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July 11th 03, 05:46 AM
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jacjohn wrote:
Ok... With all the talk of "non-federal" towers, I got to thinking. What exactly does that mean to us pilots? IME, it's kind of transparent to the users. It means the controllers are not federal employees but private, employed by whoever operates the airport (local municipality?). So far, haven't really noticed any difference except the controllers tend to be friendlier and if they do make a sequencing or other error, less inclined to publically chew the pilot's butt for their own mistake. Maybe there are some differences in skill or training I don't see, haven't met them yet though. Cheers, Sydney 
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July 11th 03, 08:17 AM
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"Sydney Hoeltzli" wrote in message ... jacjohn wrote: Ok... With all the talk of "non-federal" towers, I got to thinking. What exactly does that mean to us pilots? IME, it's kind of transparent to the users. It means the controllers are not federal employees but private, employed by whoever operates the airport (local municipality?). So far, haven't really noticed any difference except the controllers tend to be friendlier and if they do make a sequencing or other error, less inclined to publically chew the pilot's butt for their own mistake. Consider it the difference between the USPS and FedEx.
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July 11th 03, 01:46 PM
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Sydney Hoeltzli wrote in message ...
jacjohn wrote: Ok... With all the talk of "non-federal" towers, I got to thinking. What exactly does that mean to us pilots? Maybe there are some differences in skill or training I don't see, haven't met them yet though. I recently took a tour of the soon to be opened tower at Denton, which will be non-federal. They're mostly hiring recently-retired federal controllers who don't want to work odd hours in the middle of the night, etc. any more. They'll have plenty of skill and training and will be working in a low-intensity atmosphere. I don't anticipate any particular problems, other than those generally brought about by continued population expansion. At least they're improving the airport rather than building McMansions on the runways.
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July 11th 03, 06:08 PM
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