You’re absolutely right Harrison. It takes a special kind of person to be an ATC. But every person I’ve met in ATC is also incredibly friendly and just really down to earth. Glad you enjoyed that one, cheers.
@@brycedebner1146 Bryce, I started my career as an ATC nearly fifty years ago in 1970 and I am still involved in aviation, so hopefully you will enjoy aviation as much as I am still doing. It is a very rewarding and challenging profession. Good Luck and enjoy......
Haha, then come down here and I can introduce you to our Air Traffic Controllers Steveo! They’re honestly the friendliest group of people I’ve met, passionate about safe aviation for all, incredibly professional, but yeah very open about sharing what they do and how they look after us pilots. Thanks for watching mate.
@@StefanDrury Would love to take a trip up to the MEL or SYD towers someday, been up in the MBW one but it isn't really the same and the people there seem to just hate everyone lol. My dad was fortunate to be able to visit the LHR tower ages ago on a rotary trip and said it was incredible
Pheonix Blaster no way? Always one has to be a Captain obvious. I’m sure they wouldn’t do it if it was going to distract ATC. He is right though, we in America are way to stuck up about stuff like this. Way to be cool Australia..
@@tommyworth1266 America didn't use to be like this before we flushed our country away in the 70s onwards. That's why it's called 'The Nanny state' and artificially driven by elites.
This was a fantastic production. I’ve been searching for a video inside ATC and this finally popped up. Simply amazing quality, the filmography is superb, and he was so precise in all his words. He knows his job very well.
This video is so helpful, the years I’ve been a pilot, ATC have been nothing but a voice on the radio, as you pointed out in this video, they are awesome people, and they are there to help, watching you’re video calms the anxiety a little now you know who you are talking to. Thanks for making this video mate, Blue skies and limp windsocks! 👍
I'd never put much thought about it but I Seriously never considered the tower was seperate do from the controllers! I'd always thought there were all up there together! Lesson learnt! Thanks!
Great video Stefan! I have also had the privilege of heading up that same tower! It truly is amazing. I’m so glad you were able to share it with everyone else.
You are busy turning turning out lots of very high quality productions now Stef, great stuff! I am fine, thank you and still managing to turn out my weekly flying videos but alas falling short of your standard. Looking forward to your next one as always.
thats awesome! very informative. they sure get the best view in the house! i'd love to see the differences between a class C tower like MML, and a Class D tower like MMB where they only use visual and assumed separation.
Just recently found your channel and I’m loving all your videos! So interesting for someone a bit hesitant about flying, would love to learn one day and your channel is really inspiring me. Thanks for the great videos :)
Nice to hear from you catrema, thanks for being a part of the channel and I'm glad the videos are helping you enjoy aviation and maybe start flying yourself one day too. I've got a big trip around Australia, two weeks of flying and travel with lots of video content coming next week, so I hope you'll come along for the ride on that adventure as well. Let us know if you have any questions, thanks again, stef
Way back when I was doing sim training in ATC, I used LAHSO. If I had given simultaneous landing clearances on crossing runways, I would just tell one of the planes to stop before reaching the intersection. And they failed me. That's what you get for being a pioneer.
another great video Stef!! Thanks. It's much more roomy up there than what I would have guessed. A kitchen too!! I visited the old tower & approach/departures etc back when I was a teenager. Hugely interesting stuff.
One of our local GA airports (Boundary Bay CZBB) are fond of LAHSO. The prevailing wind in the summer is 270-ish, so departures and circuits are on 25 while arrivals are LAHSO on 31.
@2:18 LAHSO is a unique procedure to Melbourne ... so is Melbourne's driving "hook turn". So, does LAHSO then mean: "Leave Active, Hook-turn, then Straight On"? How is this NOT typical of Melbourne :)
I had a hard time cutting it down to that length. We covered a lot more, I’d love to bring some more “Inside ATC” videos to this channel, so it’s great to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for leaving that comment, stef 👍
Never heard or met a stupid air-traffic controller. Really enjoyed watching. Very informative video and well done to the controller for explaining it so well.
Fantastic video! I completed an ARO qualification with Air Services Australia a few years ago and they were/are excellent. Might have to check out this channel further; Liked and Sub'd. Thanks again.
i love your videos bro! as a ground controller i must say its a tough work but in the other hand its fun for those who like RTS video games. Great content Stefan.
Good info Stefan. I visited the control tower in my infancy of flying then again later on. It's a big help to see what goes on there. This video was helpful too. Thank you for this effort. Fly safe
Thanks mate for showing to the world the differences between Area Control Center, Approach Control, and Aerodrome Control. As an Aerodrome/Approach Controller, this is by far the best and the most informative video I’ve ever seen. Ans i’m quite jealous with the technology YMML Tower has. Haha.
Thanks Renz, I really appreciate the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for the work you do as part of the great worldwide ATC network. Much respect for what you do, stef.
Renz Bulseco, what was the process you went through to become one. I'm almost 13 and I've wanted to be an ATC since I was 7/8 however I have no clue how to get to become an Air Traffic Controller.
I love this video, I'm really looking forward to when I become an ATC. Especially working up in the Melbourne ATC Tower. However I'm almost 13 so probably will be another 13 years before I become one. I really wanna know how many days they work per week, how many hours they work per day, what is the process it takes to become an ATC and what I need in order to become an ATC. My dad trained to be one but dropped out half way through the process.......
I'm begin training in Melbourne soon, you just apply with AirServices. I'd recommend focusing on mathematics at school, (you don't need to know complex maths, just be comfortable and quick with the basics). Also download/use some of the ATC simulators online and try it out through that. It'll help you during the final stage of the process
I thought paper strips were retained as a back up is a power failure or some other problem, would not have computer controlled paper strips be a bad thing?
Our electronic strip data in Canada is retained to the same standards (or probably longer) as was required with the paper strips. As well investigators have the ability to go back and review how a controller manipulated the strips during an incident.
@Stefan Drury there does not seem to be any videos showing what happens at ATC when a plane squalks a 77 code. Could you do a video showing what actually displays on a ATC screen and what their immediate actions are.
Thanks lawboy777, glad you enjoyed it. And yes Airservices did take a look before I uploaded, but no requests for any changes, it was more a courtesy thing tbh.
Does ATC to aircraft pilot radio communications vary on the ground of an airport from airport to airport concerning receipt of IFR clearance on designated frequencies such as Clearance Delivery, Ramp, Ground, Apron and Tower? IFR clearances can be obtained from contact with any of these Air Traffic Control units above dependent on the ATC operational procedures in force at that specific airport. Does the pilot of an Airline have to be trained by the Airline as to which ATC unit to contact to obtain the specific clearance required at each airport?
Hey Stefan, First can i say how much I enjoy your videos and i'm looking forward to seeing your tour of Australia. Can I ask what app you use for you flight planning? Keep up the great work
Thanks Sam, I really appreciate that. I'm currently using AvPLan EFB as my flight planning app. I used to use OzRunways but recently changed for a few reasons, which I might make a video about soon. Hope that helps, cheers.
