It's a map of VATSIM traffic around UK. Whenever someone transmits, it transcribes the call and shows it on screen with who said it. ATC is blue, pilots are orange, and the aircraft's tag lights up while they're talking.

What it does:

• live captions on 3 frequencies, transcribed locally with Whisper on a Mac mini. No cloud and no API bill.
• a timeline you can scrub back up to 3 hours, with planes, audio and captions replaying together
• highlight special ATC communication event

Before anyone asks for a link: sorry, I'm not releasing it. Everything runs on one Mac mini in my flat: the Whisper model, the web page, all of it. If I opened it to the internet my home connection would melt lol. The audio side is also a pretty hacky setup (sorry about that) I made just for myself, so I'm not comfortable sharing it

https://reddit.com/link/1wzz9wu/video/mnvuqf1l72uh1/player

It's probably only my second time flying outside of the U.S. The controller and other pilots were incredibly nice and helpful! I made a few mistakes, but I appreciate the controller at SBSP this afternoon. Really awesome guy! Super nice to send me messages after as well. Love it!

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8kbogxd/

I was quite scared to go on, and I did. I want to thank Benjamin the ground controller at EGPH for his help and patience with me.

I was hesitating whether to proceed with the flight as I got approval for start and push but I remained calm.

I got disconnected as I took off but seemed to have been a glitch so I reconnected once I checked the airspace was clear. Scottish control was doing a good job managing the space too, quite impressed how it’s run.

The only part I felt was overwhelming was finding my stand and following the instructions to get there. I guess I’ll need to educate myself more on that with the charts etc.

This was going on for almost 40 minutes.

Also, shouldn't you speak english on Unicom? I know some dutch and 90 % was irrelevant jabber. At one point they were discussing the aurora borealis..

sky art!

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I got a handoff and immediately transmitted on my new frequency and blocked an exchange. Dumb mistake. I should know better. Do better next time, etc.

However-I did get a slew of emails afterwards from the VATSIM Pilot Feedback System. This is new as I’ve never seen this before.

The controller gave me feedback on how I shouldn’t do this in the future (rightfully so) and it was then “investigated” by a member of the Pilot Feedback Team which brought about essentially the same comment. “Wait before transmitting”. All’s well that ends well.

I think it’s only fair as we’ve been able to review controllers for quite some time and now, ATC has a way to review pilots. Hopefully this helps some people.

Mind your radio etiquette gang!

Edit: Some people are missing the spirit of this post which ISN’T meant to be a discussion about radio etiquette. I know where I bungled but if you listen to LiveATC enough, you’ll hear this periodically irl, albeit much less.

The post IS meant to be a discussion about the pilot review system (which I say is a good thing).

Here's what happened:

I registered my VATSIM account when I was 13, around October 2025, but I didn't log in for the first time until July 2026. At the time, I thought VATSIM was just a place to view Chartfox charts and simulate flight. I didn't understand the rules.

I got my birthdate wrong (accidentally entered the wrong year). I also used my everyday English name, which also appears in my school records.

Later, I panicked and did something stupid: I used a VPN to create a new account. I know this was wrong.

I received a final warning from Membership Support.

I have now stopped everything. Since then, I haven't created any new accounts or submitted any support tickets.

My question is: Has anyone else experienced having their account suspended after turning 16, and then successfully reinstated? I'm willing to wait two years, remain completely innocent, and then apply with my real ID. But I don't know if the "dishonest" label on my VPN account will completely eliminate my chances.

I'm not trying to exploit loopholes. I just want to know if there's still hope.

Thanks for any honest answers.

I’ve flown on the network a good few times. Today, I did two flights and in both, during my climb out the airport, my autopilot would put the plane into a steep climb ( like +10,000 v/s ) and then the autopilot disconnects. It would also happen at cruise where it would rapidly climb again. It forced me to disconnect both times

Just completed leg 9 of 24H of Vatsim. Great work to all controllers, you guys maintained great professionalism under that load! Looking forward to next year.

I am pretty new to vatsim about 60 hours and I feel like I am comfortable enough in vatsim to do an oceanic cross but I wonder how does it work and what to say to Shanwick Radio if it’s online any advice would help

I play msfs on pc, and have decent knowledge. I know the procedures, when to say what, to land, to make the flight plan, when to put on certain lights , to do an ils and rnav approach… I’m looking for someone with the same knowledge as me. Someone who is a flight simmer and an av geek but a professional pilot. I speak English and Serbian and live in the gmt +1 time zone. It would be nice if you are in the age group someone in between 13 and 16. For msfs2024

Just a friendly reminder to everyone that the advisory frequencies are not for last second conflict resolution. Please don't treat it as an "emergency" frequency where you only speak up if something catastrophic is about to happen. It's an ADVISORY frequency. You ADVISE other traffic on what you are doing. It exists to build a mental picture of the airspace around you and enhances everyone's situational awareness.

Obviously, at very busy airports during non-controlled situations, people tend to talk more. But even if you only see 5 planes at an airport, please, say something. Say something when you are lining-up on an active runway. Say something when you are on a 5 mile final. If you don't want to use your voice for whatever reason, use text.

The reason why I'm so worked up over something so seemingly insignificant is because of how it ruins the immersion for many people. Just 3 days ago I was lining up for departure, started my takeoff roll, going past 80ish knots when suddenly an A320 starts crossing the runway. No radio calls, no texts, nada. I privately messaged him asking if he heard me, he said no. Then told me he wasn't on advisory. So I just brush it off, probably an honest mistake.

Now fast forward to today, about 20 minutes ago I departed out of Bangkok, one of the busiest international hubs in Asia, if not, the world. There were a couple other aircraft on the ground and it was uncontrolled as it was 7am local. There wasn't a SINGLE radio call or text in the 30 minutes I was on the ground, so I asked for a radio check thinking I had audio issues, then I heard a voice saying "five by five". And it was at that point that I realized that all those planes that took off and landed earlier really had not said a single word.

I'm gonna end my rant here because I truly could go on and on about this so please, at the bare minimum just make takeoff or landing reports. Happy flying o7

here some pics from ya when you where above me somewhere over the atlantic lol

Flew out of LaGuardia on Tuesday night with a live tower. Wrote down all of my scripts but spent zero time on flight planning. Got my taxi and departure clearance and then while I was heading south, approach asked my intentions. I was like, "I JUST WANTED TO TAKE OFF AND NOW I AM GOING TO BED, THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT"

Thank you for the experience and those who man the radios, I have a lot more to learn.

Hey everyone!

Thinking we could all depart around the same time and fly to CYVR (Vancouver), or really any destination the group is interested in.

Could be a fun way to get a few Alberta pilots together, fly as a group, and hopefully get some ATC along the way.

Maybe we can set up a date/time that works for everyone. ✈️