My trainers were not present today. The last few hours of my shift, I finally got some training by another FPL. During debrief, he was blunt and said “You know the stuff but you have no organizational skills and cannot execute it.” Also mentioned was that “I’m too passive”.  I couldn’t agree more. Its tough making that position my own and I definately need to take control of that frequency and dish it out. Some good did come out our training session though. A few concepts really sunk in and he opened up my eyes to what I think is a good organizational technique. I learned the power of “standby” and “clearance on request” and let those suckers hold for a few minutes while I cleaned up my area.

Yesterday and last evening was rough for me. After todays session, I am even more determined to make it through not only clearance delivery but GC and LC. CD position is really not that tough but leave it up to me to make it harder than it needs to be. Once I find my groove, I’ll be golden but in the meantime, its going to suck ass. I have the next few days to reflect and I believe I have a rough prototype of a basic system that should work for me come wednesday.