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.”
Saturday, February 06, 2010
FAA SOS
Same old stuff. It’s hilarious. Well, it is when you don’t have to work for them anymore. If you're still working for the FAA...not so much. From The Potomac Current and Undertow:
”We thought our readers at PCT would like to know that FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt will visit the TRACON on Friday, February 12, 2010. We heard it from some guy working on the TV in the breakroom...“
If it doesn’t strike you as funny, you either work for the FAA or you need to read the comments section to better understand controllers.
Don Brown
February 6, 2010
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