Oakland ARTCC on VATSIM

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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.

Friday January 29th
ZOA claims Free Agent OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet

ZOA secures services of OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet!

After months of negotiations, ZOA is proud to announce the signing of highly sought after free agent OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet. ZOA was not the front runner in the pursuit of securing his services, but at the end ZOA was able to convince OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet to choose them over other ARTCC's such as ZLA, ZSE or ZAK.

While both sides agreed to not disclose any terms of the deal, a multi- year contract is more than likely. With that move, OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet joins a high caliber roster at his position that includes established players SJC_GND_Cheat_Sheet and SFO_GND_Cheat_Sheet. OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet will most likely share time in training camp with both, but adding OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet to their backfield, will make ZOA to one of the front runners for the upcoming season.

OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet was not available for an immediate phone call, but his agent released the following statement: "It will be a tough competition, but I am looking forward to compete with the other guys on the team and I am confident that I can find my place in the starting rotation. ZOA certainly wasn't my first choice in the beginning, but as the talks carried on, it became clear to me that ZOA is the place for me to go. The final decision came after I heard of the announcement that Adam Hulse was appointed the new coordinator. While I haven't worked with couch Hulse before, it will be interesting to see, how he will try to implement my strengths into getting ZOA back to the top. Though training camp hasn't started yet, I am already looking for a permanent place to stay so I can start my workout and be ready when I am needed to be."

ZOA has added a detailed player profile to their roster. You can view it here or download a desktop version at this location.

OAK GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: OAK GND Cheat Sheet

download: OAK_GND_Cheat_Sheet

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ZOA Facilites Engineer

Thursday January 28th
Chris Virgilio passes NCT combined PV!
Congratulations to Chris Virgilio on passing his NCT combined PV under the supervision of David Carman. We look forward to seeing Chris train on Oakland Center and also hear him on LiveATC once done with ATC training in Oklahoma City!

Sunday January 24th
ZOA Now Hiring 2 Positions
ZOA is now hiring for the positions of Events Coordinator & VA Liaison. Full details on the positions and how to apply can be found HERE.

Sunday January 24th
Charan Kumar takes SFO TWR PV Exam this Saturday
Charan Kumar will be taking his PV Exam for SFO TWR this Saturday Jan 30 during the Saturday Scramble event, scheduled for 1500-1900 PST. Any willing pilots are encouraged to come out and give Charan some traffic, and maybe even a couple of VFR operations!

Saturday January 23rd
SJC GND Cheat Sheet

ZOA would like to welcome it's newest member - SJC_GND Cheat Sheet

He told me that he is very excited to be here and he is looking forward to be working with all of you in the near future. Since he is new to ZOA he would like to ask all of you to bear with him for a bit till he gets acquainted to his new home and if there is anything you can see that he is doing wrong or that is incorrect, please let the Facilities Engineer know and we will set him straight. So without further a due, have fun with our newest member and make good use of him.

I put an online version (there might be slight loading times!) and a zip file to download to your local machine. Which one to use it at your discretion, both have the exact same functionality.

Look forward for the OAK GND Cheat Sheet to be joining us shortly as well, I already received the paper work, getting him approved will be merely a matter of time.

Enjoy!

SJC GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: SJC GND Cheat Sheet

download: SJC_GND_Cheat_Sheet

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ZOA Facilites Engineer

Saturday January 23rd
Steffen Franz passes NCT combined PV!
Congratulations to Steffen Franz on passing his NCT combined PV under the supervision of David Carman. Thanks also to the training staff who helped him along the way. We look forward to seeing Steffen on Oakland Center soon!

Wednesday January 13th
James Jones passes DEL/GND PV!
Congratulations to James Jones on passing his DEL/GND PV! The certification was well diserved. Thanks to all the instructors and mentors helping him out, those being PB, CI, OD, FR and MM.

Tuesday November 10th
SFO GND Cheat Sheet
I received a few request for a tool that would help new or current controllers to learn, understand and fine tune the various Ops and Departures at SFO. Well, long last, here it is.

I tried to put as much information as possible while keeping it as simple as I can. I hope this will help all of you guys to get better. There will be no more excuse for a incorrect issued fpl from now on ;)

I put an online version (there might be slight loading times!) and a zip file to download to your local machine. Which one to use it at your discretion, both have the exact same functionality.

I tried to test everything before I published it but if there is a bug in there, please feel free to contact me and I will fix it.

I intend to expand this tool to most if not all of our Charlie airports, but it is somewhat time consuming to make this, so bear with me for now. It is still encouraged to control the Charlies nevertheless!

Hope you guys make good use of this.

SFO GND Cheat Sheet
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online version: SFO GND Cheat Sheet

download: SFO GND Cheat Sheet

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ZOA Facilites Engineer

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

Featured Articles

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
ANZ7	KSFO	NZAA
CG05	KSPS	KMCC
CYB2575	KSFO	PHNL
JBU278	KSFO	KFLL
Last Updated: 10:07:03z

Name	Total Time
Mund-Hoym, Michael	6:38 hours
Reed, Nicholas	5:12 hours
Sabino, Tony	3:57 hours
Oordt, Daniel	3:56 hours
Kumar, Charan	3:40 hours
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