Auckland Arrivals Board

[Bazza]

This is a good site if you like a bit of "tongue in cheek" stuff....

Love the reference to JetStar.

http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/auckland-airp...arrivals-board/

[Ian Warren]

... missed one out , in the middle of air combat , should have him in another 30seconds ... steady .... steady ... come on Jetstar .. ANZ is getting impatience .. shite i'm out .. 'Auckland' this is ANZ .. Jetstar is in a flatspin .... he is going down ................... Ding Dong ... ladies and gentlemen .. please fasten your seatbelts we will be arriving at gate 12 - 24 - 13 -28 -

[Mith18]

I can see the critics coming out of the woodwork now. Especially if somebody accidentally switches the status to crashed.
Also side note, how are they controlled?

[toprob]

QUOTE (Mith18 @ Apr 28 2013,1:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

how are they controlled?

I did read something earlier this month (very earlier) which explains how it works, it's quite interesting, I'll see if I can find the link.
From memory, the emergency services txt through a line of XML code which automatically updates the boards from a 'master' XML file.