Jan 09 Updates..
Hi Guys,
Sorry it's been a while. I really haven't been able to go flying since Sept. I managed to take a breakfast flight to McCall in August, which was very nice. I took my husband for his first flight with me up to the Pancake House, it was a very enjoyable morning. I explained everything I was doing, and I shared the controls. He was very impressed.
After that, on another flight I toodled around town again with him, and then later took my sister in law and her fiance up. Neither one had ever been in a small plane. They both enjoyed it, and they learned a lot. My SIL was of the type that thought if the plane's motor stopped, it'd fall out of the sky. She was very pleased to find that that's not the case.
On another note, I decided to pursue a job opening for Air Traffic Control. I applied at the end of July, and they finally accepted my application in October, and later scheduled an entrance exam for me, which I took in December. I had to fly up to Seattle to take the exam, then, I had to endure a week nail biting session before I was able to get my score.
I passed, though!
So, I think the next step is to receive geographic preferences, and then if they like what I've chose, they refer me for an interview. Of course, I probably won't hear anything till February, the FAA is slow.
03/11/2010 EDIT: Nothing became of this, unfortunately. By the time the lengthy hiring process got around to me, it was already too close to my 31st birthday, and I was pretty much disqualified. Oh well. On to other things.
Sorry it's been a while. I really haven't been able to go flying since Sept. I managed to take a breakfast flight to McCall in August, which was very nice. I took my husband for his first flight with me up to the Pancake House, it was a very enjoyable morning. I explained everything I was doing, and I shared the controls. He was very impressed.
After that, on another flight I toodled around town again with him, and then later took my sister in law and her fiance up. Neither one had ever been in a small plane. They both enjoyed it, and they learned a lot. My SIL was of the type that thought if the plane's motor stopped, it'd fall out of the sky. She was very pleased to find that that's not the case.
On another note, I decided to pursue a job opening for Air Traffic Control. I applied at the end of July, and they finally accepted my application in October, and later scheduled an entrance exam for me, which I took in December. I had to fly up to Seattle to take the exam, then, I had to endure a week nail biting session before I was able to get my score.
I passed, though!
So, I think the next step is to receive geographic preferences, and then if they like what I've chose, they refer me for an interview. Of course, I probably won't hear anything till February, the FAA is slow.
03/11/2010 EDIT: Nothing became of this, unfortunately. By the time the lengthy hiring process got around to me, it was already too close to my 31st birthday, and I was pretty much disqualified. Oh well. On to other things.
posted by Heather | 5:25 PM
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