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I have controlled at Goose Bay and Cold Lake, as well as a few other places, all of them as both a Tower and IFR controller. I have been the WOpsO/WATCO in Moose Jaw. Currently I am the Cmdt of CFSACO. That meet your standards? Moose Jaw is more complex that YAW, YBG, YZX, YTR and for most of...

Like you I doubt they controlled there. Although if memory serves you are about to change that.

Mountie, I just checked your posting history. In most instances where you offered an opinion or information about AEC you have been wrong, just as you are here. That you think you can offer meaningful insight into traffic levels as an untrained AEC is truly puzzling. I get that you are trying to...

No worries. Good luck and by the way... no AEC facility, neither Weapons nor ATC, is underground.

1. The MAATS project died quite some time ago. ATC IFR services are not being transferred to super centres in YUL and YED. 2. No. 3. YMJ is a challenge (IFR and VFR) because of the complexity and density of traffic. It is after all one of the busiest airports in Canada. The school will not...

1. MANOPS never hurts as it is the bible for ATCers. You will use it extensively on course. With that said remember the training is set up for people with no background in aviation or ATC. 2. If you enjoy playing sims games then feel free. It can't hurt but there are no studies that show it...

You've been quoted :) ... and that's who we dealt with.

Experience shows that level 2 security checks can take up to 18 months irrespective of who you are or where you've been. However, your AEC training will not be delayed because of this. It is not unusual for candidates to show up for occupational training at CFSACO without the "pre-requisite"...

Now you are describing Air Weapons Control :)

Poor thing, unable to think in 3D? 3D spatial reasoning is a key aptitude for AEC. Any AEC grad would tell you that two dots meeting as one is fine so long as you have altitude seperation. :P

Basic computer skills are always a benefit, but remember AEC is more like getting paid to play video games than it is to code them :)

Being in the military is a 24/7 job, but I get that's not exactly what you are asking. AEC encompasses so many different "jobs" that it would be wrong to characterise it as either shiftwork or daywork. Even within one unit you could find some AECs working shifts of varying lengths 365 days a...

Well, that certainly is good news. Of those that are selecting AEC as a first choice, what was it that made you decide on AEC?

Well, while on OJT you have to complete a formal OJT package and you have to complete the distance learning portion of the AEC Basic Course. I could go on, but I will conceed that in some instance there is more informal training than formal particularly if the OJT period is at all delayed from...

Did they go to air crew selection? If not perhaps the AEC Awareness Campaign is finally starting to pay off.

Did you believe it then? More importantly... do you believe it now?

Heh, since they changed the vision reqirements, I won't accuse you of wearing glasses.

It only conflicts in so much as people insist on posting rumours, old info or stuff they pulled out of their collective asses. As a new AEC you will be assigned by AF Tng into one of the three AEC streams: AWC, ATC IFR or ATC VFR. Which stream will be based on service needs with due...

No.

Well, I graduated with a degree in biology and I am doing ok for myself as an AEC ;)