Vatsim UK - AFISO

This video is intended for new VFR pilots on Vatsim UK. It's a discussion of the AFISO controllers that are sometimes found online.
Thank you Daniel for agreeing to take part.
I'm not a real pilot. I'm not qualified to teach any flying or ATC material. I'm not endorsed by Vatsim. These videos are just a commentary on some of the 200 virtual VFR hours I have with Vatsim UK trying to research and figure out what to say. I use CAP413 and the Skyway Code for guidance to reinforce my experience.

Note, at 5:00, I do not notice the QNH and QFE are given the wrong way round. QFE will always be less than QNH, unless the airfield is below sea level....

Video contents
0:00 Intro
4:35 AFISO - departure
7:10 AFISO - in the circuit
11:45 Flight Information Service
12:40 AFISO - landed

[johnambler]

Another excellent video on Vatsim. I haven’t been on Vatsim for a while, but your videos really helped me when I do. My last Vatsim experience Was a flight from Jersey to Sandown on the Isle of Wight. I thought I had everything ready and all was going well till I got handed off to a radar controller in the Channel Islands and that though me a bit. After leaving his airspace he asked me if I wanted a flight information service and I panicked and said negative, but now I wished I had just asked for a basic service. It’s funny how nervous I get on Vatsim. I think it’s that I just don’t want to make too many mistakes and waste the controllers time. Thanks again.

[stevenbarkess]

Thanks for this vid too, very helpful. The FISO talked soooo fast I couldn’t make out most of the time. Is it ok to ask them to slow down if you struggle rather than keep asking them to say again?

[nploates]

Enjoying your videos, very informative. At 5.15 the QFE is given as 5 hPa higher than QNH whereas it should be 4 hPa lower (109ft). Pressures readings have been reversed. Of course, this is not your mistake!

[martinfitzpatrick]

Another great video! I noticed you make an interesting observation (at 00:01:20) that “there won’t be an ATIS”. I wasn’t aware of a relationship between INFORMATION and ATIS, but it holds true for my local RADIO airfield. Do you know of a reliable resource that shows this sort of difference between the various services