Terminal Class pass rate

radarcontactlost said:

Know the phonetic alphabet and the 24-hour clock. Also, if you cross your sevens, get rid of that habit now.

And underscore your S’s and slash your 0s

radarcontactlost said:

Know the phonetic alphabet and the 24-hour clock. Also, if you cross your sevens, get rid of that habit now.

We all know those crossed sevens bring down airplanes everyday...

Dynamic_Decisions said:

We all know those crossed sevens bring down airplanes everyday...

Bro what if you die on position and your replacement can’t understand what you wrote

Center puke here - what’s a strip?

Sir_Unable said:

Center puke here - what’s a strip?

it's that thing that prints out when you "SS" to see who the controller that's fucking you over is.

My class has our final PEs coming up very soon and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to expect, the difficulty compared to regular sims and what usually causes students to fail?

Lstanley said:

My class has our final PEs coming up very soon and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to expect, the difficulty compared to regular sims and what usually causes students to fail?

What's your list?

As far as advice, don't pay attention to you evaluator writing stuff down. Just look out the window and work. They write everything. Good, bad, callsigns, and times. Not everything they are writing is points off. My guy wrote almost two pages worth and I got a 97, so don't pay attention to that.

Loop-De-Loop Procedure said:

What's your list?

As far as advice, don't pay attention to you evaluator writing stuff down. Just look out the window and work. They write everything. Good, bad, callsigns, and times. Not everything they are writing is points off. My guy wrote almost two pages worth and I got a 97, so don't pay attention to that.

I don’t think they PA for another week or so.

Expect to work Scenario 8-11 level traffic. Nerves sink most people, but the problems are workable. You won’t see anything on the PA that you haven't seen in the sim. If you don’t know how to work that fast mover coming in from the east, I would work on that because you’ll probably see at least one. Under no circumstances do you send around a S+ or L on 28L… land him on someone if you have to. If not, you’ll get multiple 16 point hits for WT sep and any other separation issues you’ll have in the pattern. If departures call ready after the 25 minute mark, you shouldn’t get docked on it if they don’t depart... I would just hold them until the problem ends.

Loop-De-Loop Procedure said:

What's your list?

As far as advice, don't pay attention to you evaluator writing stuff down. Just look out the window and work. They write everything. Good, bad, callsigns, and times. Not everything they are writing is points off. My guy wrote almost two pages worth and I got a 97, so don't pay attention to that.

Ok thank you very much! We actually are starting TSS this week just finished tt and 3d. Felt very confident with my phraseology, procedures, timers, and traffic calls. I know it’s too early to be talking about pes but with 3 weeks left it’s all I’m thinking about. Just trying to add tools to my toolbox everyday to help avoid and get out of bad situations.

Lstanley said:

Ok thank you very much! We actually are starting TSS this week just finished tt and 3d. Felt very confident with my phraseology, procedures, timers, and traffic calls. I know it’s too early to be talking about pes but with 3 weeks left it’s all I’m thinking about. Just trying to add tools to my toolbox everyday to help avoid and get out of bad situations.

I thought you were a little further along. Try things in TSS to see what works and what doesn’t. Run things tight if you can to get comfortable with cutoff points especially with 16 departures. If you fireball someone in the scenarios, so what? At least you know that won’t work when you get to the Evals.

Lstanley said:

My class has our final PEs coming up very soon and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to expect, the difficulty compared to regular sims and what usually causes students to fail?

Just keep working when you mess up and chill. Evals are easier than your busy scenarios.

Lstanley said:

My class has our final PEs coming up very soon and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to expect, the difficulty compared to regular sims and what usually causes students to fail?

Oldie but a goodie:

Why do people typically fail out of the FAA academy?
Why do people fail the academy, do they not study enough? Or is it like an art form, you either have it or you don't? Is it through lack of effort? Lack of time to learn? Poor memory? Poor reflexes? Etc.? I tried to search around on the forums and couldn't really find an answer. I recently...

7/15 List:
PIA
PIA
BFL
BFL
PAO
SPI
APC
LAF
MKG
OMA
DPA

Alt: FAI

Opinions?

redsphanatic said:

7/15 List:
PIA
PIA
BFL
BFL
PAO
SPI
APC
LAF
MKG
OMA
DPA

Alt: FAI

I would avoid PAO but nothing else on the list seems terrible, but I haven’t done my research

PIA is losing their radar soon, so if you want radar be advised of that, but you might be able to cpc on just tower if it goes soon, quickly, Im unsure of the timeline

flyingfin said:

I would avoid PAO but nothing else on the list seems terrible, but I haven’t done my research

PIA is losing their radar soon, so if you want radar be advised of that, but you might be able to cpc on just tower if it goes soon, quickly, Im unsure of the timeline

Who in the eff do you think you are??? I have a great idea. Why don’t you come out to PAO and show your face? The men and women of PAO are amazing folks and don’t deserve you talking crap about them. They work extremely hard and it’s a fun ass place to work so again don’t take this the wrong way but GFY!!

flyingfin said:

I would avoid PAO but nothing else on the list seems terrible, but I haven’t done my research

PIA is losing their radar soon, so if you want radar be advised of that, but you might be able to cpc on just tower if it goes soon, quickly, Im unsure of the timeline

Did you work at PAO in the past? What makes it so bad?

NewWon0720 said:

Did you work at PAO in the past? What makes it so bad?

It’s probably less about the facility but more about its level, and cost of living nearby.

matthew.laxton said:

Who in the eff do you think you are??? I have a great idea. Why don’t you come out to PAO and show your face? The men and women of PAO are amazing folks and don’t deserve you talking crap about them. They work extremely hard and it’s a fun ass place to work so again don’t take this the wrong way but GFY!!

We need to find you a safe space.

Ibreezeby said:

It’s probably less about the facility but more about its level, and cost of living nearby.

True, I can see silicon valley being expensive.