I appreciate the kindness; I don't wish to fight with you, either...I just simply don't understand why the supervisor would lie to me about something so imperative? My voice was quite shocked when he declared that though ex-military controllers or transfers have priority, that they still have quite a few OTS applicants there, though people here led me to believe otherwise. I asked how their success rate was, at completing training, and he said that they have one of the best training programs in the country and they don't let people go after they've "come so far", unless they are, en quote, "dead set upon it". Maybe he was just trying to recruit more fodder; I don't know. It's only my best guess, as everyone has a different story for me along this path. I wish I remembered his name, but he claimed to be the supervisor.
Congrats on KVGT; you must be so excited. Do you know how many trainees are currently there, and how many controllers total? I remember seeing some ridiculously small number like 13 on a spreadsheet once.
EDIT: Also, I've heard the area is an everyday Grumman convention. :laff: