sitting at gate

#1

Is there anything that will happen to you if you are on expert server at an airport with IFATC and you are just sitting at the gate?

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#2

You’ll be ghosted if you move with out their permission

#3

but lets say you are just sitting there for 30 mins and you do nothing?

#4

If you just sit there then there’s no issue I would imagine, thought I wouldn’t do it.

#5

ok thank you

#6

I’ve seen a few previous posts on this and consensus was that if you’re sat at a gate it’s cool. As long as you’re tuned into ATC they’ll just assume you’re still boarding/not yet ready to fly.

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#7

thank you very much :)

#8

If it had not been that I’m grade 4 I would have tried to just leave my plane at a gate a whole day while I’m at school, but I don’t really want to lose my grade

#9

Here you go

#10

To go off of what they are saying. I’m an IFATC Officer and can confirm that under no circumstances will u be ghosted for standing still at a gate… i’ve been at gates for hours for me leaving to go run an errand etc. No need to worry :)

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#11

Thanks I was worried that you would

#12

I thought better to keep frequency off or listen to ATIS. Because it’s one less flight strip on controller deck. If I am grey on taxi area I don’t think tower would assume I am overhead. In real life I think they still connected to ramp untill ready to request pushback.

#13

Wouldn’t they just give you on guard warning repeatedly? ⚠️

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#14

no… Unless it’s a TS1 controller who is impatient: but even still they can’t ghost so don’t worry

#15

Oh good to know

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#16

Not in expert server.

#17

Thanks everyone a moderator can close :)

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