NATCA Going Down in Flames

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
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You've yet to show me an uncontrolled field that is convenient for me.

Are you one of those people who actually live close to where they work?

Ok, this was bugging me all day. I actually bought far away from work -
I hate living near work, and actually never have. Then I got a new job
which just happened to be with a prestigious company and I couldn't turn
them down. Only problem was, it was only five miles up the road.
Sucks, but what are you going to do?

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
m...
"Emily" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:
Well, someone has yet to give me a way that I can fly IN MY LOCAL AREA
without talking to ATC.
Sounds like a case of "if it's not in my back yard, it's not a problem".
It reminds me of the DC ADIZ.

Jose
I'm not saying anything's not a problem. If you can fly without talking
to ATC, more power to you. I can't.
What, the airplane will fall out of the air if you aren't talking to
someone?


Remember Emily thinks it is unprofessional to not file a flight plan for all
flights.


Uh, that was someone else.

"John T" wrote in message
m...
Personally, I'm more concerned with a controller's diction than his
physical
appearance, but I also don't see the big deal about Dockers and golf
shirts.

Luckily, they haven't decided to outsource ATC to India or some other such
place that *technically* speaks English... The worst that happens at present
is that if you're in the NY area, you have to be able to understand NYers...
But then again, that's just one of the expected evils that one must endure
if one travels up there...

Jeans, t-shirts, and sneakers seem acceptable to me... If the room in which
they are working is too warm, either fix the air-conditioning or don't
complain when they wear shorts...

One might argue that it is possible to still look professional in shorts in
that even the Navy has a tropical white uniform that is authorized for
certain commands that consists of short pants... Of course, they required
socks that nearly go up to the knee, so one could definitely argue whether
those were any more comfortable than normal pants with lower socks...

"Emily" wrote in message
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Plano? Please. I'm single with no kids. You really think I'd live in
Plano or Frisco or such? No way.

Nawh, I'm just razzing you for living so close to work and being able to
avoid the fulfillment that spending hours in traffic on the LBJ provides to
so many of the Dallas area inhabitants... evil-grin

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
nk.net...
The FAA has addressed the projected controller shortage with a reduced pay
scale for new hires.

Thus they can afford to hire more of them... Uhhh... Wait a minute...
Something doesn't quite sound right about that... grin

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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Way better than an E-type. I know a guy who had three E-types so he'd
have a better than even chance of keeping one of them on the road.

You didn't *own* the car, you just had visitation rights on the weekend...

"Emily" wrote in message
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Ok, this was bugging me all day. I actually bought far away from work -
I hate living near work, and actually never have. Then I got a new job
which just happened to be with a prestigious company and I couldn't turn
them down. Only problem was, it was only five miles up the road.
Sucks, but what are you going to do?

Obviously, you need to move to Corsicana...

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
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Ok, this was bugging me all day. I actually bought far away from work -
I hate living near work, and actually never have. Then I got a new job
which just happened to be with a prestigious company and I couldn't turn
them down. Only problem was, it was only five miles up the road.
Sucks, but what are you going to do?

Obviously, you need to move to Corsicana...


Hey, at least they have good fruitcake!

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:47:51 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:35:17 GMT, randall g
wrote in :

How would you feel about an annual charge for all the ATC you can eat?
Here in Canada it is $71 per year (us$64) for aircraft 2000 kg.

It is my understanding, that such aircraft are not charged for ATC
services by Eurocontrol. How do you feel about that?

They pay a lot more tax on avgas. All things considered, I'd still
rather live in Canada.


I don't have a problem with that.

Is NavCanada turning a profit yet? How much do you think do you think
it will cost you for ATC services to make NavCanada profitable?

Does the FAA turn a profit? I don't follow NavCanada's finances. I'm
confident they will continue to get the vast majority of their income
from the airlines, or gov't subsidies. Even in a relatively busy
airspace such as around Vancouver, there isn't nearly as much GA as in
many parts of the US.




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Lots of aerial photographs of British Columbia at:
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Vancouver's famous Kat Kam: http://www.katkam.ca

Emily wrote:
Grumman-581 wrote:

"Emily" wrote in message
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Ok, this was bugging me all day. I actually bought far away from work -
I hate living near work, and actually never have. Then I got a new job
which just happened to be with a prestigious company and I couldn't turn
them down. Only problem was, it was only five miles up the road.
Sucks, but what are you going to do?


Obviously, you need to move to Corsicana...


Hey, at least they have good fruitcake!

good fruitcake is an oxymoron.

Matt