Old 11-25-2010 | 12:30 PM
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Whats up Ajax,

Hello from the 182 pilot at Skydive Sussex on 127.60, we all know how much you guys LOVE us all day!! I wonder which controller you are, I know your not paul aka the wolf man. I wonder if your the one who says your welcome every time someone says thank you, or the guy who responds with Roger! in a slightly increasing pitch over the word. You could be the new guy from Texas, or you could be the female controller who is always a blast to work with, she occasional says use caution sky dumping...i mean sky diving. You could be the one guy who never ever ever wants to talk to us. You could be Randy...I think his name is Randy who keeps trying to plan a trip out here, and occasionally hands me off to weird NY freq. who ask what the cost is and phone number, and loves when I tell them Traccon IDS can spark a short $1 special on the cash register. Or the guy that was working the one day when some VFR guy from Canada called up and the controller asked what his location was, and he said about 175 miles north of Lancaster. Not sure how many guys work your sector but I feel like I always get the same 8 or 9 guys/girls. Also my Dad thinks you guys are top notch, he is a UAL bus captain, he is the one who will always tell ya to drive home safe. I have about 1000 hours flying in that airspace flying jumpers over the last year and a half, even though its busy, and we can clash, compared to NORCAL last winter, you guys rock.


Originally Posted by Ajax
I work in the EWR area. our area has several radar sectors that I'm sure most of you that are regulars in our airspace are familiar with.

Departure (119.2)
Satellite departure (126.7) only opened at peak times
North Arrival (120.15)
22L final (125.5) combined with North arrival on offpeak times
Yardley (128.55)
Penns. This position is combined with Yardley when landing on 22L, and with North arrival when landing on 4R. Its never opened by itself.
4R final (125.5) combined with Yardley on offpeak times
Metro (132.8) Often combined with Yardley even during peak times if short on staffing
CRDA aka Rwy 11 final. (128.8) Only opened for 11 arrivals when primary rwy is 22L during peak times. When 4R is primary rwy this is combined with Mugzy.
Mugzy (127.6)
Zeebo (123.77) combined with Mugzy 99% of the time. Only opened for superpeak times

We have to maintain currency in all the sectors. I only mentioned the radar ones that you'd be talking to, but we have a few more positions (handoff positions, coordinators, sequencers, flight data, the back) that we rotate as well.
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