Hi all,
Rob M, your points are well taken. But alot of the problems are not mr nolens fault.
many people below him should be held responsible.
LODA, the new ICTRA cert database, atc errors, pilot errors. fsdo, short staffing, funding, lack of teeth to due something about the problem, law breaking pilots.
atc training, used to be 50% washout okc. but as in todays society no more scores or grades. everyone passes. a tropy hug and certificate. trust me the last few years of my atc career wore me down. trying to train and supervise the untrainable. unbelievable that some of the trainees we got passed at okc. .
people in todays society getting jobs because of how many boxes they can check.
uniteds aviate pilot program At GYR, mandated, 80% min women or people of color.
whatever happened to the most qualified or by merit?
aviation accidents, pilots found not current, expired medicals, expired annuals, not cert in plane flying. Just seems to be no accountability in todays society.
a 40 yr jr college instructor friend told me recently that if he applied the same standards of 40 yrs ago that 70% of the students would flunk. The latest atc errors
at KBUR, Sarasota, KAUS, just downright scary.
Wheres the supervision?
Michael.