![]() ![]() They'll give you a bit of time to shower/eat breakfast afterwards, then you meet up with the other ACs and march up to the schoolhouse. You'll PT in the morning before class at 0530 two or three times a week for an hour. Usually, if you make it through block 2, you'll graduate, but I did know a couple people who got kicked out on the last test (arrival) right before graduation. You'll take your last written test (and the hardest, in my opinion), then you'll do 3 radar sims (ASR, PAR, and Arrival). The third block is six weeks, I believe, and it's all about radar. At the end of two weeks, you'll be tested on local, ground, and flight data - local is the most failed portion here. They spend a week teaching you the basics of tower and then stick you in a tower simulator for two weeks. I think to date, only one class (my class started out with 14) has made it all the way through this block with all the original members (if you fail a test and fail a retake, they'll usually set you back, if you fail a second or third, you'll probably be kicked out of the school). And to warn you, it's reeeally dry stuff. If you aren't constantly in the books, it's very easy to fail a test in this portion. They start teaching you the 7110.65 (atc manual, you could start taking look at it now but you really won't understand anything) and give you something like 10 tests in 8 weeks. If you're not good at studying or memorizing things quickly, you'll have a hard time. AC A school's difficult with a very high dropout rate. ![]() The FAA said it intends to keep aircraft moving during storms and space launches by using alternate routes and altitudes when possible, and by communicating with airlines more often.All of the aviation ratings actually go to NAS Pensacola. Southwest Airlines, for example, canceled nearly 2,400 flights over three days last October, citing bad weather and air traffic control issues in Florida that cascaded coast to coast. ![]() When flights are delayed or canceled here, it reverberates across the country. The FAA "will continue meeting with all users of the Florida airspace throughout the summer to continually improve the operational efficiency of the system," the agency's statement said.īesides increased flights, air travel over Florida is complicated by more frequent space launches and severe weather. The Jacksonville center is responsible for about 160,000 miles of airspace covering parts of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North and South Carolina, according to the FAA. The center is one of 20 domestic enroute air traffic control centers in the U.S., where controllers talk with the pilots in between their departure and destination airports. In a statement provided to WJCT News, the FAA did not say how many people it would hire at the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center in Hilliard, in Nassau County. Jacksonville International Airport recorded 38,032 arrivals and departures on air carriers in 2020 - the year the pandemic began - and 54,320 a year later, according to FAA data.įlorida logged a record of nearly 118 million domestic visitors last year, CNBC reported. Airlines told the FAA they intend to add even more flights this year, surpassing the number in effect before the pandemic and raising concerns about massive cancellations. ![]() The step was one of many discussed during a two-day meeting this week between the FAA and about a dozen airlines as they try to eliminate flight disruptions that ripple beyond Florida's borders.įlights resumed more quickly in Florida than others areas during the pandemic, partly because the state's lenient COVID-19 restrictions attracted travelers here. In response, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to immediately hire more staff at the Jacksonville air traffic control center and to evaluate other facilities. Flying from Florida has become an exasperating experience, and aviation officials fear it could get worse as more flights are added this year. ![]()
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