324 - Air Traffic Control at Heathrow and RIAT

Guest: Adam Spink (twitter.com/adamspink) Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Andy Joiner

In July I visited the NATS (nats.aero) tower at Heathrow Airport (heathrow.com) to interview my guest Adam Spink (twitter.com/adamspink). We chatted about some of the mechanics of air traffic control at Heathrow and the unique ways of optimizing throughput. A few days later we met again on the tower of Fairford during RIAT 2019 (airtattoo.com/airshow) and chatted about the specifics of ATC’ing during an airshow.

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Introduction
00:01:33
Adam Spink (twitter.com/adamspink) (Episode 314 – London Air Ambulance (omegataupodcast.net/314-london-air-ambulance)) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport | ATC (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_controller) | Tower (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Airp…) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxiing | Clearance Delivery (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Flig…) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Appr… | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway | Wake Turbulence (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence) | Wake Categories (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence#Wake_tur…) | Wake Vortex (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence#/media/F…) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocontrol | PA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_address_system) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace | Slot Times (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_slot) | A-CDM (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Collaborative_De…) | Target Startup Approval Times (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMAN) | Tug (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushback#Tractors_and_to…) | Jet Bridge (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_bridge) | TSA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_…) | Maintenance Hangars (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar)

Tools
00:19:56
Electronic Strips (faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/tfdm/efs) | Paper Strip (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_progress_strip) | A-SMGCS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Surface_Movemen…) (Episode 266 – Secondary Surveillance Radar (omegataupodcast.net/266-secondary-surveillance…)) | Ground Radar | Primary Radar (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_radar) | Triangulate (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation) | Symbology | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-around | Radar Separation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_(aeronautics)) | Landing Clearance | Flight Crew (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrew) | Time Based Separation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_based_separation) | Distance Based Separation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_(aeronautics)#Radar_separation) | Nautical Mile (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautical_mile) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_(unit) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headwind_and_tailwind | Approach (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_approach_(aeronaut…)) | SESAR (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_European_Sky_ATM_…) | CAA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority…)) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATS_Holdings | Tower Controller (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Airp…) | Radar Controller | Cloud Base (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_base) | ICAO (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Avia…) | Visibility Condition (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_syste…) | ATC Low Visibility Procedures | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmissometer | Follow The Greens | Lighting Operator | Ground Movement Control (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Grou…) | Preventative Maintenance (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance_(technical)#Preventive_maintenance) | Departures Runway Controller | Arrivals Runway | Swanwick (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Area_Control_Centre) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday | Airport Fire Service Emergency (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_rescue_and_firef…) | Rendezvous Point | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic | ETA (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_time_of_arrival) (APG - Airline Pilot Guy Podcast) | Part 1 (airlinepilotguy.com/adam-spink-and-speedbird-3…) | Part 2 (airlinepilotguy.com/adam-spink-and-speedbird-3…) | RAF Northolt (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Northolt) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_cloud | Missed Approach (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missed_approach) | Wind Shear (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear)

Operations
01:04:53
Tower and Ground Frequencies (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airband) | Area Control (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Area_Control_Centre) | En Route Control (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#En_r…) | Terminal Control (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Terminal_Control_…) | Vectoring (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_vectoring) | Onto Base (Base Leg) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfield_traffic_pattern…) | Final Approach (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_approach_(aeronaut…)) | Approach Charts (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approach_plate) | Holding Stacks (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_(aeronautics)) | Touchdown (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing) | Continuous Descent (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_descent_appro…) | Air Brakes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_brake_(aeronautics)) | Westerly Preference

Develop Procedures
01:19:52
Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1 (publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?cat…) | Bow-Tie Safety Analysis (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_theory_in_risk_a…) | TCAS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision_avoida…) | Red Team (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_team) | RECAT (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_turbulence#Wake_Tur…) | Pairwise Separation (nats.aero/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Full_eTBS…) | Airport Collaborative Decision Making (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Collaborative_De…) (Best Planned - Best Served) | Approach Funnel | Apron (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_apron) | NLR (nlr.org) | Microwave Landing System (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_landing_system) | GPS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System) | RNAV (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_navigation) | Black Box (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_recorder) | MH370 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight…) | GBAS (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNSS_augmentation#Ground…)

Equipment Development
01:47:54
Augmented Reality (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality) | VOR Beacon (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range)

Air Show
01:58:59
Royal International Air Tattoo (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_International_Air_…) | RAF Fairford (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fairford) | Hunter Crash (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_cr…) | AIP Supplement (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical_Information…) | Arrival Procedure Charts (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approach_plate) | Standard Instrument Departure (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_instrument_depa…) (Episode 318 – (The USAF Thunderbirds) (omegataupodcast.net/318-my-flight-with-the-usa…)) | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet | Director Krennic …