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Messages - Bill Denny

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The Control Room Floor / Re: Jumping back into it!
« on: January 12, 2019, 02:13:15 PM »
I will echo what David wrote. ARTCC choice is very much a personal thing, and the advice I usually give is to go somewhere you think you'll enjoy the most. For some people that's a facility that overlies their own home, for others it's an area where they see themselves controlling for real one day, or just airspace that they've always liked in some form or another. Each ARTCC has its own challenges and unique airports.

The academy is where new and transferring controllers to the division start. It's the spot you take the first basic S1 exam now, and is the starting place for choosing a facility. You can use your profile options on the VATUSA site to transfer into a facility when you decide to.

Lastly, since it's the facility I help run, we still have your training notes at ZLA, so you wouldn't be starting over if you decide to come back.

Hey Matthew,
I'm actually from the East Coast, so this time around I'm going to try it out over here.  Hey, who knows...maybe this time I'll make it all the way through and if that times comes around, you can bet your butt I'll put in for a visitor certification.  Maybe the change of scenery will help me out, I won't forget the TEC routes.

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The Control Room Floor / Jumping back into it!
« on: January 12, 2019, 08:55:23 AM »
Hey! Long time VATSIM pilot although I have been out of flying and controlling for about three or four years though. With the holidays over, I...as some of you are probably too...looking to mellow out on the spending while our bank accounts limp back to financial security. So since real flying is on the back-burner for a while, I've turned to VATSIM once again as a reliable source of affordable entertainment.

Working on getting what I need for flying, seems some stuff has changed. I last recall using software called Squawkbox to connect to the network. There are appears to be alternatives to that.

Also, I would like to try controlling out again. I have had a long and turbulent history with ZLA. Nothing negative, but I have been in their training pipeline maybe 7 or 8 times. It seemed that they were somewhat low on training staff so I never got past running the tower cab. I think for the first time, I will want to try another facility. Maybe you could recommend one that has both a reputation for training capabilities and one that is short on manpower. I stumbled into my VATUSA page, and it tells me I'm in the academy. I believe that's new as I have no recollection of what that means.

Have a great weekend!

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General Discussion / NAS Pensacola
« on: June 02, 2010, 08:31:44 PM »
Quote from: Don Desfosse
lol...  Hopefully when you get into class one of the first things they'll teach you is that KNPA is in ZJX, not ZMA  


Yeah...hopefully

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General Discussion / NAS Pensacola
« on: June 02, 2010, 11:18:23 AM »
Quote from: Daniel Hawton
Why ZMA?

We'll figured if we're in Pensacola we could control in Pensacola.  If y'all came to ZLA that'd be good too since we constantly have a ton of pilots and atc online at any given time.

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General Discussion / NAS Pensacola
« on: June 01, 2010, 06:41:52 PM »
Well,

Anyone who is here, hit me up.  Maybe we can all set up as visiting controllers in ZMA or something and have a good ol fashion ATC party.  Pull all our laptops together and light up the skies for a while.  

Not like I have much better to do  

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General Discussion / NAS Pensacola
« on: May 31, 2010, 09:54:20 PM »
Yep,

Fresh off the bus from MCT and just got out of indoc.  I'm in AMS-1 residing in H barracks waiting oh so patiently for me to class up which still won't be for a few more weeks.

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General Discussion / NAS Pensacola
« on: May 31, 2010, 07:31:33 PM »
Hey all..

My ARTCC is ZLA, but I'm based in real life at NAS Pensacola.  Wonderin' if anyone else is here too.  I know we got ATC training here, so I'm guessing there's gotta be someone here.  Personally, I'm training to turn wrenchs on MV-22's.  Who's here!?  

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