Shared Cockpit
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:34 am
I'm not sure this is the best area to post it, but I think it could be appropriate for new users, so there it goes:
I tried to hold an instruction type section with a new user I brought in (MM), as he's still a little tentative and hesitant to speak English here on PE (I guess it could happen a lot with new, foreign users, so the experience will be extremely valid).
We first created a section outside of the coverage area, but connected to the PE so that we could see each others planes. I simulated ATC so that he could get familiar with the phraseology, read backs, etc. it went fine.
Then we created a spygames section so that we could share the aircraft and I could help him and take over the mic if necessary, just like an instructor would do. We connected again to PE, this time inside the coverage area, but for some reason, we could not be heard by the PE controllers. We tried dropping and connecting again, from the ground at KEMT, then from the air, and finally from the ground at LAX, with no response. Sometimes we could hear the controllers talking with other users, so we know we had connection. Hopefully we didn't block others communications. Any light you could shed on the proper procedure to share an aircraft on PE, will be appreciated.
As always, thanks for the great job at PE
I tried to hold an instruction type section with a new user I brought in (MM), as he's still a little tentative and hesitant to speak English here on PE (I guess it could happen a lot with new, foreign users, so the experience will be extremely valid).
We first created a section outside of the coverage area, but connected to the PE so that we could see each others planes. I simulated ATC so that he could get familiar with the phraseology, read backs, etc. it went fine.
Then we created a spygames section so that we could share the aircraft and I could help him and take over the mic if necessary, just like an instructor would do. We connected again to PE, this time inside the coverage area, but for some reason, we could not be heard by the PE controllers. We tried dropping and connecting again, from the ground at KEMT, then from the air, and finally from the ground at LAX, with no response. Sometimes we could hear the controllers talking with other users, so we know we had connection. Hopefully we didn't block others communications. Any light you could shed on the proper procedure to share an aircraft on PE, will be appreciated.
As always, thanks for the great job at PE