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Join me tonight on TWITCH.tv
« on: July 28, 2017, 03:49:48 PM »
Join real-world air traffic controller Derek Vento tonight on TWITCH TV at 7 PM as he hosts a Q&A style discussion focusing on the National Airspace System and ATC communication tips. He'll be demonstrating fundamental skills on flight sim throughout the discussion! See it live on TWITCH through www.aarowav.com!

Derek Vento
Air Traffic Controller Atlanta TRACON
Host of The Traffic Pattern Podcast

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« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2017, 11:30:16 AM »
I have to ask... and this may sound a little crass... but you don't have a certificate, right?  The FAA shows an expired student pilot certificate and no valid medical.  Do you have any other RW qualifications?
  To go portray yourself as an authority may be a touch misleading.

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« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2017, 12:03:02 PM »
I can confirm that Derek is an FAA controller.
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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2017, 12:04:54 PM »
Derek is a controller at CAE. You can easily verify this through the FAA employee directory.
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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2017, 12:40:49 PM »
Thanks Gents ^^ :)

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Air Traffic Controller Atlanta TRACON
Host of The Traffic Pattern Podcast

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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2017, 01:24:00 PM »
Sad that there is so much distrust and suspicion that we can't even trust when a bright individual such as Derek, with real-world experience, wants to provide online training/education to others. Let's not go snooping on each other via the Airmen database (note that is an airmen database - ATC certificates are not included...) just because someone offers online Twitch training.

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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2017, 01:42:36 PM »
It's okay Cam, he must be new....
Thanks for the kind words brother.
Derek Vento
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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2017, 02:18:30 PM »
Thanks Gents ^^ :)



I was just curious is all.  That's an even better qual than I had looked for!

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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2017, 02:19:16 PM »
Sad that there is so much distrust and suspicion that we can't even trust when a bright individual such as Derek, with real-world experience, wants to provide online training/education to others. Let's not go snooping on each other via the Airmen database (note that is an airmen database - ATC certificates are not included...) just because someone offers online Twitch training.

It wasn't distrust, just curiosity.  If it was distrust, I wouldn't have asked, but likely rather asserted something negative.