I would say that is fairly accurate.


"Dave Butler" wrote in message
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Mitty wrote:
ok, I'll bite.

Does civilian ATC sometimes work a hot MOA? How/why/when ?

On 7/6/2005 7:56 AM, Steven P. McNicoll wrote the following:

"Dave Butler" wrote in message
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Hi Steven, are your answers specific to the Falls 1 MOA, or true for
MOAs in general? I thought ATC sometimes worked the military traffic
inside the MOA. Is that never true? Thanks.



My answers apply to Falls 1 and the nearby Volk MOAs.

I'm obviously no expert, or I wouldn't have asked the question, but...

I seem to remember from a presentation by a military guy at a civilian
fly-in at Pope AFB (pre-9/11, obviously) that MOAs are not a cookie cutter
arrangement, there is a sort of contract between the military and civilian
authorites on an MOA by MOA basis, kind of like the letters of agreement
among civilian ATCs. Sometimes the military ATC will work the civilian
traffic and provide separation in the MOA and sometimes the separation
service is delegated to the civilian ATC, and sometimes no separation is
provided. Perhaps someone can confirm or refute my recollection.

Dave