Remove Remaining in the Pattern from the 1st option panel

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Remove the Remaining in the Pattern option when a pilot goes to the menu for a takeoff. (Make it as one in the Departing menu)

The menu should be like

  • Request Takeoff
  • Runway xx
  • Departing Straight out
  • Remaining in the Pattern
  • East
  • West
  • North
  • South

(If still you can’t understand, check the picture below - Photoshopped)

After the user selects the runway they were assigned to, this screen should appear

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Side Note - Not necessarily in the same order.

Jan Uhren thought that users may be lazy so they ask for “Remaining in the Pattern”. I thought why don’t we make all in one screen?

Thanks for Simon W for allowing me.

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Nice idea, would surely eliminate at least some of those who request remaining in the pattern but have no intention of doing so

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Maybe make straight out on the top, because most pilots use that and some may accidentally click pattern.

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yes that would be a great help.

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Please! I hate it when people say that they will be remaining in the pattern but are actually just doing a flight.

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Max Sez… This is not a menu problem. This is a professional knowledge gained problem! Spare the rod spoil the child. A Pilot matriculation program/system needs to be developed and implemented. A Pilots Licensing
approach may be the answer!

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its partly a menu problem though as it currently is easier to select remaining in pattern rather than look for another option. By having a slight shuffle would mean that new pilots would be presented by more options and so would have to think a bit more about which button to press. Surely that would help them learn as well as cause less frustration to ATC?

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Max, you’re right. But before having all pilots at that level of knowledge, changing the menu according to the above proposal would reduce the misuse of “remaining in the pattern” dramatically. I definitely support this proposal.

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@David_Lockwood… Max Sez, “Frustrated Controller”; it’s a personality thing, LOL! “Inshal’Allah”