. The carrot of nearly ever present ATC (Any time the PE controllers aren't on, I don't expect to be flying) was tempting enough for me to sign up for PE. The area seems to be built up pretty well in FSEconomy, too... no shortage of assignments to fly.Got in my first flight this afternoon. KHMT to KSAN (PDZ V186 HAILE V66 MZB), IFR. Real weather (XP10) turned out to be gorgeous on the trip down; SkyVector was reporting MVFR at SAN, so I took the initiative to file IFR. Took a bit getting the sim set up for PE (push to talk assignment and other differences from VATSIM). That made me nervous enough to be a hazard. ATC diverted me off the filed route, which I appreciated, as it cut a few corners and got me into KSAN that much quicker. First change was vectors to intercept V186, which I managed to overfly. ATC caught it just after I started to correct. The nerves really came out, and I managed to bungle just about every heading assignment from that point on.
ATC was extremely patient, repeating themselves as necessary and easing my frazzled nerves. I suppose it helped that the weather was gorgeous getting into KSAN, too, so I could get visual confirmation that I was flying the localizer approach into RWY 27 correctly. Getting that kind of response from ATC was really nice.
I'll definitely be sticking around. It's worth the monthly subscription.
