This is not uncommon in the world of Air Traffic Control... this is actually a mild storm with moderate impact... but you get an idea of what I do...

FedEx arrivals

notice at the end, how they scatter away from the airport at the weather... this is when my job gets interesting... I work in Houston, but this is the same scenario we run on a bad weather day...

Right there with you, my friend.

Working at my last facility, ZMA, ZJX and now ZTL, 12 months to go.

Most here may not 'get it', but there are several of us that have been or are ' on the boards'.

Saw this clip a while back, still good.

Grats... I work at ZHU and work Hattiesburg, Mobile and Brookley sectors and deal with ZTL all the times. 10 years for me... but I'll only be 48 then, maybe I'll become a PH my initials are OD...

Gadsden H, Gunter UH, QQ

Hi Al,
That is truly AMAZING! You must be one hell of a video game player!
Keep up the good work!

"All the little ants are marching...."

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... this is when my job gets interesting... I work in Houston, but this is the same scenario we run on a bad weather day...

Back in the late 80's I flew a C182 out of CFD in Bryan, Texas carrying skydivers to 10,000 feet over and over all day. I talked to Houston Center to let them know 5 minutes before each jump. On stormy days we would sit at the airport and wait for a hole in the clouds to appear. On more than one occasion as I spoke to Houston they would say "Easterwood is still IFR, are you sure you are in VFR conditions?" I alway was - I had to be because the plane had only the bare minimum instruments. Everthing that was not legally required was gone to make the plane lighter so it would climb fast. Still I don't think they believed me - skydivers and the FAA didn't exactly trust each other back then.