ERAM Today
THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
Don Brown
June 13, 2011
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.”
Comments
Did Lock-Mart fail yet again?
Inquiring minds want to know....
Mike
And it's intentional.
Thanks for writing.
Don Brown
Go to Google News and type in
"+FAA +NextGen" = 33 hits
"+FAA +ADS-B" = 13 hits
"+FAA +RNAV" = 3 hits
Gettin' the Flick?
Don Brown