[Readback of clerance]

10 hours ago, Rob Shearman Jr said:

@Ryan S.

is that "near'universal accepted best practice" or actually required by FARs? 

http://imgur.com/HJYFATT

Tune into any clearance frequency and I doubt you'll hear 'Roger' as a pilot read back for clearance. You are correct, pilots SHOULD read back the 'numbers', they MAY acknowledge the instruction with 'roger'. (2-4-3a). The AIM says the same thing (4-4-7). The one restriction is altitudes specifically stated by the controller must be read back.

It's more about clear communication than anything, and avoiding expectation bias as AJ mentions above.

[Readback of clerance]

I've seen it where PDCs only require a squawk read back. For verbal read backs it usually either a full read back or an abbreviated one (as AJ mentions earlier), but never just the squawk (unless the controller tells you).

 

(United States Operations)

[Update status or realese for 2019]

Hopefully the beta comes out this year. The progress they are making is good progress, and I think we'd all be shocked if they were able to meet every deadline with an undertaking this large.

 

I suspect Andrew will be around with an update within the next month or so  

[Why cant i Join a vARTCC?]

If you're referring to the HQ dashboard, all the data in there is dummy test data. Once they get it worked out how they want then you'll be able to use it

[Job Postings]

On 7/9/2018 at 4:30 PM, paulas37 said:

@Andrew

Hello, I would be interested in the position of Director of the France Division. and bring my dynamism and my seriousness to the launch of the Poscon network. I am at your disposal to explain my motives.

Best regards

Poscon is not hiring or filling those roles for the beta (or anytime soon)

[ATIS System]

I believe the ATIS will be server side, meaning controllers will not have to host one.

[Controller Client Updates]

I think POSCON will draw in pilots with some of the key features that separate it from the other networks. VATSIM will have a difficult time drawing in people when it loses to things like a faster server update rate, a good controller client that can emulate real world systems better, not being kicked from the network for grabbing a bite to eat, etc.

Even if POSCON only meets half of the features they list on the front page, its a promising start and I think people will realize the potential. Yeah, right now it's a lot of talk, but everything that's been done so far is paving the way for a network to cater to both pilots and controllers. I like to think of POSCON like Amazon, and how Amazon disrupted retail. POSCON will disrupt the online flight sim community, its not a matter of if, but when.