Look ! Up In the Sky ! It’s a...
No it’s not Superman. It’s just a message from the Potomac Current and Undertow to the FAA. You've got to love these guys.
I’ll have more to say later. For now, go take a look.
Don Brown
December 5, 2008
The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
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