Quote: ACC experience is equally lacking to handle busy traffic.
Not knowing anything about the aviation picture in Iraq I was wondering what the traffic levels are, both at airfields and en-route. Can you give us some idea?
In a previous life I trained some Iraqui controllers on area radar. They had just completed an aerodrome approach radar course, so had to get their heads round lots of new techniques. Prior to this they had spent some weeks in Bournemouth learning English. Chatting to them we found out that their first Iraqui Air Force posts were spent flying Mig's, and they had been sent to Prague to learn Czechoslovakian before starting flying training with the Czech air force. They seemed to take all this in their stride, and passed our course perfectly satisfactorily. They may have been the exception, but don't be in a hurry to write them all off.