Got an Ass whoopin

Man, Table tops and 3D kicked my mo fo ass Monday and Tuesday. We run 7 - 40 minute senarios each day split up between Table Tops and 3D. 3D is the computer simulator. On Monday, Ground Control in 3D kicked my ass man. Holy moly. Local control in Table tops was just as bad. However, my 2nd time around at GC in 3D was a little better. Tuesday, Local in 3D was rougher than ground. Holy moly. My 2nd run at Local was a little better. Flight Data (FD) in both labs, I do pretty good in. Thats my confidence booster.

There are a few basics that I need to work on such as pad management, getting the correct call signs on the first call up, and being comfortable with phraseology. These problems that we run increase in dificulty each day. Each day, we are pluged in with instructors listening and critiquing and offering their “technique”. Its frustrating as hell and overwhelming at times. However, we take the many critiques we come across not personally, but with an open mind and figure out what works well for the individual. Being only Day 2 it seems like a lot and the end of the world, but in 4 weeks when we PV (Performance Verification), we’ll be running senarios and moving airplanes like it was 2nd nature - hopefully. In 4 weeks, we’ll look back on these first few senarios and say how easy or simple they were. For now, we have a lot of information to process and get comfortable with. Phraseology, call signs, and pad management are the basic keys.

BTW, I recieved my first paycheck! yay. Not very much based on an $18K salary but its something. Did I mention I also get $79/day per deim? Well, its 930p, time for bed.

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