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Outstanding, seems like a high pressure job!! Good Luck, I hope you enjoy it as you will be helping lots of folks!!
 
Cool job that is not for everyone. My father in law is a supervisor at DFW, so let me know if you get assigned down there. Good luck!
 
Howzat said:
Cool job that is not for everyone. My father in law is a supervisor at DFW, so let me know if you get assigned down there. Good luck!
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Will do!
 
Congrats! My buddy started his job up in Washington after going through all this stuff and school for the last little bit
 
dwchockey13 said:
haha, multi tasking at it's finest... but yeah we are no longer allowed phones in the tower... or kids on microphones... I'm sure you've all heard the story of the kid clearing a plane to land... properly I might add to
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Stupid rules ruining all the fun. Congrats again and I hope you enjoy the new job. Are you allowed to use your THP handle just in case Rusty Casino or one of the other pilots flies into your airport they can give you a shout? How awesome would that be?
 
bogeyme said:
Stupid rules ruining all the fun. Congrats again and I hope you enjoy the new job. Are you allowed to use your THP handle just in case Rusty Casino or one of the other pilots flies into your airport they can give you a shout? How awesome would that be?
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Haha it would be but unfortunately not:/ it's a 2 letter call sign phonetically spelled out, in college mine was Oscar Zulu (OZ) because they called me the wizard of oz because somehow magically all my planes we're perfectly spaced... I'll be given one when I get to my facility. and once I do... I'll change my THP handle to make it the same for any pilots out here
 
Congrats man, I heard an awesome story recently of an SR71 asking for his ground speed. It was pretty funny, I'm sure you've seen it
 
Wake said:
Congrats man, I heard an awesome story recently of an SR71 asking for his ground speed. It was pretty funny, I'm sure you've seen it
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You mean this?
"n his book, Sled Driver, SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: "I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my backseater) and I were screaming across Southern California, 13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace. Though they didn't really control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope. I heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its groundspeed.""90 knots" Center replied.
"Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same."
"120 knots," Center answered.
"We weren't the only ones proud of our groundspeed that day as almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, 'Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests groundspeed readout.'
"There was a slight pause, then the response, 525 knots on the ground, Dusty".
"Another silent pause. As I was thinking to myself how ripe a situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission coming from my backseater. It was at that precise moment I realized Walt and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison." "Center, Aspen 20, you got a groundspeed readout for us?"
There was a longer than normal pause.... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots"
"No further inquiries were heard on that frequency"
 
dwchockey13 said:
You mean this?
"n his book, Sled Driver, SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: "I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my backseater) and I were screaming across Southern California, 13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace. Though they didn't really control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope. I heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its groundspeed.""90 knots" Center replied.
"Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same."
"120 knots," Center answered.
"We weren't the only ones proud of our groundspeed that day as almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, 'Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests groundspeed readout.'
"There was a slight pause, then the response, 525 knots on the ground, Dusty".
"Another silent pause. As I was thinking to myself how ripe a situation this was, I heard a familiar click of a radio transmission coming from my backseater. It was at that precise moment I realized Walt and I had become a real crew, for we were both thinking in unison." "Center, Aspen 20, you got a groundspeed readout for us?"
There was a longer than normal pause.... "Aspen, I show 1,742 knots"
"No further inquiries were heard on that frequency"
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Thats the one, but it actually was a more detailed telling, pretty entertaining
 
Congrats!!
 
Congratulations! Sounds like an interesting job for sure.
 
Congrats!
 
Congrats dwc and best of luck on your career. Sounds like you picked a good one.
 
Congrats!
 
Congrats mate. I applied twice back in the UK. It was in the days when you had to be under 27 to apply. Didn't get in unfortunately, so changed my ambitions and got into airfield operations at Heathrow instead. Will you definitely be in a tower, and not in a radar room. Would still love to do a tower job, but being stuck in a radar room doesn't appeal so much. That's where the pressure is too. Absolutely no room for error. Enjoy.
 
Mark_UK said:
Congrats mate. I applied twice back in the UK. It was in the days when you had to be under 27 to apply. Didn't get in unfortunately, so changed my ambitions and got into airfield operations at Heathrow instead. Will you definitely be in a tower, and not in a radar room. Would still love to do a tower job, but being stuck in a radar room doesn't appeal so much. That's where the pressure is too. Absolutely no room for error. Enjoy.
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Unfortunately I tested better in radar... (100% vs 99% tower) but after putting in 5 years of radar I can transfer to tower which is what I eventually want to do... the benefits with radar are pretty high though... with the added pressure, comes added pay.. (80k Starting for tower... 100Kish starting for radar in the states)
edit: heathrow is amazing.. I've watched some videos about it, crazy how much goes on behind the scenes!
 
Congrats !!

I actually got a tour of the Salt Lake Center a few years back from my ex-brother in law when he was stationed there.
That was one very interesting and eye opening experience. They don't pay you guys enough !
 
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Drumdog said:
Congrats !!

I actually got a tour of the Salt Lake Center a few years back from my ex-brother in law when he was stationed there.
That was one very interesting and eye opening experience. They don't pay you guys enough !
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Haha, I'm not complaining with what they do pay us however


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Congratulations dwchockey, exciting & great news!
 
Congrats. Good career choice.
 
Congrats, that awesome news!
 
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