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Old May 23rd 04, 03:35 PM
Judah
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The new Algorithmic Traffic Control (ATC) system:

for ALTITUDE = 5500 to 0 step -500FPM

if ( LANDED ON RUNWAY ) then BREAK

if ( CLEARED TO LAND ) then CONTINUE

if ( ALTITUDE = PATTERN ALTITUDE ) then LOOP

next ALTITUDE


(Boy am I geeky!)


(Paul Tomblin) wrote in news:c8oquf$ic9$3
@allhats.xcski.com:

In a previous article, "Mike Noel" said:
Is this a commonly used phraseology from ATC? I would have thought just


Only if they're old FORTRAN programmers.