By far our most popular of all the weekly events, on any given Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC.
By far our most popular of all the weekly events, on any given Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC.
**Pilot Briefing**
We recommend new and experienced pilots alike watch the Milk Run Monday [Pilot Briefing Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNOThIn8Vc8&t=2s&pp=ygUPbWlsayBydW4gbW9uZGF50gcJCS8MAYcqIYzv) before the flying in the weekly event to prepare yourself for the frenetic four hours.
The video includes explanations of:
* Connecting, flight planning, pre-flight, and receiving an airways clearance via voice/PDC
* Compliance with Towbar Disconnect Point (TDP) assignments at Melbourne (YMML) during push back
* En-route sequencing expectations and examples
* ODALE re-routes inbound Sydney (YSSY)
* Compliance with specific STAR procedures
* Independent Visual Approaches at Sydney (YSSY)
* Executing go-arounds
Event statistics
Departures
149
Arrivals
128
Movements
277
Unique flights
196
Unique pilots
173
A flight participates when a detected departure or arrival is recorded at one of the event airports inside the inclusive event window shown above. Detected movements use stable takeoff and landing transitions and are assigned only to a nearby airport. Headline departure and arrival figures count movements, while flights and pilots are counted uniquely. A flight that departs near the end of the window and lands afterwards counts as a departure only, because its arrival happened outside the window.