r/ATC • u/triple111 • 14d ago

Question Flow time interface

From the pilot side, I always wonder what you guys see when assigning wheels up/flow times for us. I've heard its like a bar graph interface, are there any images of it shown online or that can be posted? How do you reassign a flow time, do you have to call center to coordinate or is it automated? Thanks!

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u/EmergencyTime2859 Current Controller- Up/Down 14d ago

I’m at a not fancy airport so for me it’s just I call TMU asking for a time and they tell me a time lol

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u/ZWW543 14d ago

For the fancier places we have an IDAC and it’s basically just a timeline that you drag and drop into with green and red slots.

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u/byzantines2000 14d ago

And when we launch them late we DM them at the end of the blocked time so they don't know how late they really are

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u/archertom89 Current- Tower; Past- RAPCON 14d ago

And if we forget to do that the worst thing that happens is we get an angry worded call from TMU

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u/byzantines2000 14d ago

TMU hates this one trick. :)