Class D Sucks

"Steven P. McNicoll" roncachamp@ wrote
The controller get his information from the pilots. Pilots are frequently
not where they THINK they are and provide bad information to the
controller.

I do have to agree with you on this one Steve. I'd be rich if I'd had a
dollar for every time I've seen or heard a pilot exclaim they are at some
location, when in fact said location is any where from 1 to 5 miles in front
of them.

If you're not "directly over it" then you're not there yet!

PJ

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Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
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"PJ Hunt" wrote in message
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I do have to agree with you on this one Steve. I'd be rich if I'd had a
dollar for every time I've seen or heard a pilot exclaim they are at some
location, when in fact said location is any where from 1 to 5 miles in
front
of them.

If you're not "directly over it" then you're not there yet!


I see this frequently, and it's often much more than five miles off.
Somebody will report five miles out just as they're crossing the ten mile
range mark, and it's not just the low end guys either.

I've often wondered why some pilots report their position at all when
contacting the tower. It's in Class C airspace, they were radar identified
at some point and never told radar contact lost or terminated. I know
exactly where they are when they call.