[Magdalen] Gap year (or more)

[Jon Egger]

After my son got his degree in Professional Piloting, and flew up and down
the Aleutian Islands, he discovered that piloting wasn't for him, so he
applied to enter the FAA ATC (Air Traffic Control) school.  The first
summer of training was in OKC, and the instructors LOVED that 12 in the
class of 15 had pilot licenses.  It made teach so much easier, and the
pilots helped the non-pilots learn.  The program has several washout times
(big tests, etc) and those who finally graduated were very lucky, indeed.
He was fortunate, too, that he got the sector he wanted, Minneapolis. ATC
is not for older people...once he was in the Minneapolis sector his first
assignment was learning all the three letter airport codes for EVERY
airport in the sector, and sectors are huge areas!

"Hello, I'm Pontius, and I'll be your pilot today."

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Grace & peace,
Deacon Jon Egger



*“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who
has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to
deceive and overawe the People."(Eugene V. Debs, Anti-War Speech, June 16,
1918) *


On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought they had changed that, at least in some states.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Sadly in the states many military professions at the lower levels do not
> > translate. One I'm familiar with here is the medics who've come back to
> TX
> > are not qualified for emergency vehicles or given any credit towards an
> > entry level nurse associates degree. Sad
> > Lynn
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Susan Hutchinson <shutchinsonca at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On 2015-06-05, at 6:45 AM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> > >
> > > Many employers will take that experience as very
> > > valuable, so that's a reasonable alternative to college.
> >
> > The University of Manitoba takes some military course work as equivalent
> > to undergraduate course work as part of the requirements for a bachelor
> of
> > arts or a bachelor of science degree. Other courses can be completed
> > online/correspondence while in the service. Of course, these days it is
> > hard to get in to the armed forces in Canada and the competition means
> that
> > virtually all officers have already got degrees and recruits will have a
> > high school diploma or GED.
> >
> > Military training in the traditional trades, police work, flying,
> > electronics, health care etc in Canada are well-respected and even a 3
> year
> > stint will give you an advantage in the civilian employment game.
> Assuming,
> > of course, you are not dealing with a raging case of PTSD from serving
> too
> > many tours in a stupid war which makes the PM and his cronies feel good.
> >
> > blessings
> > Susan
> >
> > The Rev. Susan Hutchinson
> > 604-319-7148
> > shutchinsonca at gmail.com
> >
> >
>