I don’t think IF needs to be too realistic, but there is indeed room for it to become more realistic。Let’s use the ‘expert server’ as an example：
I am an IFATC, and I can clearly experience that when I return home after studying at school for 6 days and open IF, I open an airport on ES. When there are uncommon requests from the plane, or when I am under control at HUB airport, I always encounter a message that takes more than 20 seconds to find… IFATC has undergone training and is required to remain active for 90 days… but this does not prevent them from forgetting anything!
There are many contents that only appear in written exams and are not present in practical exams. When air traffic controllers entering the recruitment stage pass the written test and go through many sessions to individually address the practical exam content they are about to face, they may forget some things in the manual. I don’t think the practical exam has completely made an IFATC qualified. When you are controlling a busy airport and there is no approach assistance, you need to control their speed. I can guarantee that the controllers have not received such training during the recruitment period. Not only ‘speed’, but also ‘make 360’. Of course, for beginners, IF has set restrictions such as “can only control airports with an expected arrival of less than 25 people” and “cannot work at HUB”, but this cannot fully supplement aspects not covered in the recruitment process. I know a guy who didn’t read the ATC manual before going through ES control for the first time…
Forgetting is the most normal thing for people, I have raised this point, but to be honest, I don’t know how to solve it. Of course, I believe that when the ‘effective instructions’ reach 5000, muscle memory will make you firmly remember the operation of IFATC… If I am stuck in 90 day control one time, then forgetting is inevitable. For pilots, I admit that for beginners who have just entered ES, reporting violations is a cruel thing. But IF does not have a transitional space for players who want to enter ES from TS. Those who have experienced TS EGLL know that TS’s ATC is not capable of telling pilots how to communicate correctly with ATC.
It makes sense that IFATC is not allowed in TS control, but for pilots, they lack a place to practice, so I have a solution：
All on the IFATC schedule are ES, and I think we can open the TS IFATC schedule every Saturday, restrict some airports, and allow IFATC to open control in restricted airports. IFATC cannot send violation reports in TS control, only warnings. In this way, for pilots who want to improve, they have a place to practice
It’s very difficult to have IF pilots follow the flight chart, I can’t even understand these drawings… but I can understand IFATC’s instructions, and for IF, flying perfectly in ES is already very good.
Summary: The progress of pilots is the most important, and the progress of controllers is also important, but not as important as pilots. Pilots need a place to practice standardized ATC
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