THE BUSIEST GATWICK HAS EVER BEEN? | VATSIM Controlling 

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@@nitram2145 no it was a ryanair 737 and it just landed in front of me like i wasn’t there and the runway was 08L

but i have to admit that in gatwick it’s something that happens very often. yesterday i had to perform 2 go around a in a row , the first one because i was unstable on final because of bad vectoring by the approach controller and the second one because of a runway incursion

if ATC is online then a runway incursion is almost always 100% the pilots fault

@@samiturk5975 yeah indeed it was my fault

As one of these replies said, if ATC is online the incursion is 100% their fault, unless you have ignored their instructions. 08L barely ever used.

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@thevatsimcontroller I nearly said when I heard your voice on ground. Am I gunna be on RU-vid 🤣

Just speak loud and clear!

Appreciate the advice but I was more referring to how the pilot has made his voice come across ‘more fighter- pilot like’ anyways, looking forward to what’s coming next

The northern runway is no longer used since it’s ILS system has been removed

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@@thevatsimcontroller sheeeeeeesh that’s a while!

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Planners are only used for events.

Check your division’s website

Because the UK system is better 😉 we keep them on ground because we are the one sequencing them

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@@thevatsimcontroller Ah, that's cool

IRL, the northern runway is not used because it has no ILS or RNAV capability. It is practically decommissioned in real life.

Can’t use the two runways simultaneously either. If an aircraft landed on 26L it would have to hold on the runway until the 26R aircraft had taken off. This would be way to slow for gatwick

IRL. Most of the UK ground radar is less modern than the air radar

Practice and memorisation. That's about it

No, I am a trained controller (8 months + 2 exams)

@@thevatsimcontroller Alr thx

He sounds British because we are British and controlling in UK airspace. 95% of UK controllers are British, hence the accent 😆 As for your second question, it’s because they are the board of directors. They are in charge of hundreds of controllers, hundreds of training controllers, and thousands of pilots. VATSIM needs an organised structure in order to operate. And no there is no video. All information can be found on charts. Keep practicing and watching RU-vid videos.

Which one?

@@thevatsimcontroller maybe the name is vsmr plugin

I mean Charlie

No

thevatsimcontroller 🤝 easyjet collab? 🤣

Correct

CPDLC is not a requirement, therefore about 60% of controllers don’t use it. Just use voice :)

Luckily in real life just about every airline use cpdlc which makes life in the tower much easier (started at gatwick in May and loving it)