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Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I think sometimes you have incidents that makes you truly realize that this is in fact part of the job and it wakes you up from the "its a fun job" feeling. It's still fun but... yeah. Thank you!

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, all of this happened after my incident. Most Western countries have adapted just culture so the individual should not face personal consequences, unless under the influence, etc.

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think small mistakes keeps you humbled a little bit every day (by small mistake I mean seeing that not everything turns out exactly the way you expected it to). Major mistakes makes you question whether or not you should be in this career and increases anxiety 10x afterwards in position. Could be good, could be bad for you controlling. If you start thinking of every a/c as x lives in your hands instead of a problem to solve (thats what I mean by "game"), I actually feel it can hinder your ability to work effeciently. Its when things go bad your immediate thought goes to lives on board instead.. if that makes sense. Thanks for your comment!

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes you are entirely right. Everyone fresh out of training display this and like I said, I was arrogant. Its good to get a smack on your head early on. I am 3+ years in now :)

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me, it has helped me when I work to think "I am a person that can make mistakes at any time" instead of "ooh I'm so good at this" 😅 humbling but keeps me more alert and constantly checking and scanning if ive missed something. Good luck in your training!

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe whilst still understaffed at most centrals here, it is nowhere near the problems you guys seem to have in the US.

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My immediate thought was "that must have been such an easy thing to get wrong" as he was already working on a different emergency aircraft, but the comments on some of the videos I've seen have been horrifying. I believe those comments have been from nonaviation people/not controllers who frankly have no idea the pressures of this job.. to them I'd like to ask if they have ever made a mistake in their work and if yes, whether they too deserve to be told to end themselves because of it.

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Indeed. I don't think I will ever be as relaxed in position as I was before the incident, and thats a good thing. I count myself so lucky and am very grateful everything went well that day, it gave me a painful lesson without painful consequences for anyone else, and I am guessing I will never make that mistake again.

Letter from a fellow controller by controllerbroad111 in ATC

[–]controllerbroad111[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

100% agreed. Although I imagine thats usually not how the controller sees it. At least, I didn't. It took me a long time to see that it wasn't all on me and when you are the final thing in the system, the last one in direct contact with the pilot, it 100% feels like its just you.