Exactly Nick. As you say yourself a lottery. And please stop creating drama where there isn’t. I wasn’t pointing a finger at anyone. And no, I have never gotten a good result as this system has not been around for long, has it?
Nobody has pointed a finger at anyone here. And nobody here said how many times a lottery should be won. Please don’t be angry. It’s just a forum.
Exactly …
Your post could be understood as critique towards the lottery system. Please understand that people are devoting their free time to organize this event.
If you don’t want drama, don’t provoke it.
Any final slots left?
I don’t think there’s any left
All slots were locked late last night. No changes are possible at this time
Cross the Pond 2024 - Eastbound - Non-Event Traffic
Today we will host more than 1,000 planes across the Atlantic to a range of airfields across Europe and Africa, from departing fields in North and South America. In designing this event, the majority of our ATC capacity is assigned to pre-booked traffic for our event.
Because of this and the huge amount of work that goes into providing service for these planes, we ask you not to fly across the ocean at all. We also ask you not to utilise the event fields during the peak window as there are many other flight options available.
The rest of this post details what you should do if you choose to fly despite this request.
If you plan to fly in or out of departing event fields, you will be metered, most likely delayed via the Flow Control Managers depending on the workload at the event fields and enroute sectors.
If you plan to fly across the pond as non-event traffic (in either direction), your routing will be mandated based on avoiding traffic already booked to cross the pond, and you can expect to be assigned a very low level for the duration and potentially have no ATC for parts of your flight.
If you plan to fly intra-continent during the event, you will be subject to delays if your flight crosses the paths of CTP traffic and you will be delayed on the ground in order to manage the workload for our controllers. This can happen to anyone arriving or departing from an event airport.
Departing offline in order to circumvent departure restrictions on the ground is a violation of the VATSIM Code of Conduct and will be monitored by the supervisor team.
If you plan to cross the Atlantic in the Eastbound Direction:
You can expect a re-route on the ground (if covered by ATC) or in the air if already airborne when you fall under the control of ATC. This will most probably involve a level change compared to your plan, no higher than FL290.
If you plan to cross the Atlantic in the Westbound Direction, we recommend that you fly along one of the following tracks:-
| O | ERAKA 58N015W 58N020W 58N030W 58N040W 55N050W MELDI |
|---|---|
| U | BEDRA 49N020W 49N030W 49N040W 46N050W RELIC |
Any other routing, including the real-world westbound tracks for the day, will be limited to a maximum FL of 280.
We hope this guidance assists with planning your flight and helps you to understand why you may be delayed during your flight.