Training Server ATC

ATC
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You are missing the point. The point is that this is the training server where ATC is learning so expect mistakes to be made.

We made a comment that red does not always mean closed. That may not have applied in this situation. It was stated for educational purposes only.

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You are correct, my bad.

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I’d also like to point out in the event of a crosswind, one side will always be yellow and one will always be red. In my experience they can often be backwards from the direction the wind actually favours. Likelihood is the controller was reading the METAR instead of going off of colours. Next time I’d recommend taking a look at the METAR (and learning how to read one if you don’t know how) to get the best idea of which runway is actually favourable. The colours help most of the time but they’re not foolproof. If winds are low (less than 10kts) then direction doesn’t make a huge difference for most airliners anyway, so in that situation the controller may just use the direction that fits traffic flow the best.

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Thanks for the recommendation! I saw the winds at 15kts which is what concerned me (I got pushed around quite a bit).

PS: do you know why it pushes you downwind during a crosswind on takeoff (I notice that happening a lot to me).

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Were you told to taxi to 31L, 31R or 04L?

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What do you mean by “pushing you downwind”?

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13L, and it was before pushback.

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I also requested 04L (I was at Terminal 5 if that helps)

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If the wind indicator is pointed right, I veer left.

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The wind is hittig your tail, and causes your nose to go the other way.

#science

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That’s because the wind is pushing you. Use your rudder to counter the wind :)

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I have noticed huge improvements since the grade change on ts1 it’s heading in the right direction đŸ‘đŸ»

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Oh that was an obvious one
 I’ll go crawl in my corner.

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What did Tower do after he told you to contact Tower (most likely monkey fingers).

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We all know the ATC on ts1 aren’t the most coordinated, but either they are trolls or just trying to practice.

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Absolutely nothing lol.

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So Ground told you to taxi to runway 13L, cross a runway then Tower sent you an on guard on the taxiway (I assume when you were about to enter 13L with people landing and taking off on 31R).

Why did you contact Tower if you knew you weren’t supposed to?

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I didn’t until I reached the hold short line.

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Right, so we established Tower is not a troll. Getting kind of sick of this cliche “All TS1 controllers are trolls and don’t know what they are doing” comment.

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Haha, yes. Good intentions I think.

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