Coverage area update: Oakland ARTCC, Mar 9 2012
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:35 pm
PilotEdge will be supporting part time operations in the Oakland ARTCC (ZOA). Starting on Mar 9, we will provide coverage in ZOA every Fri 4pm pacific time until Sun close of business (11pm pacific). Edit: it closes each night at 11pm and reopens the next morning at 8am.
The Oakland ARTCC contains popular airports such as SFO, OAK, SJC, RNO, FAT, and MRY, just to name a few.
A map of the coverage area can be found here: http://bit.ly/yE99IK, and also on the coverage area and operating hours page.
We are excited to expand into this airspace and know that many people (current members, and those observing from the sidelines) have been waiting quite a while for it to happen.
This expansion has been made with two compromises, though:
1) we're starting out with part time coverage of ZOA, Fri-Sun, rather than full time support. The thinking here is that it's better to have SOME coverage on a well-published scheduled than it is to having nothing.
2) we're temporarily reducing the staffing of ZLA while ZOA is open. You'll still have full-time coverage in ZLA, but you're likely to hear just one controller working all of the positions instead of the usual division of labor between the tower and TRACON/enroute positions. This allows us to operate ZOA without increasing our expense. As the network grows, both in terms of at-home users and commercial users, I expect we will return to a normal staffing levels at each facility.
If anyone has any questions about the expansion, fire away! Otherwise...enjoy the wonders of the Oakland ARTCC and the always-popular SFO-LAX and LAX-SFO runs!
The Oakland ARTCC contains popular airports such as SFO, OAK, SJC, RNO, FAT, and MRY, just to name a few.
A map of the coverage area can be found here: http://bit.ly/yE99IK, and also on the coverage area and operating hours page.
We are excited to expand into this airspace and know that many people (current members, and those observing from the sidelines) have been waiting quite a while for it to happen.
This expansion has been made with two compromises, though:
1) we're starting out with part time coverage of ZOA, Fri-Sun, rather than full time support. The thinking here is that it's better to have SOME coverage on a well-published scheduled than it is to having nothing.
2) we're temporarily reducing the staffing of ZLA while ZOA is open. You'll still have full-time coverage in ZLA, but you're likely to hear just one controller working all of the positions instead of the usual division of labor between the tower and TRACON/enroute positions. This allows us to operate ZOA without increasing our expense. As the network grows, both in terms of at-home users and commercial users, I expect we will return to a normal staffing levels at each facility.
If anyone has any questions about the expansion, fire away! Otherwise...enjoy the wonders of the Oakland ARTCC and the always-popular SFO-LAX and LAX-SFO runs!
