AFIS question

[G4G5]

http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews/05paris/top_3_09.htm

A year old

 

[need2fly]

Any luck on finding the phone numbers for Gander and Shanwick?

n2f

 

[nikoz1200]

Here's what I have noted...

Gander ATC (709) 651-5328
Gander Supervisor (709) 651-5203 or 5207 * not for position reports

Shanwick ATC 011 353 61 368 678
Shanwick Short Code 425 002

Santa Maria ATC 011 351 296 886 299
Santa Maria Short Code 426 305

 

[TransMach]

Crap, sorry I forgot about that .. to busy worring about ADSs, MAUs, MCDUs, Combiners and the such. Looks like the guy above me had the answers ...

TransMach

 

[FO4life]

The AFIS I used, 150 miles after coast out we would get a message on the fms stating AFIS not available. We would not get it back till after we were talking to Shanwick on VHF.

 

[G100driver]

The AFIS I used, 150 miles after coast out we would get a message on the fms stating AFIS not available. We would not get it back till after we were talking to Shanwick on VHF.

Turn on the satellite.

 

[AA717driver]

Honeywell had the CPDLC turned on for a few operators of G550 aircraft but it had some bugs ( who'da thought? ). They are working on a fix and should have it done by Cert Zulu...

I'm kinda/sorta working on a training program for my department for when it is activated. I'm guessing that when the bugs are fixed, we will have both CPDLC and ADS-B dumped on us for the users worldwide and we'll have to come up to speed quickly.

BTW, for the airlines, it's WONDERFUL! Just set and forget...well, almost. TC