Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:53 pm
#1841291
Had to fly there twice for training & test few weeks ago, hats off to Jersey ATC for 3 things:
- The only choice I had to fly an ILS during a renewal test as every airport in west of France had it's ILS U/S or no ATC: Rennes, Brest, Quimper, Lorient...
- To allow the visit for training & exam, in both occasions we did not even touch the ground
- After go-around, EGJJ ATC gave 180 heading and direct LERAK, felt like a bonus and relief in bumpy clouds when the examiner decided to fiddle with the throttles, there was some confusion inside my head if we are going standard departure back to France (as cleared before approach) or going missed approach to overhead (probably freestyle with no ADF), but timely ATC instructions cleared the mess and no one else noticed
- The only choice I had to fly an ILS during a renewal test as every airport in west of France had it's ILS U/S or no ATC: Rennes, Brest, Quimper, Lorient...
- To allow the visit for training & exam, in both occasions we did not even touch the ground
- After go-around, EGJJ ATC gave 180 heading and direct LERAK, felt like a bonus and relief in bumpy clouds when the examiner decided to fiddle with the throttles, there was some confusion inside my head if we are going standard departure back to France (as cleared before approach) or going missed approach to overhead (probably freestyle with no ADF), but timely ATC instructions cleared the mess and no one else noticed