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Tuesday March 9th
Charan Kumar Passes SFO TWR PV!
Congratz to Charan Kumar for passing his SFO TWR PV exam. Thanks to the training staff for their hard work with Charan.

Sunday February 28th
VATUSA Friday Night Ops - West Coast!

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Tuesday February 23rd
ZOA's Newest Mentor
Congratulations to James Jones on being selected as ZOA’s newest mentor! Congrats James and have fun!

Saturday February 13th
GND Cheat Sheets

with the addition of RNO I finished the fourth and for now last GND Cheat Sheet. Online and downloadable versions are available via the links below.

SFO GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: SFO GND Cheat Sheet

OAK GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: OAK GND Cheat Sheet

SJC GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: SJC GND Cheat Sheet

RNO GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: RNO GND Cheat Sheet

all Cheat Sheets are available for download on the Training Download Site here

Friday February 12th
ZOA's New VA Liaison
I'm happy to announce that ZOA has selected Michael Mund-Hoym as our new VA Liaison. I look forward to seeing the relationships Michael helps us build with the VAs that frequent our airspace. Congratz Michael!

Saturday February 6th
Bob Miller passes SFO DEL/GND PV!
Congratulations to Bob Miller on passing his DEL/GND PV! Thanks to the instructors and mentors helping out.

Sunday January 24th
ZOA Now Hiring Events Coordinator
ZOA is now hiring for the positions of Events Coordinator. Full details on the positions and how to apply can be found HERE.

Thursday October 15th
SFO Active Runway Selection
there seems to be some confusion as of how to select the correct Ops at SFO. I made a Ops Flow Chart for SFO, please feel free to use the tool at your own discretion to select the correct OPS at SFO.

SFO Ops Flow Chart

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ZOA Facilities Engineer

Friday October 2nd
ZOA Now Hiring Webmaster
ZOA is now accepting applications for the position of Webmaster. For a full job description and application information read here:

Position And Application Information

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Instructions For New Controllers
by ZOA Training Staff
An overview of the steps required to get up and running as a ZOA controller. This applies to new students, academy graduates as well as ARTCC transfer controllers. Be sure to read this article before posting a training request or contact a mentor or instructor.

Reno Departure Clearances - Vectors or VFR?
by Marc Sykes (Visiting Controller, Toronto FIR)
An interesting discussion about Reno departure terrain considerations, including Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), IFR clearances with VFR climbout and more.

How To Fly The PORTE3 Departure Without Turning Right
by Inigo Markle-Allen

Updated December 2007

One of the most widely used departures in the Oakland ARTCC is the PORTE 3 departure from San Francisco Int’l (KSFO). This is mainly because it’s the departure you’ll get when flying SFO-LAX, which is one of the most popular routes on VATSIM. However, too often pilots either don’t know the procedure and go directly to their first fix, or load it up from a preset DP in their pay ware aircraft’s FMC, which often ends up being incorrectly programmed. Whatever the reason, it often leads to pilots turning right instead of left after departure, and having near head-on collisions with landing airplanes. In this article, you will learn how to fly the PORTE 3 departure correctly, without turning right.

ZOA Pilots Online
Callsign	DEP	ARR
AAL408	KSFO	KMIA
AWE1008	KLAX	KSFO
JBU94	KOAK	KJFK
PSA214	KSJC	KMFR
SWA2	KOAK	KSAN
TOM47T	KSFO	KLAX
UAL1877	KRNO	KLAX
Last Updated: 15:40:03z

Name	Total Time
Biderman, Paul	9:36 hours
Zarmer, Craig	9:18 hours
Kumar, Charan	9:06 hours
Barlow, Chuck	7:52 hours
Reed, Nicholas	5:59 hours
Complete Stats Here

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