Steve: I personally delivered a bottle of Scotch to the GCA Controller = that got me and my load of wounded safely on the runway centerline in = zero-zero conditions in Vietnam one night. Scariest damn approach of my life and = have had complete confidence in military controllers ever since. Civilian controllers run a close second as they suffer greatly from overwork and = long schedules. Rapid burn out rate at higher traffic airports and centers. Doug Rupert
Mark I was a controller in the USAF from 1972-76 and you would not believe = how=20 much we enjoyed/appericated a pilot that actually cared ! We would make = time for them. I worked in an approach/radar facility. no windows. and we didn't get = many=20 visitors, unless they were pissed. Not much glamor there but we were the ones who brought you home when = your=20 windsheld was the end of your world as far as you could tell. Meeting them eye to eye and letting them know your intrested will make a = diffrence. They will remember you. Steve Bray Jackson, Tennessee =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: = 12/29/2005 =20
