June 11, 201213 yr A very friendly Air traffic controller answered every question I could think of! There were a few I thought of afterward that I wish I could've asked. A very neat expereince, especially since he was a retired Tower and Enroute Controller at KIAH, who now works tower at a class delta airspace airport! Mitch Brown Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major
June 11, 201213 yr A very friendly Air traffic controller answered every question I could think of! There were a few I thought of afterward that I wish I could've asked. A very neat expereince, especially since he was a retired Tower and Enroute Controller at KIAH, who now works tower at a class delta airspace airport! Nice! Can I ask where you went? i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR4-2400 MHz, GTX 1070 8GB
June 11, 201213 yr Author Nice! Can I ask where you went? it was in college station Mitch Brown Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major
June 11, 201213 yr it was in college station KCLL? I thought that was an uncontrolled field. i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR4-2400 MHz, GTX 1070 8GB
June 11, 201213 yr They very much have a control tower. Source: airnav.com Umm... yea, I know now. i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR4-2400 MHz, GTX 1070 8GB
June 11, 201213 yr Probably contract tower... like you said most controllers come from the retired FAA pool. They make us stop working traffic at age 56. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
June 11, 201213 yr Nice! I went up LHR's back in 2010 during Work Experience. Awesome experience!! - Luke Pabari
June 12, 201213 yr Author Probably contract tower... like you said most controllers come from the retired FAA pool. They make us stop working traffic at age 56. yes, it's a contract tower Mitch Brown Private Pilot | Aerospace Engineering Major
June 12, 201213 yr Why so young lol? Because of the nature of the job... studies have shown some skills start to drop off when we get older... | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
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