Hay Doug To this day that guy remembers you too. The GCA guy was just doing his job that he was well trained to do and was probably the lowest ranking one in there. We had it a little better than the FAA guys because we delt with pilots that knew what they were doing. Dealing with silly-villians is a whole nother thing. It was the only job I've ever had that I enjoyed doing and looked foward to going to work. The day I left Kedina AFB we were so covered up the crew chief shached my chair back and the relief stepped in, he had been watching for thirty min. trying to get the picture. Didn't even get to say bye to my crew, I loved it.
Steve Bray Jackson, Tennessee >From: "Doug Rupert" <drup...@sympatico.ca> >Reply-To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> >To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> >Subject: RE: KR> tower trip >Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:53:21 -0500 > >Steve: I personally delivered a bottle of Scotch to the GCA Controller that >got me and my load of wounded safely on the runway centerline in zero-zero >conditions in Vietnam one night. Scariest damn approach of my life and have >had complete confidence in military controllers ever since. Civilian >controllers run a close second as they suffer greatly from overwork and >long >schedules. Rapid burn out rate at higher traffic airports and centers. >Doug Rupert > >Mark >I was a controller in the USAF from 1972-76 and you would not believe how >much we enjoyed/appericated a pilot that actually cared ! We would make >time > >for them. >I worked in an approach/radar facility. no windows. and we didn't get many >visitors, >unless they were pissed. >Not much glamor there but we were the ones who brought you home when your >windsheld was the end of your world as far as you could tell. >Meeting them eye to eye and letting them know your intrested will make a >diffrence. >They will remember you. > >Steve Bray >Jackson, Tennessee > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: 12/29/2005 > > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
