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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: bcrosby on October 20, 2005, 05:26:52 PM

Title: Advantages of flight following
Post by: bcrosby on October 20, 2005, 05:26:52 PM

What advantages does flight following offer a pilot flying in VFR conditions?

Title: Advantages of flight following
Post by: Jason on October 20, 2005, 05:36:12 PM

Traffic advisories, weather updates (when transmitted to other aircraft on freq), radar vectors if requested, an Air Traffic Controller to talk to.

You're more likely to have better spacial awareness when you're being updated about traffic around you than when you don't talk to them and are in a busy area.  This doesn't imply that you can't have spacial awareness when not talking, just likely to have more when you are talking and recieving flight following.

Title: Advantages of flight following
Post by: digger on October 20, 2005, 06:35:48 PM

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5100172/detail.html

Neither of these aircraft was talking to ATC. Enough said.   :(

Title: Advantages of flight following
Post by: keko126.5 on October 23, 2005, 03:03:11 PM

I guess it may just keep you on your toes.  Wouldnt you get board just sittin in the cockpit?

Title: Advantages of flight following
Post by: Ronski on October 24, 2005, 07:10:44 AM

You NEVER get bored sitting in the cockpit. :D