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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Joe Gilbert on December 28, 2017, 06:15:06 PM
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Got a Tex from Matt he is a air traffic controller as of today he passed all his test with a 97 avgrage. He is headed to Longview Texas. Way to go young man I am proud of you.
Joe Gilbert
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Congrats Matt!!
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Way to go!!!, Good luck.---Louie
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Congrats Matt!
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Way to go Matt!
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Good job Matt!!!
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Way to go Matt. An outstanding result!
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Way to go Matt. H^^
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Congratulations Matt, well done.
James
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The start of a valuable and important life's labors. A fine choice for a career for a fine young man. Enjoy!
Ted Fancher
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That’s awesome! Congrats Matt!
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Congratulations, Matt. There’s a lot of stunt in that neighborhood, and you won’t go hungry at the contests.
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Congrats Matt. I'm proud of you. Look forward to talking to you on the radio.
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Congrats bro! Keep an eye on those drone pilots... ;)
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And when pilots give you a hard time just say "don't make me come up there". And selling cars over the ATIS is a no no.
Well done hope to see you at the contests.
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Thanks everyone!! It feels great to see the fruits of my labor start to come to fruition after four years of college, a year and a half working as a pseudo pilot for the trainees and now I passed the academy. It was a very stressful last few days during evals but managed to dig down and post some of the highest scores I've seen and heard.
Over the next week we'll be working on finding a place to live in Longview, packing and moving there. I'm really excited about the next chapter in my life and having a job, and financial security set for the next 33 years
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Thanks everyone!! It feels great to see the fruits of my labor start to come to fruition after four years of college, a year and a half working as a pseudo pilot for the trainees and now I passed the academy. It was a very stressful last few days during evals but managed to dig down and post some of the highest scores I've seen and heard.
Over the next week we'll be working on finding a place to live in Longview, packing and moving there. I'm really excited about the next chapter in my life and having a job, and financial security set for the next 33 years
And stunt contests all around ya in Texas,Oklahoma,arkansas, and louisiana :)
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Congrats Matt......and you got your first choice to boot. Way to go!
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Great job Matt, hope to meet you at a contest soon. So Longview was your choice ? Where you from ?
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Congrats Matt. I'm proud of you. Look forward to talking to you on the radio.
Hey Joe B: Lets fly Sky King to Longview and talk to Matt.
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Great job Matt, hope to meet you at a contest soon. So Longview was your choice ? Where you from ?
From the list we got, Addison TX was my top choice, but as people from my class failed, Addison dropped off the availability for me to select from. Our next top choice was Longview, which is a little further from my girlfriend's family but still relatively close. She's never lived outside of Oklahoma so this is a big deal for her, and we didn't want to go someplace like Burbank or Bangor, ME.
I'm from Vermont but I've been living here in Oklahoma for the last year and a half
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Hey Joe B: Lets fly Sky King to Longview and talk to Matt.
I won't be talking to airplanes for about another month or so. I'll have 3-4 weeks of classroom work before I start on the job training and actually talking to planes. Got to memorize approach procedures, SOPs and LOAs. It'll take me about two years to become a fully certified air traffic controller
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Congratulations, Matt! Keep up the good work and make us proud! y1 Steve
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Alright Matt!
New Texan with a JOB!
Every one helps off set all the ..... oh well
Congrats Matt!
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From the list we got, Addison TX was my top choice, but as people from my class failed, Addison dropped off the availability for me to select from. Our next top choice was Longview, which is a little further from my girlfriend's family but still relatively close. She's never lived outside of Oklahoma so this is a big deal for her, and we didn't want to go someplace like Burbank or Bangor, ME.
I'm from Vermont but I've been living here in Oklahoma for the last year and a half
Glad you found your first home in Dist.8 !
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Congratulations, Matt. Sounds like that job is just right for you.
What part of Oklahoma? I lived in Altus for a while...
Keep flying,
Roger
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Hey Matt! Truly, I am very happy for you. I believe we met a couple of years ago at a contest in Indiantown and I believe you were in school in Daytona at the time. Of course, you know the USAF and USN would have certainly taught you for "free" plus given you three hots and a cot!! LL~ LL~ Seriously, I wish you all the best.
Jim
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Congrats Matt!
97/100 is pretty spectacular, way to go buddy!
Looks like 2018 will be an exciting year for you.
Very Respectfully,
Target
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Congratulations Matt. Tough job you've taken on, but of course you know that by now. I'm sure you're up to it. I definitely don't think they pay those positions enough given all the stress, education, and grief that comes with the job!
Best of luck and great success.
Randy Cuberly
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Congratulations, Matt. Sounds like that job is just right for you.
What part of Oklahoma? I lived in Altus for a while...
Keep flying,
Roger
I did a 4-year stint at Altus AFB, Oct.68 - Oct.72. Hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance on C-141 and C-5A.
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Congratulations, Matt. I know you will enjoy the work, even if at peak periods it can get very stressful. Between Orchestral playing and teaching math, I spent a few years in ATC and loved the feeling of "having the picture" and moving traffic. I hope you will enjoy it and work to the level and environment you like best. ARTCC and ATCT are different, and each has its advantages. You will doubtless meet some "characters." You will also make some lasting friendships. Way to go with that 97%! - SK
Edited for typo: "T" for "C"
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I've been in Oklahoma City since June of 2016. Today we found a house for rent in Longview so for the first time since high school I'll be able to get my own workshop established. I've built two great flying airplanes using just the dining room table, and have two more under construction. I know my girlfriend is going to be thrilled that I'll be able to move the build table off the dining room table.
I still don't think it's sunk in yet that I graduated with an almost perfect score from the academy, where the pass rate is just 55%, and I'm on my way to get my career started in the next week
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Congratulations and Best Wishes for a long and happy career! If you love what you do for a living you'll never work a day in your life!
Phil Spillman
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Good job on your recent accomplishments. I am sure its just the first of many along the way. Longview is pretty close to the AR contests and not far from Dallas either. Plus you can zip over to Shreveport and hit the slots every once in a while. :) :)
You will like Texas. We dont have state income taxes here! ;D ;D
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Good job on your recent accomplishments. I am sure its just the first of many along the way. Longview is pretty close to the AR contests and not far from Dallas either. Plus you can zip over to Shreveport and hit the slots every once in a while. :) :)
You will like Texas. We dont have state income taxes here! ;D ;D
I'm really looking forward to the lack of state income tax!!
It's about two hours to the Dallas field, which isn't anything I haven't done in the last 3 years. Hopefully I'll be able to find something in Longview
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Thanks Bob!
Speaking of the positive effect of model airplanes, as I was waiting outside the room to run my evals, rather than thinking of scenarios and when to clear somebody for takeoff, working on my pattern traffic, I was thinking of flying at the NATS on top 20 day, looking for perfection after each maneuver. I went in with that mentality, and I ended up with two 100s, a 99 and a 93 on my four evals. Having practiced the pressure of flying in front of judges with everything on the line in contests I think helped keep me calm, sharply focused and ready to kick the crap out of the eval scenarios, which is what I did
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Hope you have thanked Grandpa for helping you learn these skills as well as the work ethic. Now what would you do if you have two planes landing on the same run way at the same time opposing each other? I know it should never happen, but I remember a flight in which the landing was aborted at almost last second. The pilot came on the intercom and stated he didn't think it would be advisable landing on another plane that was taking off. D>K