ScottyATC
Shared on Tue, 04/04/2006 - 11:46AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
http://www.natca.org
(National Air Traffic Controllers Association)
Ive been an Air Traffic Controller for 17 years at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont, Colorado. My area of specialty is "Ski Country". I work the airspace west of Denver that includes the northwest Denver arrival gate and the west departure gate. I also work the airports associated with the skiing industry.......................Aspen, Vail, Telluride, Montrose, Gunnison, Steamboat, Grand Junction, Hayden, Rifle, etc. It can be very exciting during the winter time!!! If anyone is interested in this career, visit the web site listed above......there are a lot of controllers in the process of retiring and the FAA will be hiring en mass within the next year or so. Unfortunately they wont hire you if you are over the age of 30, so get on board early! Pm me if you have questions that I can answer. :)
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ps................talked to "Lady is Red" last night and thought I would add a few links for those that are interested.
http://www.faa.gov is the governments site.
http://www.nw.faa.gov/ats/zdvartcc/ is my ARTCcenters site.
http://www.nw.faa.gov/ats/zdvartcc/high_mountain/index.htm is a site devoted to the area of specialty I work.
http://www.stuckmic.com is where I believe the best information for becoming a controller can be found. There are lots of new hire postings as well as controller postings. These are the people that are currently going through the hiring process and they know the ins and outs of becoming a controller. I can only tell you about bennys, pay, hours and such. As usual with government jobs, being a vet helps, so if youve been in the service and are still under 30 years old, then you have a better chance.
The following is a depiction from the ski country website of traffic into and out of 8 ski country airports between 9am and 5pm on January 2, 2005. It was just one of those days that was just too darn busy. I worked that day and was stuck on these sectors all day. It was fun, but tiring. Like playing Halo2 slayer but playing to 1000 with only 2 breaks of 20 minutes during an 8 hour shift.
http://www.natca.org
(National Air Traffic Controllers Association)
Ive been an Air Traffic Controller for 17 years at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont, Colorado. My area of specialty is "Ski Country". I work the airspace west of Denver that includes the northwest Denver arrival gate and the west departure gate. I also work the airports associated with the skiing industry.......................Aspen, Vail, Telluride, Montrose, Gunnison, Steamboat, Grand Junction, Hayden, Rifle, etc. It can be very exciting during the winter time!!! If anyone is interested in this career, visit the web site listed above......there are a lot of controllers in the process of retiring and the FAA will be hiring en mass within the next year or so. Unfortunately they wont hire you if you are over the age of 30, so get on board early! Pm me if you have questions that I can answer. :)
(edit)
ps................talked to "Lady is Red" last night and thought I would add a few links for those that are interested.
http://www.faa.gov is the governments site.
http://www.nw.faa.gov/ats/zdvartcc/ is my ARTCcenters site.
http://www.nw.faa.gov/ats/zdvartcc/high_mountain/index.htm is a site devoted to the area of specialty I work.
http://www.stuckmic.com is where I believe the best information for becoming a controller can be found. There are lots of new hire postings as well as controller postings. These are the people that are currently going through the hiring process and they know the ins and outs of becoming a controller. I can only tell you about bennys, pay, hours and such. As usual with government jobs, being a vet helps, so if youve been in the service and are still under 30 years old, then you have a better chance.
The following is a depiction from the ski country website of traffic into and out of 8 ski country airports between 9am and 5pm on January 2, 2005. It was just one of those days that was just too darn busy. I worked that day and was stuck on these sectors all day. It was fun, but tiring. Like playing Halo2 slayer but playing to 1000 with only 2 breaks of 20 minutes during an 8 hour shift.
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