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General Discussion / Integrity of the Network
« on: December 03, 2010, 10:44:28 AM »
Richard,
Thank you so much for maintaining an open line of communication between us and the founders. Getting this information has definitely eased some some of the concerns that us in the trenches have. I do agree with the previous posters concern about DTW. Regardless whether or not it is being considered for removal as a major, the mere thought that it or any major can be removed is very concerning.
I'm not one for locking down every molecule of airspace within a facility, however regardless of traffic levels / complexity, I strongly believe every facility requires at least one major facility. This for both pride and recruiting. People like to feel important, a major designation lets that facility know that, "Yes, we think this airport needs some extra effort and should be classified as a major." (Even if it really dosen't.) It just makes us feel good in some odd way.
If you remove all majors from a facility, then the current membership who put in the time to learn the facility and its intricacies will feel cheated, become frustrated when new controllers come up on position with zero training in the procedures, and ultimately leave furthering the bottom heavy divide between new and senior controllers.
More important than that is recruiting. Obviously we have the traffic chasing new controllers whom just pick their facility based off of just that and head to your ZLA's, ZNY's, etc. However, should it be a controller who is genuinely looking at all of his options and weighing out where he want's to go, a facility will most likely get passed if it doesn't have any major airports. The may be thinking, well, why bother going here there's nothing special to work towards here. Again, you will find controllers leaving with the why bother attitude, and no new ones coming in, then a facility with zero membership that won't be staffed.
Thank you so much for maintaining an open line of communication between us and the founders. Getting this information has definitely eased some some of the concerns that us in the trenches have. I do agree with the previous posters concern about DTW. Regardless whether or not it is being considered for removal as a major, the mere thought that it or any major can be removed is very concerning.
I'm not one for locking down every molecule of airspace within a facility, however regardless of traffic levels / complexity, I strongly believe every facility requires at least one major facility. This for both pride and recruiting. People like to feel important, a major designation lets that facility know that, "Yes, we think this airport needs some extra effort and should be classified as a major." (Even if it really dosen't.) It just makes us feel good in some odd way.
If you remove all majors from a facility, then the current membership who put in the time to learn the facility and its intricacies will feel cheated, become frustrated when new controllers come up on position with zero training in the procedures, and ultimately leave furthering the bottom heavy divide between new and senior controllers.
More important than that is recruiting. Obviously we have the traffic chasing new controllers whom just pick their facility based off of just that and head to your ZLA's, ZNY's, etc. However, should it be a controller who is genuinely looking at all of his options and weighing out where he want's to go, a facility will most likely get passed if it doesn't have any major airports. The may be thinking, well, why bother going here there's nothing special to work towards here. Again, you will find controllers leaving with the why bother attitude, and no new ones coming in, then a facility with zero membership that won't be staffed.