Hi Noctis,
I've been an Air Traffic Controller for 23 years now. I have not had any operational deployments. However I have had the opportunity to go into the "field" on exercise on a number of occasions. Even lived in a couple of tents! I've work both as a VFR and an IFR controller plus...
Timbit,
The CF no longer has controllers in Goose Bay. SERCO has been providing air traffic services there since 1998. I am not sure how the airspace works now, I think it still belongs to DND though. As for the future, I don't think you will ever see military controllers back in Goose Bay...
Well hello neighbour (Goose Bay). Sorry about the tree. Now you should know who I am as well.
Ya, now that I know who you are I would say you've met my standards. And here I thought you were just another AEC wannabe picking on another equally inexperienced wannabe. I guess this shows you...
Aerospaced_out,
And what vast ATC experience do you have that qualifies you to be such an expert on what constitutes complex traffic. Moose Jaw is NOT "indeed very complex". Yes it is extremely busy and therefore very challenging, but the three aircraft types you mention all have very similar...
Kruggle,
Are you serious!?
If you can't figure this out on your own at this stage of your life I suggest you forget about pilot, AEC or any other officer trade for that matter. Maybe joining as an NCM is the way for you to go so you can be led around by the hand and told what to do do and...
I actually got to take the FAC course back in the spring of 03 and I am AEC. The plan was for me to go to the school that summer as a FAC instructor. At that time I think the course was being run out of the Infantry School and there were two AEC officers there. One was the G3 AIR for CTC and...
Excuse me! ATC is the "enlightened side". Well at least Tower Controllers are. Terminal Controllers are just marginally better than Weapons Controllers. There was a time that ATC failures were sent to AWC. Now I think we make them go Nav. ;D
All biases aside, if I was joining today I...
Good post Garry. I'm surprised you can see the screen with all that long hair in your eyes.
Flatspin - Sorry, didn't intend to sound negative, it just kind of came out that way.
When we used to give tours of the tower I used to joke that the Tower Assistant was the Tower Secretary. Now that I think about it, it is probably not far from the truth. if you take out the word Tower or Terminal and replace it with Administrative it would be an accurate description of their...
Flatspin,
No, two months is not a long time to learn/apply ATC principles. That's because as a QL3 AC Op you are not considered a "controller". If you end up in the ATC world you will either be a Tower Assistant or a Terminal Assistant with no control responsibilities. Once you take your QL5...
[Agreed. I'm almost surprised AETE hasn't jumped on this one. It is a dynamic component, but it's not rocket science. Do they even have a Cormorant airframe? Will there be enough Cyclone airframes to second one to AETE?
Actually AETE is all over it and the H-92 as well.
You have to give me some artistic licence here George. I want my kids to grow up not knowing first hand the hardships faced by the people of Afghanistan and other troubled areas of the world. That is the "level of ignorance" I wish for them.
"Ignorance is bliss" was meant as sarcasm as it...
Small minded? Maybe. More like ignorant, but how can they be anything else but ignorant. What hardships have they faced in their young lives? What's the most dangerous thing they have to do, cross the street in Toronto? There is nobody waiting around the corner to blow them up. They...
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