Posted on May 5, 2009 by Sigrid Ellis
After you pass through the second set of security doors at Minneapolis Center and walk onto the control room floor, there is a directory board. It’s just past the OMIC desk where a left turn takes you to the areas and a right turn takes you to Airways/Facilities, TMU, and the supervisory offices. [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2009 by Sigrid Ellis
This is a really nice overview of my job. It includes videos, even.
Every two weeks my whole facility gets a briefing on an item of facility interest. We only get them every two weeks because it takes that long to cycle 400 or so employees through the briefings. After all, [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2009 by Sigrid Ellis
You’re taking sector twenty-four. Equipment works, URET, ERIDS, and EDARC work. Approaches are open and working. Altimeters high, weather IFR to marginal at Alex. Light chop at Fargo flight level three-two-zero to thirty-four. Solicit for rides. No ice. Flow control JFK, Newark, Denver Jets and Props, ORD MIT [...]
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