HAZ-MAT
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- Joined
- Oct 29, 2002
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I wish when someone gets hired by a 135 or 121 outfit they have to do 2 hours in a center and 2 hours in a tower. The training would entail sitting there while plugged in and see how one does his or her job.
My wife is a center controller and I was lucky enough to go to work with her one day and plug in with one of her fellow co-workers. I sat there for about 1 hour and saw him at one time controlling about 20 planes in his one sector.
FAA management and controllers do not get along, my wife comes home about twice a week in a foul mood because of some manager got on her or one of her crew members for something thats complete BS. One day she got written up for wearing "boy shoes." They were Sketchers shoes, the tag on the shoes said womens size 9... however they still wrote her up.
I know thats a small example, but how would you like to go on break, get written up for something BS like that, come back from break and control 20 planes at a time. Probably the controller will not sound the friendliest.
(just food for thought)
My wife is a center controller and I was lucky enough to go to work with her one day and plug in with one of her fellow co-workers. I sat there for about 1 hour and saw him at one time controlling about 20 planes in his one sector.
FAA management and controllers do not get along, my wife comes home about twice a week in a foul mood because of some manager got on her or one of her crew members for something thats complete BS. One day she got written up for wearing "boy shoes." They were Sketchers shoes, the tag on the shoes said womens size 9... however they still wrote her up.
I know thats a small example, but how would you like to go on break, get written up for something BS like that, come back from break and control 20 planes at a time. Probably the controller will not sound the friendliest.
(just food for thought)
