I now have about 95 hours on VATSIM, and I remember when you posted your first flight. Watching your videos helped me a lot understanding how VATSIM works and making my first communication. Now I fly for a virtual airline and I enjoy it so much. Thank you for uploading al this content!
Great video! One comment though: You're correct when stating that you are invisible during an "oberserver" session, but the comms are active! Means that if you push the "push to talk" button and speak, you will be heard on VATSIM! Happend to me recently ;-)
Thank you very much for this vid. I made my first vatsim flight a few days ago and it went horribly. First my a320 engines would NOT turn on, so I had to reload the game, and then I messed the comms when I asking for a taxi when I didn’t have clearance, then requested a specific runway to takeoff on, but the controller just denied it 😂😂 Anyways thanks again fly safe
Great video. I learnt to use Vatsim using Beyond ATC. Great tool for that. I would add that enforcement was live with BATC, whereas it wasn't on Say Intentions initially. It now is. I still think BATC is the better tool to learn, but SI is the better overall AI ATC program. Anyway, been a while since I went on Vatsim, so watching this has peaked my interest again 👍🏻
My main issue is understanding different accents and ATC audio setups, especially when receiving departure SIDs. I often struggle to hear the instructions clearly, so I have to write down the expected SID in advance. While I have no issues with phraseology, I feel terrible about asking the controller multiple times for clarification, as I sometimes have trouble with their pronunciation. Some controllers talk so fast that they barely pronounce their words properly. I love the controllers from Schiphol though, always very clear in pronunciation and give precise instructions :)
Oh wow, I did not know that you could move around in observer mode in Vatsim. I always just sat there at the airport, just listening. Thank you for the great video! I always love Vatsim content.
They can hear you if you are in observer mode, but they dont see you! Shared cockpit works this way.. both can talk but only one is visible. But if you dont press the PTT button u are a ghost😉
Fantastic video. I currently have Beyond ATC which im going to practice with before trying Vatsim. Being asked to do something out of the ordinary like fly a holding pattern does freak me out a bit though If I was to try Vatsim
1:23, little note, people will be able to hear you if you push your push-to-talk button (this is how shared flights can work). Other than that everything is pretty spot on. If you are on the fence about vatsim, go for it; you won't regret it.
I currently use SayIntentions and would love to use VatSim but I fly in VR so writing down instructions is virtually (lol) impossible; if the ATC voice was transcribed as text then that might make life easier but for now SI is a great compromise.
On the other end, very well explained by you this little tutorial, sorry not have people with your level of English and the nice level of sound, not that little 8 or 9 years old boys in a tower , approach or others with bad English and bad setups.
Most important you need to be very proficient on the aircraft you are flying last thing you want is stressing about communication and not be able to input or following simple instructions because of a lack of knowledge on how to fly you plane.
Thanks for the help mate. I have a question. How do I join the Server with the other people on Vatsim. If I click on online with live players etc. And also when I am in the game and play online without Vatsim then the planes around me are the default stupid msfs planes and it looks bad. Can you help?
You have an advantage compared to others. Your natural language is English, so the problem for others who not have English like own language , but can speak and listen and understand English but never like you, specially with some controllers who speak bad English and have bad audio setups.
How to act when you can’t understand completely on ATC’s accent? I’m afraid if I make a request to speak slowly will hurting their feelings cause of their accent
I've tried VATSIM a few times over the last decade. At 9pm on a saturday night in the UK (prime time you'd think) there are usually 2-3 towers manned in the whole country.....what's the point?
