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midlifeflyer

midlifeflyer

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I'm very pleased to say that on October 30, I was appointed an FAASTeam rep for the Greensboro, NC FSDO district.
 
midlifeflyer said:
I'm very pleased to say that on October 30, I was appointed an FAASTeam rep for the Greensboro, NC FSDO district.
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What exactly is that ?

Do you get a government pay check?

Have you gone over to the dark side?
 
Tom-D said:
What exactly is that ?

Do you get a government pay check?

Have you gone over to the dark side?
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It is a volunteer Safety position.

But to parrot Tom's first question, Mark, what does that exactly mean?
 
Tom-D said:
What exactly is that ?

Do you get a government pay check?

Have you gone over to the dark side?
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I recommend doning a tin foil hat before entering, responding, and or participating in any of midlifeflyers threads. :yes::D:D
 
Greg Bockelman said:
It is a volunteer Safety position.

But to parrot Tom's first question, Mark, what does that exactly mean?
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It means that I participate in the organization and presentation of safety seminars and act as a resource for pilots. I guess the most important part is what it does not mean. I am not an agent of the FAA and not a part of the enforcement establishment. Which I couldn't do since it would be a definite conflict of interest because I represent pilots in FAA enforcement actions.
 
midlifeflyer said:
It means that I participate in the organization and presentation of safety seminars and act as a resource for pilots. I guess the most important part is what it does not mean. I am not an agent of the FAA and not a part of the enforcement establishment..
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Very well put, Mark!!!
 
I'd be impressed if you got one of the FAAST Program manager positions...just about all of them make well north of $120k....insane.
 
One of my former CFIs did that. I'll warn ya, he was quite tired of typing in hundreds of participants names from a scribbled sign in sheet at the safety events when he moved away and relinquished the position. He said it took a couple of days and a lot of hours after each event and people would call and ***** that they needed the thing for WINGS credits "right now" and lovely stuff like that.

Congrats though, anyway. It's neat you volunteered.
 
mkosmo said:
I'll tell you I don't tune guard because I'm required to, but rather because the guard police amuse me.
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The whole guard police thing must be really regional or something. Or PoA likes to just exaggerate, I see it come up on here every day :)

I've got to say that I haven't heard any "guard police" doing anything ridiculous in the thousands of hours I've spent flying monitoring guard.

Pretty much every time I hear someone say "you're on guard" it's because someone is sitting there trying to talk to a controller and has no idea they're transmitting on guard. In that case, it's pretty useful to all parties.
 
jesse said:
The whole guard police thing must be really regional or something. Or PoA likes to just exaggerate, I see it come up on here every day :)

I've got to say that I haven't heard any "guard police" doing anything ridiculous in the thousands of hours I've spent flying monitoring guard.

Pretty much every time I hear someone say "you're on guard" it's because someone is sitting there trying to talk to a controller and has no idea they're transmitting on guard. In that case, it's pretty useful to all parties.
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I've heard it the most in California and around the east coast. It waxes and wanes. Some days it's bad and others not at all. Maybe not as bad as it sounds when people are complaining about it, but it definitely exists.
 
I would say I've heard it the most between Colorado and Texas. I would also say it has become more frequent in the past few years.
 
Everskyward said:
I would say I've heard it the most between Colorado and Texas. I would also say it has become more frequent in the past few years.
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I think it's just Clark and Spike doing all the voices to entertain you. Hahaha.
 
MichiPilot said:
I'd be impressed if you got one of the FAAST Program manager positions...just about all of them make well north of $120k....insane.
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The Program Managers are actual FAA Safety Inspectors, so I'd have to go over to the dark side first - not likely for at least two big reasons.

But I don't think running the program is all they do. And, while I can't speak for all of them, the PM in this area definitely earns his salary. His dedication is one of the reasons I decided to volunteer. Not the only reason, but I doubt I would have volunteered otherwise. I like doing presentations but I don;t need to be a Rep for that.
 
mkosmo said:
I'll tell you I don't tune guard because I'm required to, but rather because the guard police amuse me.
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Introduced my dad to the guard police today. Doing a short xc flight without flight following and I said here let's listen. No one was transmitting that I could hear, but every now and then I could hear someone singing the 'on guard' tune. Gave dad a good laugh lol

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I'm a recently approved representative as well. And although I have yet to give a presentation, I think that the Wings programs is great. I'm a big believer in continuing education. I wish more pilots and mechanics were.
 
Congratulations Mark. I like some aspects of the WINGS program. Good luck.
 
denverpilot said:
One of my former CFIs did that. I'll warn ya, he was quite tired of typing in hundreds of participants names from a scribbled sign in sheet at the safety events when he moved away and relinquished the position. He said it took a couple of days and a lot of hours after each event and people would call and ***** that they needed the thing for WINGS credits "right now" and lovely stuff like that.

Congrats though, anyway. It's neat you volunteered.
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That can be solved if they would pre register, it's easier to process the credits.
 
If I accidentally transmitted on guard, and someone informed me of that, I would respond with a "thank you", and be glad someone told me. :dunno:
 
BillTIZ said:
That can be solved if they would pre register, it's easier to process the credits.
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They did that. It was the walk ins that were the killer. APA regularly sees full rooms for interesting topics. Probably the most popular is the annual "talk with the controllers" session.

Almost everyone there is a walk in and not playing well with th online signup stuff. They typically get a big room and don't turn anyone away for not pre-registering.
 
denverpilot said:
They did that. It was the walk ins that were the killer. APA regularly sees full rooms for interesting topics. Probably the most popular is the annual "talk with the controllers" session.

Almost everyone there is a walk in and not playing well with th online signup stuff. They typically get a big room and don't turn anyone away for not pre-registering.
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I don't think I've seen many talks given aound the Front Range that were not very well attended. 100+ seemed to be the norm at KAPA and I think I've seen 200-250 for some of the AOPA ones given at Northglenn.
 
Congrats, Mark and thanks in advance for your time and efforts.

Being a curmudgeon, I have to say I want my old Wings program back. ;)
 
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