Last Word

[windhound]

Just pining for the fjords

[Krowdon]

It's been unusually mild here this year. We usually average around 14FT of snow a year.

We average 0 feet of snow a year where I come from

[Gorak]

I'm sorry?

[windhound]

I am, everyone should get a bit of snow every year. 

NC is about perfect, we get a few inches of snow each season, enough to be pretty and then it warms up and it's gone. 
This looks exhausting - https://old.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/aj7vxr/my_method_for_shoveling_the_drive_so_satisfying/

[Krowdon]

I'm sorry?

Me too. I've only seen snow twice in my life and it was never a significant amount.

[Gorak]

we tend to get it all at once here. Last year had a dump of 2FT in 6 hours.
Makes work a pain. Nothing like trying to coordinate air traffic when I have 8-9 ground vehicles trying to clear the runway... Who don't always follow procedures or instruction.

[Shadow]

Oh you're an air traffic controller?

I'm working on my PPL right now, out of CYRO.

How common is it for a student pilot to blunder into controlled airspace without realizing it? If they do, are you allowed to screw with them a little bit before you send them on their way?

[Gorak]

We can be fined for unprofessional communications on the radio.
For the most part, we tend to grant alot of leeway to student pilots. Most of us have been there.
All most all of us have atleast some flight training, many hold commercial, multi-engine, IFR.
That's what got us into this.

I'm a Flight Service Specialist with NavCanada. I'm stationed at CYXT and I also control CYZP remotely (RAAS)

[Shadow]

What flight training do you have?

Right now i'm just getting the basic ppl, but I do plan to go further. Certainly IFR, maybe commercial eventually. May look into buying a plane with a group once I have some more stability.

[Gorak]

I'm on the short end of it. I got close to 30 hours into my ppl before I ran out of money. That's when I applied for NavCanada instead.
Alot of commercial guys switched to control because it's more stable of a career. One guy I worked with was a former Air Canada pilot who switched careers simply to be able to sleep in his own bed every night.
Reason why pilots make up some much of our work force is that hardly anyone else even knows what NavCanada is. So almost all applicants are either pilots or relatives of current employees.
On another note. We just finished launching our new 76 satellite constellation (Iridium NEXT) that will serve to virtually replace ground based radar and voice communication giving us full coverage flight surveillance and communication globally through ADS-B with no dead spots. This will revolutionize ATS.

[Shadow]

Yea, some of the flight instructors in ground school were very excited about ADS-B. Makes sense re NavCanada, I didn't know what it was until I started flight school.

Now if only the weather would cooperate so I can start logging hours. I have completed only the first practical flight lesson, since then I've had 3 weather cancellations in a row.

[kell]

Moo

[windhound]

Hey kell!

[kell]

ah windy,
i had a bet with myself you'd be first to respond. in your face shadow and peace

[windhound]

Peace has been awol for a while
Shads is still fairly active