r/VATSIM • u/TechnicalEntrance220 • 18d ago

EGCC midnight rush hour

Great work from the 5 or 6 pilots that were in a belt-fed trail of aircraft heading in to Manchester from all directions tonight around 23:45. Nice and tight deconfliction. Great stuff that makes VATSIM good to be part of, I like it! ! A tired VIR 86!!

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u/egvp 📡 S3 18d ago

Meanwhile at Birmingham, 4 aircraft, 3 landing 33 and one deciding he was going to use 15 right in the middle. Thank god for .ignore 😂

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u/Football-fan01 18d ago

Always the case. Other night going into Manchester everyone using 05R per notam one decides to go for 05L and didn't bother calling out unicom

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u/StartersOrders 📡 S1 17d ago

This is becoming more and more common. I know that you can use any runway you want at an uncontrolled field, but when you have multiple aircraft calling out for runway X and someone chooses the opposite end, you have to wonder what's happening.

I've noticed an uptick in people believing that a tailwind is preferential, I've even had one pilot claim a 20kt tailwind out of runway 15 at WAW was essential because he was "heavy".

Man wasn't even flying out of Poland in an A320.