Most controllers still do. I haven't seen any flat-panel displays yet in any of the ARTCCs, TRACONs, or Towers I've visited. Admittedly, it's been a couple of years, so, they might have changed, but, I tend to doubt they've changed all those displays that quickly.
Owen On Jan 4, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Menerick, John wrote: > Every joke has a bit of truth. For instance, until recently (last 10 > years?), O'hare's traffic controllers relied upon vacuum tube technology to > perform their job. > > ________________________________________ > From: Christopher Morrow [morrowc.li...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 7:49 PM > To: Ryan Finnesey > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: FAA - ASDI servers > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Ryan Finnesey > <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote: >> Very true but why the reference to vacuum tubes? > > sadly it was an FAA computer system joke. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: christopher.mor...@gmail.com [mailto:christopher.mor...@gmail.com] On >> Behalf Of Christopher Morrow >> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:32 PM >> To: Ryan Finnesey >> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: FAA - ASDI servers >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Ryan Finnesey >> <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote: >>> Is anyone on the list from the FAA? I am trying to find out if we can >>> connect to the ASDI servers via IPv6. >> >> vacuum tubes don't do ipv6. >> > > NOTICE: This email and any attachments may contain confidential and > proprietary information of NetSuite Inc. and is for the sole use of the > intended recipient for the stated purpose. Any improper use or distribution > is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the > sender; do not review, copy or distribute; and promptly delete or destroy all > transmitted information. Please note that all communications and information > transmitted through this email system may be monitored by NetSuite or its > agents and that all incoming email is automatically scanned by a third party > spam and filtering service.
