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March 08, 2009

New Air Traffic Controller Training Program Comes To Texas

LeTourneau University To Offer Two- And Four-Year Courses

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to hire 17,000 new air traffic controllers in the next decade. To help meet this need, LeTourneau University in Longview, TX was recently approved by the FAA to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program. LETU is the only university in the state of Texas approved to prepare and train students interested in a career as an air traffic controller.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.08.09)

Aero-Linx!

Established in 1980, the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is an international association which serves providers of air and surface medical transport systems.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.08.09): Pushback

Aero-Terms!

Powerback is used by aircraft to reverse using the power of their engines, In Europe only propeller aircraft tend to use powerbacks as a means of reversing, while in the USA some larger jet aircraft also perform powerbacks.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.08.09)

"It presently appears that anyone on the ramp without a TSA ID is subject to fines or convictions in unknown amounts and arrest or detainment by unknown persons as it seems not to be known how enforcement will be conducted, or by whom. The sole female TSA person, I could not fathom or match the persons to the names, quietly said, the one time she even dared look at the crowd, that patrolling would likely be random and infrequent. Or something very like that.

"Of course the question was then raised, why bother. No answer." Source: From an email received by ANN, and verified as being the work-product/personal report of a pilot (who has asked for anonymity) that attended a recent TSA meeting in Montrose, CO, in which new

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