Tony Williams [MYF]
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ATC again for me... in Iraq
10/28/10 10:43 AM
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The lure of easy money has sent me to Iraq, where I am a controller at Baghdad ACC. We handle the entire country, FL240 and above (all class A).
Everything below is Class G, or E around airways, FL150 and above, 4nm either side. D around airports.
We're supposed to get FL150 and up from the US military this spring, working towards handing everything over to the Iraq government in the next year or three.
This airspace is surprisingly busy, now that all the big airlines in the middle east have figured out that they can fly through here. The big one are Emirates, Qatar, and Etihad, going to Europe and USA.
I'm kind of excited to be working in a center again, after a 12 year gap. Really poor Raytheon equipment, STARs version 1, I think, that nobody wanted.
Fortunately, flying in Africa helped a bit with ICAO phraseology before I came here (123 DECIMAL 4, descend to FL150, QNH 1013, descend when ready, Baghdad CONTROL, etc).
Here's some pictures of the "features" of the job:
Okay, just kidding with this one, but this stuff is in my room:
Baghdad Area Control Center:
North Sector:
Baghdad Tower:
Baghdad Tower, with Area Control in the top floor of the admin building:
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Tailwinds always,
Tony Williams
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