The Advanced Course Begins

And so... day one. It begins. The end of the first slog to the base camp is in sight. Three more months of long days and frazzling simulator runs and I'll be there. Ready to climb for 2 years to the summit where I will finally be valid and I'll have a job, yey!
But reading this you may think that it's all bad. It isn't at all. Apart from talking about planes all day (which may not appeal to all) it's a big challenge, intellectually. Not difficult to understand, but you have to imagine air traffic control like a big sudoku. You know how to solve it, it is an easy notion, but you have to put all the parts in the right place to solve the whole thing, and that's kind of it really.
What's different in the advanced course? I hear you ask. Well firstly there are more aircraft to deal with and also two trainee controllers work in the same piece of air space. So it gets much more fun, working together as a team, which will be brilliant because the team is very close nit. That's one of the best things about the job!
Well I have lots more written assessments to get through so if the blog goes a bit quiet then it's because I'll be busy working. In the meantime, here's a link to a funky game!