Boundaries between Approach/Departure and Center

On 01/23/07 15:26, Robert M. Gary wrote:

When you're IFR unless someone makes a mistake you are told who to
contact on a frequency handoff. You may not know who it is until it
happens; like who cares?- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Even during a handoff I'll sometimes forget what the agency is. I don't
think ATC is offended if I call them approach or center.

-Robert


In fact, while monitoring Oakland Center during a recent flight, I heard
someone call-up by saying "NorCal Approach..." and the center controller
handled the call without even mentioning it.

However, the Center controllers and the approach/departure controllers
use different frequencies out here, so this wasn't a case of the pilot
not knowing whom to call or who he was calling.


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA