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Vernon Balbert

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Nov 12, 2007, 5:38 PM

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What criteria does FSX use for the ATC to tell you to change
frequencies? For example, I'm at flying at FL400 from KJFK to KLAX and
I'm being asked to change frequencies rather frequently. From the time
I've flown three-quarters across PA and a little into Ohio I've had to
change frequencies more than a dozen times, all for different
frequencies for Cleveland Center. It gets a tad annoying after a while.

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"TeeRee"

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Nov 12, 2007, 9:20 PM

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I once asked a RL pilot and he told me that because of the enormous amount
of planes in the air and the few ATC controllers that air space is cut up
into a pie like configuration. Each time you pass from one piece to another
you are transferred to there control. He also mentioned each controller
handles a specific number of planes.

"Vernon Balbert" <vbalbert@gmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> What criteria does FSX use for the ATC to tell you to change frequencies?
> For example, I'm at flying at FL400 from KJFK to KLAX and I'm being asked
> to change frequencies rather frequently. From the time I've flown
> three-quarters across PA and a little into Ohio I've had to change
> frequencies more than a dozen times, all for different frequencies for
> Cleveland Center. It gets a tad annoying after a while.
>
> --
> Who are you? Why am I here? I want answers now or I want them eventually!




Vernon Balbert

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Nov 12, 2007, 10:50 PM

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Re: ATC Frequency Change Question [In reply to "TeeRee"] Not logged in -   Reply 
On 11/12/2007 6:20 PM, TeeRee went clickity clack on the keyboard and
produced this interesting bit of text:
> I once asked a RL pilot and he told me that because of the enormous amount
> of planes in the air and the few ATC controllers that air space is cut up
> into a pie like configuration. Each time you pass from one piece to another
> you are transferred to there control. He also mentioned each controller
> handles a specific number of planes.

Ah, so the closer you get to the center of the pie, the faster you cross
the pie lines and so you change frequencies more often. Thanks!

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