ATC stupidity?

[FlorianR]

I was flying from philadelphia to washington in the Eadt x737 today, and during landing the ATC told me to descend and maintain 4000 feet. I did, but after i reached exactly 4000 feet the ATC continued to tell me to please descend and hold 4000 feet, even though is I was very close (if not exactly) at 4000 feet. Am i doing something wrong or is the ATC just reminding me of what to do? Thanks in advance!

FlorianR

[CAX698]

When he told you to descend did you read back the instructions?

[YYZatcboy]

is this the in sim ATC or vatsim?

[UH-60 Blackhawk]

Knowing how stupid the default ATC is, probably the sim.  The sim's ATC is pretty much only good for ILS frequencies and vectors directly to airports.  Try Vatsim, X-Flightserver, IVAO, or PilotEdge, those have human ATC, though not on 24/7.

[FlorianR]

yes, this is x-planes default ATC. also, there is no way to read back the message. i'll probably try a sim network soon, this ATC has gotten on my nerves. thanks for the help though

[samen]

It once told me to descend below 2000 ft while the airport elevation was 2048 ft. Artificial Dumbness

[Oliver]

It once told me to descend below 2000 ft while the airport elevation was 2048 ft. Artificial Dumbness

And all that will hopefully be improved in X-Plane X 

[FlorianR]

yes, i heard Austin hired a real-life ATC. lets hope for the best 

[UH-60 Blackhawk]

Exactly, there will be times when there are no ATC on the networks, and that is when it comes in handy.

[samen]

I remember HeliCharly's ATC plugin. It was great although now I think he has dropped it.

[steven winslow]

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[Keith Smith]

Chris Serio is doing the X-Plane 10 ATC implementation. He holds a commercial pilot certificate, but is not an Air Traffic Controller.

The built-in ATC in XP10 appears to hold MUCH promise.  I've heard that it might be missing a few things on the day 1 release, but it can be upgraded as time goes on without a complete rewrite.

Anything that gets ppl interested in learning the right procedures can only be a good thing. I can't wait to see it in action!

[Wendygirljp]

Just a quick thought - when given your particular altitude from anything above FL140 down to 4,000 ft, did you readjust your altimeter from 29.92 to the current altimeter setting?  If not, the ATC simulation will see it as per the local altitude by current altimeter settings, NOT at standard barometric pressure.

Let me know if this helps.