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.”
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Does NRP Leave You Confused ?
For the non-aviators, NRP is the National Route Program the FAA came up with to keep the airlines happy. If I was a real writer, I could come up with catchy phrase like “security theater” to describe this nonsense. It’s the same thing. NRP is a lot of to-do-about-nothing.
And “DM” over at NAS Confusion has the proof. He has pictures and everything, so click on the link.
Don Brown
February 25, 2010
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