Thanks to the hard work of @Alex Toff in particular, I'm pleased to announce a 'Squawk Generator' for use by VATSIM UK controllers. Simply type in the destination code, hit 'Generate Squawk', and one will pop up for you to issue. You can access the tool at:
squawks.vatsim.net
Additionally, this tool has been open sourced and added to VATSIM UK's organisation on GitHub. To contribute, visit the repository: https://github.com/VATSIM-UK/web-squawk-gen
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Going forward, work has
I am pleased to announce that the migration of the UK Sector File Repository from GitLab to GitHub has now been completed - thanks @Neil Farrington! The new repository can be found here:
https://github.com/VATSIM-UK/UK-Sector-File
The first and most important thing is that you read (and understand) the Contributing guide which is attached to the project. As we go on it is the intention to develop the Wiki with details of how the sector file is generated from the repository, and a step-
ATC MENTORS
Following a discussion with @Samuel James, I realised we are both of the opinion that the prevalence of massive chunks of textual procedures in mentoring reports has become excessive. Forgetting the fact that we may of course be seeing changes through the introduction of Central Training for now (see page 7 of the November 2016 DSG meeting minutes regarding 'intense mentoring reports'), the fact that I see so many procedures in reports makes me, as the Operations Manager, worrie
Feedback is invaluable for all of our professional development as controllers, pilots, staff, mentors etc. It's also an important part of the development of our services for members. And with that, we are looking to gather your opinions surrounding a pilot and controller feedback system using a short survey...
CLICK TO ACCESS THE SURVEY
The survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete and will enable myself and the Web Team to gather enough initial information to draft requir
You may have noticed a few changes to the forum to help facilitate achieving the goals set out in my earlier roadmap post. So, what are the new places for?
ATC Procedure Changes
This forum used to sit under ‘ATC Training’ but has been moved to ‘Operations’. It will work in the same way as it has done, with procedures that have been fully incorporated into published documentation moved into the Archive.
ATC Rostering & Requests
This forum centralises requests by RTSMs for