Re: Why Southwest’s Boeings Keep Coming Apart Above 30,000 F
No. I am a retired Air Traffic Controller with 34 years, five months total service—seven years, five months in the U.S.A.F. and 27 years with the Federal Aviation Administration. I entered service on April 4, 1975, and retired on September 3, 2009. During my time with the F.A.A. I also spent ten years as a Quality Assurance & Training Specialist (QATS) at KELP, during which time I was responsible for accident/incident investigations, standardization of procedures, and overall training. I also served for about five years evaluating and testing the F.A.A.'s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS). I am the published author of
The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 © Rosen Publishing, 2002, and the self-published author of a murder mystery,
Decisions © R. Doug Wicker, 2010. I"m also the unpublished author of three action/thrillers dealing with aircraft sabotage (which should be self-published later this year) and the nonfiction title
The Tombstone Agency, excerpts from which have been the topic of this thread.
My areas of expertise, hobbies, and interests include photography, travel, food & wine, bridge, astronomy, reading & writing, movies, and aviation.
