Another year has ended and VATSIM (the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network) is pleased to announce the Golden Mic' awards to those virtual ATC facilities who have maintained the highest staffing levels in 2007.
En-route (CTR) award
1st: KZLA Los Angeles (2950 hours)
2nd: EGTT London
3rd: KZAU Chicago
Approach award:
1st: SBSP: Sao Paolo - Congonhas (2469 hours)
2nd: EGBB Birmingham
3rd: EIDW Dublin
Tower award:
1st: KLAX Los Angeles (2030 hours)
2nd: EGBB Birmingham
3rd: KATL Atlanta
Also in the top 10 are facilities ranging from Warsaw to Bogota, and Tampere to Hong Kong. And these are just some of VATSIM's dedicated ATC teams, who have spent countless hours training new controllers and improving the service VATSIM pilots receive.
To learn more about online flight simulation and ATC on VATSIM, visit our web site: www.vatsim.net