The pilot behind the YouTube channel Wolficorn just posted a video giving a behind the scenes look at the SoCal TRACON.
“Follow along as I fly down to San Diego in my Grumman Tiger to get a private tour of the busiest ATC facility in the United States…the SoCal TRACON air traffic control facility,” he explains. “There, an ATC controller discusses multiple topics, including ATC training, the 2020 ADS-B mandate, emergencies, flight following, and much more.”
wow…thanks for mentioning my video here!
One takeaway is how crude and old tech they are still are. Their displays look like old green-screens before graphical screens came out for computing. Their emphasis is still on VORs, airways, text tickers (laying on a desk!) and non-graphical symbols and lines. This explains why I have better sit awareness in my cockpit (G1000, ADS-B in/out, TCAS, moving and terrain mapping) than they have on their old-tech screens.