The REAL Day to Day at the Academy!

I don't k ow if I would describe the 100 question final as "dreaded"...the dumbest kid in my class/that I've ever met (and was the only one to fail okc) got an 88 on it. And he had to retake EVERY Basics test.
 
Agreed. The final was probably the easiest of all of the tests we had in basics. Unless they've changed it, it was a seriously dumbed down version of the block tests.
 
Barty said:
Agreed. The final was probably the easiest of all of the tests we had in basics. Unless they've changed it, it was a seriously dumbed down version of the block tests.
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haha...that's exactly what it was. They took the questions from the block test and somehow made them easier. Usually 3 of the 4 choices were so obviously wrong that you could just take educated guesses and still pass with a good grade
 
hambone said:
Maybe it's my morbid sense of humor, I'm not really sure, however this:

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
"Tomorrow and Thursday are one the biggest events in my life so far. Those are the days of my Air traffic P.V. or Performance Verification. In other words my career final. I am not worried about failing. "

Plus this:

Friday, December 4th, 2009
"i feel terrible. i don't know what to do. i'm very lost. do i go back to school, and what school do i go to. or try and find work. very lost. "

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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL PWNZERED!
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awesome avatar dude.. it just made me giggle.
 
hambone said:
Maybe it's my morbid sense of humor, I'm not really sure, however this:

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
"Tomorrow and Thursday are one the biggest events in my life so far. Those are the days of my Air traffic P.V. or Performance Verification. In other words my career final. I am not worried about failing. "

Plus this:

Friday, December 4th, 2009
"i feel terrible. i don't know what to do. i'm very lost. do i go back to school, and what school do i go to. or try and find work. very lost. "

=

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL PWNZERED!
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I know you're poking fun at him, but a failed PV really does suck. Not many people get back on here after they fail one, but put yourself in his shoes for a minute.

Keep in mind, I'm not bashing you for this post, but having been in his shoes myself, I definitely understand his train of thought.

Feel bad for the chap, but he'll move on and be just fine like the rest of us. However, I will say that his post was rather "emo" and your comment "PWNZERED" made me chuckle.

To all with PVs in the coming weeks, best of luck to ya. <sarcasm>And I took the basics final with my eyes closed. And I made a 97%</sarcasm>
 
I'm actually excited to read your blogs just to watch how they're about to change in the next few months :P The funniest thing about going from basics to non-radar is having every single block test answer read to you before taking the block test in non-radar then getting back to having your rear handed to you on a silver platter. It's actually quite humorous how much we learn going through this program. I heard a full non-radar VKS clearance in basics and thought it'd take me a month just to memorize it :D
 
Everyone passed! The grades ranged from 99% to I think 90%. Overall, I think basics was fairly easy, especially considering that I have an ATC background. Even the people that had no prior ATC knowledge did really well. It is sad to know that most, if not all, of the classes for the rest of fiscal 2010 have been canceled. :-( Our instructors told us that they were all waiting for their pink slips. I wish them the best and have hope for all of you still waiting for a class date! We were told that the reason for the cancellations is that the facilities are saturated with developmentals.

Started Phase 2 today which is about 2-3 weeks of non-radar academics, including memorizing the academy airspace map. It may look daunting but once you start, its pretty easy. After non-radar, its a few more weeks of radar associate sims, then URET, then home!

Until the next post!

INTLJetCrew
 
IntlJetcrew said:
Everyone passed! The grades ranged from 99% to I think 90%. Overall, I think basics was fairly easy, especially considering that I have an ATC background. Even the people that had no prior ATC knowledge did really well. It is sad to know that most, if not all, of the classes for the rest of fiscal 2010 have been canceled. :-( Our instructors told us that they were all waiting for their pink slips. I wish them the best and have hope for all of you still waiting for a class date! We were told that the reason for the cancellations is that the facilities are saturated with developmentals.

Started Phase 2 today which is about 2-3 weeks of non-radar academics, including memorizing the academy airspace map. It may look daunting but once you start, its pretty easy. After non-radar, its a few more weeks of radar associate sims, then URET, then home!

Until the next post!

INTLJetCrew
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In about three months, when you get a stack of maps with tens of thousands of airways, navaids, fixes, mileages, frequencies, etc. to memorize, you're going to laugh at that. :)
 
Okay everyone...sorry it's been so long since I have posted, but, honestly there has not been much to post. In response to Rosstafari's question, I was a controller in the US Air Force at a RAPCON but it was more than 2 years ago so I was required to attend Basics.

Anyway, we are well into Phase 2 of training. The first 2+ weeks were all academics, mostly relating to non-radar. We were lucky enough to get a snow day last weekend which pushed our training back a day. We started non-radar sims yesterday. It was fine the first day because it was really to train us to be the "ghost pilots" during the sims. The instructors pretty much gave us all the info that we would need to know to control the scenarios. Today was the first day that we would have to separate airplanes.In summary, we pretty much all sucked. It is much more difficult then we all expected. The entire process was really fun but was a reality check as to what we have to look forward to. All I can say is: "KNOW
YOUR AIRSPACE MAP!!!"

We have over 30 separate sims, and we just finished #4. I've heard that #18 is just insane. I'll be back soon if something interesting happens!

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INTLJetCrew
 
IntlJetcrew said:
Okay everyone...sorry it's been so long since I have posted, but, honestly there has not been much to post. In response to Rosstafari's question, I was a controller in the US Air Force at a RAPCON but it was more than 2 years ago so I was required to attend Basics.

Anyway, we are well into Phase 2 of training. The first 2+ weeks were all academics, mostly relating to non-radar. We were lucky enough to get a snow day last weekend which pushed our training back a day. We started non-radar sims yesterday. It was fine the first day because it was really to train us to be the "ghost pilots" during the sims. The instructors pretty much gave us all the info that we would need to know to control the scenarios. Today was the first day that we would have to separate airplanes.In summary, we pretty much all sucked. It is much more difficult then we all expected. The entire process was really fun but was a reality check as to what we have to look forward to. All I can say is: "KNOW
YOUR AIRSPACE MAP!!!"

We have over 30 separate sims, and we just finished #4. I've heard that #18 is just insane. I'll be back soon if something interesting happens!

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INTLJetCrew
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#15 for non-radar is a (JC won't let me put the explicative here). :)

Who are your instructors?
 
who blogs about the academy? really?

Sorry, its just so lame... We read a book today. We took a test today. We took another test today. We played with pretend airplanes today.

Its been done... over and over and over again.
 
polo708 said:
who blogs about the academy? really?

Sorry, its just so lame... We read a book today. We took a test today. We took another test today. We played with pretend airplanes today.

Its been done... over and over and over again.
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haha. I wanted to say the same thing! I just didn't wanna be the jerk. Glad someone said it though
 
polo708 said:
who blogs about the academy? really?

Sorry, its just so lame... We read a book today. We took a test today. We took another test today. We played with pretend airplanes today.

Its been done... over and over and over again.
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Blogging about the Academy is kinda like controlling; we all think we can do it better than anyone else. :D

I had an academy blog for a bit, and it was exactly what you said it was. I did it mostly for my family, though, since they didn't know much about what I was doing other than I was going to Oklahoma for a few months.

After I started getting hits from FAA Headquarters in D.C. and the GAO/OPM offices, I decided I was better off axing it even though I never talked about anything even remotely sensitive. Just not worth the risk.

The funny thing is that most of the hits from those offices were led to my blog by posts from either here or at stuckmic. :panic:
 
ATC RET 2003 said:
The really good thing about blogs is that you don't have to read them.
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Heh. As if that stops anybody who's already inclined to complain. Back when I did the month-long feature for Wired, I had a couple of guys follow me and complain on nearly every single post I'd make (until I made fun of them, which surprisingly backed them off).

I'm pretty sure that about 30% of the internet is people whining about stuff after they've worn out everyone else around them.

The rest is porn.
 
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