Kyle Ramsey 810181 Posted April 15, 2006 at 11:34 PM Posted April 15, 2006 at 11:34 PM Team VATUSA As most of you have already heard, the VATUSA Training Academy will be opening its doors this Monday, April 17th to serve the training needs of new students joining the USA Division. The Academy currently holds 10 Mentors and 5 Instructors from various Centers within the Division who were nominated by their respective Training Administrators or Air Traffic Managers, who will serve as the backbone of this facility. Currently the VATUSA Training Department is seeking qualified individuals interested in joining the Academy to help backup the present Mentor staff should the need arise. If the number of new students who join the Division exceeds our expected average, this additional staff will be a huge [Mod - Happy Thoughts]et in helping to accomplish the needs of the student’s training. Members of this group should be ready to step in in case a Mentor is sick and unable to train, has to take a leave of absence for various reasons, or has other offline/personal commitments to tend to. Required qualifications include: • Senior Controller rating (this includes current Supervisors who held a C3 rating or higher prior to Supervisor appointment) • Clean disciplinary record with VATSIM • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Self-motivated and responsible • Able to work in a team environment • Willingness to train new VATUSA Students • Posses a strong understanding of ASRC, Basic ATC, Clearance Delivery, Ground Operations and Local Control procedures. Letters of interest should include a brief VATSIM bio and should be remitted to [email protected] as soon as practical. Those candidates selected will receive further instruction via email. Jason Sutton - USA3 Director of Training Kyle Ramsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Bartolotta 912967 Posted April 15, 2006 at 11:52 PM Posted April 15, 2006 at 11:52 PM • Posses a strong understanding of ASRC, Basic ATC, Clearance Delivery, Ground Operations and Local Control procedures. Although I'm not applying for a staff position at the Academy, just wanted to ask -- what about VRC now? Will controllers at the Academy be using ASRC? Nick Bartolotta - ZSE Instructor, pilot at large "Just fly it on down to within a inch of the runway and let it drop in from there." - Capt. Don Lanham, ATA Airlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Sutton 879715 Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:02 AM Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:02 AM • Posses a strong understanding of ASRC, Basic ATC, Clearance Delivery, Ground Operations and Local Control procedures. Although I'm not applying for a staff position at the Academy, just wanted to ask -- what about VRC now? Will controllers at the Academy be using ASRC? For the time being the Academy will be focusing on ASRC. Reason being, VRC wasn't available at the time the Academy lessons and stage examinations were being created. It may be incorporated eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:54 AM Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:54 AM (edited) I would hope that the training is not client-specific anyway. Edited April 17, 2006 at 05:54 AM by Guest Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Heaney 879309 Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:54 AM Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:54 AM I think you'll find, that with the expanded capability of VRC, that most will be switching from ASRC, to VRC. Might want to speed up those lessons, to incorporate it. Just my observation. On the other hand. VRC is fairly easy to learn, with ASRC Knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:56 AM Posted April 17, 2006 at 05:56 AM I think you'll find, that with the expanded capability of VRC, that most will be switching from ASRC, to VRC. Might want to speed up those lessons, to incorporate it. Just my observation. The "balance of features" will be closer once ASRC 1.2 hits the streets. On the other hand. VRC is fairly easy to learn, with ASRC Knowledge. That's certainly true. I tried to keep most functions very similar. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Heaney 879309 Posted April 17, 2006 at 06:32 AM Posted April 17, 2006 at 06:32 AM The "balance of features" will be closer once ASRC 1.2 hits the streets. Quite true, anyone know of an ETA? Is there one? for the time being, ASRC 1.1 is all that's available, and unless they plan to let new students work with 1.2, they are limited to 1.1, where there is quite a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 17, 2006 at 06:34 AM Posted April 17, 2006 at 06:34 AM I would hope they'd let students use 1.2 .... ETA? No clue. It's been ready for months, from what I understand. Not sure what the holdup is. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Klapper 884347 Posted April 17, 2006 at 09:12 PM Posted April 17, 2006 at 09:12 PM Does 1.2 incorporate the RIF format? Would it be hard to migrate from SCT to RIF? Ethan Klapper VATUSA13 VATUSA Deputy Events Director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Wollenberg 810243 Posted April 17, 2006 at 09:28 PM Posted April 17, 2006 at 09:28 PM Does 1.2 incorporate the RIF format? Would it be hard to migrate from SCT to RIF? No it does not. As far as I've heard, RIF is dead. Bryan Wollenberg ZLA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Morris 920567 Posted April 17, 2006 at 10:02 PM Posted April 17, 2006 at 10:02 PM hrm...that's kind of a relief. I couldn't imagine going at the sector files from nearly scratch. On the other hand, had RIF brought in new and better abilities and formats (XML anyone?) it could have been really really good. No pain no gain, but at least that boogeyman has been put to rest for now. http://www.execjetva.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Heaney 879309 Posted April 18, 2006 at 08:17 AM Posted April 18, 2006 at 08:17 AM RIF may be dead for the time being, but I read a discussion with Ross Carlson, and Corey Wirun, about a possible new format. I hope these guys can come together and make something happen. We don't know what hte future will bring, but it would be good to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted April 18, 2006 at 08:18 AM Posted April 18, 2006 at 08:18 AM That discussion died before it really began ... there is another discussion going on among the various ATC client developers right now, but nothing concrete has come out yet. If a new format ever emerges, it'll be a long time coming, I'm sure. Too many cooks in the kitchen, really. We'll see, though. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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