so I have been training on Ground for about 2 weeks now. it makes me want to die all over the place. I'm 26 years old and I still don't know my left from my right, my 14 from my 32, my ass from a hole in the ground... I didn't know twy D connected directly to the Signature ramp...
but my trainer says I'm doing fine!
I just don't feel like I am.
22 October 2009
I think I need this shirt...
classy AND professional! haha
22 September 2009
bird strike
We had a bird strike at work yesterday. It was not the catastrophe the media paints it to be. The CRJ landed with no problem and life went on as usual. I was quite disappointed to not see it plastered all over CNN 10 minutes later.
I finished my Ground Control class today. YAY! I couldn't take another day of pushing tiny planes around a tiny airport diagram. Most people would love to play with planes all day, and it was fun the first few days, but after that I was over it.
I went to Eagle Creek the weekend before last. I got to see some Commanders. I'm obsessed with them!
I finished my Ground Control class today. YAY! I couldn't take another day of pushing tiny planes around a tiny airport diagram. Most people would love to play with planes all day, and it was fun the first few days, but after that I was over it.
I went to Eagle Creek the weekend before last. I got to see some Commanders. I'm obsessed with them!
07 September 2009
Labor Day
I'm not laborin' today!!!
I got certified on Clearance Delivery on Thursday. YAY, I can finally work something by myself. Unfortunately I go back to the classroom tomorrow for a month for ground/local. :( blah.
Being in class is the absolute worst. I feel like I learn 1000 times faster by DOING something, not pretending I'm doing something. it's ASSinine. I think 2 weeks learning proper phraseology, LOAs, SOPs would suffice. Not over a month of "self study" blahhhhh
I got certified on Clearance Delivery on Thursday. YAY, I can finally work something by myself. Unfortunately I go back to the classroom tomorrow for a month for ground/local. :( blah.
Being in class is the absolute worst. I feel like I learn 1000 times faster by DOING something, not pretending I'm doing something. it's ASSinine. I think 2 weeks learning proper phraseology, LOAs, SOPs would suffice. Not over a month of "self study" blahhhhh
28 August 2009
dumb
I keep forgetting I have this blog, as evidenced by the fact that I haven't updated it since mid-March. Since then I went to the FAA Academy and passed and survived 2 months at my facility. 1 month of shitty classroom shit and 1 month of reading clearances to pilots who don't find the intersection "WEGEE" (pronounced like the thing that occurs when underwear goes up your buttcrack) humorous.
I think I should update this more, but I always forget. I just recently started updating my tumblr on a semi-regular basis. I didn't even have internet at my apartment for the first month I was here. It was hellish. I jacked a neighbor's internet for about 2 weeks before their router disappeared off my list :(
here is a picture of one of my airport's paralells, taken from the ladies' room, 300' up.
here's a picture of a Commander at KEYE. Commanders remind me of my basset hound. They're kinda shaped the same.
I took out food for dinner but now I don't feel like cooking. Chick Fil A sounds delectable right about now!
I think I should update this more, but I always forget. I just recently started updating my tumblr on a semi-regular basis. I didn't even have internet at my apartment for the first month I was here. It was hellish. I jacked a neighbor's internet for about 2 weeks before their router disappeared off my list :(
here is a picture of one of my airport's paralells, taken from the ladies' room, 300' up.
here's a picture of a Commander at KEYE. Commanders remind me of my basset hound. They're kinda shaped the same.
I took out food for dinner but now I don't feel like cooking. Chick Fil A sounds delectable right about now!
13 March 2009
sod off, Friday the 13th!
Ugh, so I get to work today excited that it's Friday. I'm not superstitious, so I couldn't give less of a crap that it's Friday the 13th.
Anyway, I get to my desk and see I have a voicemail. I rarely get voicemails, when I do, they're usually shitty. Yeeeeup. Turns out I CAN NOT use my last week of vacation the week of the 23rd like I thought I could. In order to do that, I'd have to come in on the 30th to do my sign-out paperwork.
K. Well I am moving to Oklahoma? I can't just "come back"? That's a $350-500 flight. I bring home $546 a week? FAIL? What the hell is the point of me spending 64-89% of my paycheck to fly back here? And now it is too late for me to use that week since NEXT WEEK IS MY LAST WEEK BEFORE I LEAVE! Thank you for waiting til the last minute to tell me! I am glad I wasted 3 years being a temp here without health insurance catching cancer from all the horse piss floating around this place.
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU Wyeth and Kelly Services, you are awful and you will live in Bloganonymity NO MORE! I am glad I only have a week left here and if I do not get to use my vacation the way I was told I could, I am going to be LIVID.
Anyway, I get to my desk and see I have a voicemail. I rarely get voicemails, when I do, they're usually shitty. Yeeeeup. Turns out I CAN NOT use my last week of vacation the week of the 23rd like I thought I could. In order to do that, I'd have to come in on the 30th to do my sign-out paperwork.
K. Well I am moving to Oklahoma? I can't just "come back"? That's a $350-500 flight. I bring home $546 a week? FAIL? What the hell is the point of me spending 64-89% of my paycheck to fly back here? And now it is too late for me to use that week since NEXT WEEK IS MY LAST WEEK BEFORE I LEAVE! Thank you for waiting til the last minute to tell me! I am glad I wasted 3 years being a temp here without health insurance catching cancer from all the horse piss floating around this place.
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU Wyeth and Kelly Services, you are awful and you will live in Bloganonymity NO MORE! I am glad I only have a week left here and if I do not get to use my vacation the way I was told I could, I am going to be LIVID.
Alicia and I (I'm on the left) at Silver Cascade (which, despite driving by numerous times on the way to the outlets in North Conway, I never knew it's name until I read this guy's blog)
What was special about this day was I was hung over as FUCK and I had to have Alicia pull over on the I93 on-ramp so I could puke. It was an enjoyable day after that.
12 March 2009
I am tired tonight...
So I'm just gonna post a picture of what I cooked for dinner earlier
It is whole wheat pasta with sauteed grape tomatoes, garlic, onions and chicken. It was pretty tasty, and I rubbed some garlic clove on toasted baguette.
What's really going on here is I'm trying to ensure no one comes near me at work tomorrow to talk about my new job :-p
It is whole wheat pasta with sauteed grape tomatoes, garlic, onions and chicken. It was pretty tasty, and I rubbed some garlic clove on toasted baguette.
What's really going on here is I'm trying to ensure no one comes near me at work tomorrow to talk about my new job :-p
11 March 2009
POSTING!
I haven't posted much here, I use tumblr a TON, but that's mostly for posting stupid pictures and recipe links that I might wanna look at later.
In 20 days I am starting training for my new job. Suffice to say, I am compleeeeetely freaked out! I have 7 days left at my current job where I've been relieved of all duties, so I just sit around all day doing absolutely NOTHING. I guess I shouldn't complain since I still HAVE a job, they could've canned me when I told them I was leaving at the end of the month. They're letting me take my remaining vacation days after I leave, too, which is incredibly handy and nice of them. So I'll be getting paid to drive down to Oklahoma City... Well, kinda.
Anyway, I started this blog a little over a year ago to document my progression through the ATC application process/OKC training/OJT training, but the whole thing took so long I just lost interest. I mean, I initially applied in JUNE 2007. And now I will be graduating OKC slightly over 2 years later. That's quite a bit of waiting, so what was I supposed to blog about the whole time?
SOoooo, I'll try to update this thing more now.
In 20 days I am starting training for my new job. Suffice to say, I am compleeeeetely freaked out! I have 7 days left at my current job where I've been relieved of all duties, so I just sit around all day doing absolutely NOTHING. I guess I shouldn't complain since I still HAVE a job, they could've canned me when I told them I was leaving at the end of the month. They're letting me take my remaining vacation days after I leave, too, which is incredibly handy and nice of them. So I'll be getting paid to drive down to Oklahoma City... Well, kinda.
Anyway, I started this blog a little over a year ago to document my progression through the ATC application process/OKC training/OJT training, but the whole thing took so long I just lost interest. I mean, I initially applied in JUNE 2007. And now I will be graduating OKC slightly over 2 years later. That's quite a bit of waiting, so what was I supposed to blog about the whole time?
SOoooo, I'll try to update this thing more now.
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