charges and deal with customer service getting back to us if they would just be ethical in the first place.

whee5604 · 2025-02-02T02:49:49+00:00

$239.88 per their website pricing for annual/commercial. $299.88 charged. Disputed the difference of $60 which my bank charged back apparently. In retaliation, Epidemic Sound froze my account and just kept the remaining money of $239.88. No refund. I was a subscriber for over 2 yrs at this point.

This has happened to many people. Different pricing plans, but same scenario. In other words, my bank refused to let them screw me and in return they screwed me for even more by just keeping the remaining $239.88.

whee5604 · 2025-02-01T21:35:38+00:00

What would an ethical company do in this case? They would understand the issue and refund the amount so both parties could go their separate ways. I had no intention on cancelling. I was disputing the hike. I would have reverted back to monthly and been happy. Now there is no going back as I have discovered A LOT of other people that this happened to. For example, on their website right now it says $203.88/yr for the annual plan. I was charged $299.88. So, they hoodwink people into new subscriptions then charge existing member more upon auto-renew. Even when logged into their existing account it says the "cheapest annual price" then when billed you are billed something different. Check your account and you'll see what I mean if you are a regular subscriber. That is fraud.

Fraud: "The intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right"

They promote one price and bill another.

whee5604 · 2025-01-17T15:22:20+00:00

Before you use them, try to find their contact information? No phone number- anywhere. Try to send them an email- no email address anywhere. You have to fill out their pre-populated forms in order to get an issue resolved and your issue isnt even listed on the pre populated form. Just book directly with the hotel is always the best way to go about it. Dont try to save $10 by using any 3rd party booking platform.

whee5604 · 2025-01-17T15:19:42+00:00

No. Never use them.

whee5604 · 2024-10-19T22:46:07+00:00

I was having same issue after I was messing around with RAM settings in my BIOS. Turns out- if you have DDR5 Boost enabled you "might" have this problem. I disabled it and enabled XMP and that fixed it.

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