Round 1 of bidding for CPCs is complete, and we’re underway with Round 2. Thank you all for bidding so promptly.
Trainees will begin bidding this evening.
Blank forms to make your AWS requests – the so-called dream sheets – have been left on the table in our area that’s by the aisle.
All of your requests are due by Sunday, Oct. 30 at noon. Damien and I will then sit down with management to adjudicate them on Thursday, Nov. 3.
As a reminder, if you have a request that you want – even if it’s something you’re not sure can be accommodated – please fill out a sheet. The more requests that are received, the more likely it is that requests can be approved.
I appreciate everyone who took the time to respond to my survey request. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said that they prefer we continue to determine AWS requests based on seniority, and so that is how we will continue to determine them.
I make mistakes
Speaking of my survey, it was kindly pointed out to me that I asked you in the survey whether we should move the 1/31 boundary, which is not at all what I wanted to ask (Insert face palm gif here). I intended to ask about whether we should move the 1/32 line. I don’t want to move the 1/31 boundary at this time. I am, however, very interested in your feedback about whether we should give more airspace to Sector 1 on the south part of the sector, which obviously abuts 32. Accordingly, I have created another survey in the spirit of gathering accurate information.
Please click here to vote on it.
As far as changing our transfer of control procedures to give A area sectors control with respect to the transferring controller’s airspace: I received near-unanimous interest in doing that. Therefore, I will be advocating for that change with our airspace office in the near future.
Certifications
While it’s in my brain, I want to recognize Luke Bradley for getting certified on D2/32 and Kyle Moore for getting certified on D1/31. Good work, gentlemen.
In solidarity,
Dan Rasmussen
801-860-3821