SIDs SC

Standard Instrument Departure Procedure (SID) SIDs can help condense your flight plan in a nice neat package, reduce ATC workload, and make receiving your clearance from ATC much easier.  However, if you ever decide you don’t want to use a SID, and don’t want ATC to file you using one, just place “NO SIDS” in… Continue reading SIDs SC

SIDs

Standard Instrument Departure Procedure (SID) SIDs can help condense your flight plan in a nice neat package, reduce ATC workload, and make receiving your clearance from ATC much easier.  However, if you ever decide you don’t want to use a SID, and don’t want ATC to file you using one, just place “NO SIDS” in… Continue reading SIDs

Departure Procedures

Departure Procedures (DPs) In this TOPIC, we’ll cover Instrument Departure Procedures, and how not to be that guy in the picture above! The Procedures we will talk about are: Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODPs) Diverse Vector Areas (DVAs) Visual Climb Over Airport (VCOA) As you can see, we love acronyms in instrument… Continue reading Departure Procedures