VATSIM Oceanic Procedures Tutorial: How to Cross the Pond! [2018]

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A comprehensive and detailed tutorial on how to properly cross the pond on VATSIM! Theory, flight planning, phraseology & FMC stuff all included! 👉 If you appreciated this content, please consider a donation! PayPal link: https://bit.ly/3EA04xP 👇👇MORE INFO & TIMESTAMPS HERE!!👇👇

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👉👉 --- INFO & TIMESTAMPS --- 👈👈

All procedures discussed in this video are based on various sources of documentation regarding oceanic procedures & phraseology. Please note: in the real world there are differences, also between different oceanic regions there are differences. This tutorial was designed to provide you with a comprehensive view on oceanic procedures and a set of knowledge that you can work with! :)

TIMESTAMPS:

👉 - Intro: 0:00
👉 - Why fly long hauls & oceanic flights? 0:53

🎓🎓 --- THEORY & KNOWLEDGE --- 🎓🎓

👉 - How the oceanic airspace works: 1:44
👉 - Structure of North Atlantic Oceanic airspace: 3:04
👉 - How traffic is separated: 4:56
👉 - What are NAT tracks & How they Work: 7:16
👉 - About random routings: 10:21
👉 - How to look up current NAT tracks: 11:46
👉 - What to do if you fly outside NAT track validity period: 12:34

📄📄 --- FLIGHT PLANNING --- 📄📄

👉 - How to read NAT Track Message: 14:43
👉 - Planning westbound flight via NAT track (EHAM to KJFK): 20:23
👉 - Planning eastbound flight via NAT track (KORD to EHAM): 26:37
👉 - Planning flight using Random Route (EHAM to KSEA): 32:57
👉 - About & How to ETOPS: 37:17
👉 - Exporting flight plan: 46:05
👉 - Filing flight plan via vPilot: 46:26

✈️✈️ --- PREFLIGHT --- ✈️✈️

👉 - Correctly setting up FMC: 48:46
👉 - How to enter a coordinate in Boeing FMC: 52:18
👉 - Planning ahead for oceanic clearance & crossing: 54:07
👉 - When to & methods of asking Oceanic Clearance: 55:46

🛫🛫 --- OCEANIC CLEARANCE & FMS --- 🛫🛫

👉- About Oceanic Clearance: 58:46
👉- Which frequency to use for oceanic clearance? 59:49
👉- When to ask oceanic clearance: 1:01:24
👉- How to ask for frequency change for oceanic clearance: 1:02:35
👉- VERY basic oceanic clearance: 1:03:07
👉- More advanced oceanic clearance with TMI, restrictions & SELCAL (recommended to use): 1:09:10
👉- How to enter Required Time of Arrival (RTA) restriction in FMS: 1:14:13
👉- Oceanic clearance for random routing: 1:16:52

🌊🌊 --- ENTERING & FLYING IN OCEANIC AIRSPACE --- 🌊🌊

👉 - Things before you enter: 1:17:42
👉 - When to do position report: 1:19:01
👉 - Handoff to Shanwick from Shannon: 1:20:14
👉 - How to do first position report: 1:20:33
👉 - Another position report example: 1:23:19
👉 - About subsequent position reports & exiting oceanic airspace: 1:26:08

📈📈 --- SOME MORE ENROUTE STUFF --- 📉📉

👉 - Squawking 2000: 1:26:58
👉 - Strategic Lateral Offset Procedures (SLOP) & entering offset in FMC: 1:27:53
👉 - Descending in NAT track: 1:28:56
👉 - Make sure you are flying accurate: 1:29:26
👉 - Revised estimate report example: 1:30:13

👨‍✈️👨‍✈️ --- OUTRO --- 👨‍✈️👨‍✈️

👉 - Some last tips & remarks: 1:32:11
👉 - Outro: 1:35:29

👉👉 --- USEFUL LINKS & DOCUMENTATION --- 👈👈

📈 Routefinder: http://rfinder.asalink.net/free
📈 Flightaware: http://flightaware.com
📈 Real World Flight Plan Database: https://edi-gla.co.uk

📄 VATSIM Transatlantic Radio Operations Sheet: https://vatsim-ctp.s3.amazonaws.com/Transatlantic_Radio_Operations_Checksheet.pdf

📄 VATCAN & VATSIM UK Pilot Briefing: https://community.vatsim.uk/files/downloads/file/130-oceanic-pilot-briefing/?do=download&csrfKey=709939cb43a07f66ea8125b45158c266

📄 TheAirlinePilots various NAT Clearance Procedures document: https://www.theairlinepilots.com/forumarchive/areaprocedures/natops/natclearance.pdf

📄 Theoretical Background Knowledge by Skybrary: https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/North_Atlantic_Operations_-_Airspace

📄 Fun & interesting read on real world North Atlantic crossings:
https://aerosavvy.com/north-atlantic-tracks/

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