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I'm going to undertake a week's work experience with ATC at RAF St Mawgan in July, but am not really sure what I will be doing/witnessing. If anyone could give me a few ideas in advance, I would be really grateful, so as to have an idea what I might do.
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Originally Posted by LXGB
You'll have plenty of tea making practice. Get that brew list memorised! 
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Actually it's about 20 scheduled flights plus an increasing number of private aircraft. Not enough to make it viable after the RAF withdraw but it could be (and has been) worse!
The ATC down there have always been great when I've flown down, hope you have an interesting week.
The ATC down there have always been great when I've flown down, hope you have an interesting week.
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St Mawgan: Suddenly..........Nothing Happened!?!?
anyone who says mawgan is a sleepy hollow should be shot! 
we have exercises coming out of our ears at the moment including fast pointy things! the civil side has grown to approx 40 scheduled movements a day not to mention the private civvies that come in!
opening hours? 05:50 to 22:00 for civil, 05:50 to cease flying (last night 02:30!!) for military!
mixing tonkas with C172's is ......... interesting to say the least!
add to that approach where it seems the whole of cornish puddle jumpers need to talk to you and tell you there life story! we did over 15000 LARS tracks last year and countless FIS's! Bloody civvies!!
but i still saw the light and am comin over to ''civvie side''!
Proctor, check ya PM's
we have exercises coming out of our ears at the moment including fast pointy things! the civil side has grown to approx 40 scheduled movements a day not to mention the private civvies that come in!
opening hours? 05:50 to 22:00 for civil, 05:50 to cease flying (last night 02:30!!) for military!
mixing tonkas with C172's is ......... interesting to say the least!
add to that approach where it seems the whole of cornish puddle jumpers need to talk to you and tell you there life story! we did over 15000 LARS tracks last year and countless FIS's! Bloody civvies!!
but i still saw the light and am comin over to ''civvie side''!
Proctor, check ya PM's
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You may also witness quite a bit of drink-related shenanigans in Newquay and the occasional scantily-clad young lady [or indeed young-man if you are so-inclined]. And surf. And Jamie Bloody Oliver.
Enjoy St Mawgan. I had two weeks there staying in a wooden hut a long time ago.
Enjoy St Mawgan. I had two weeks there staying in a wooden hut a long time ago.
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Always been the case, those who knock SMG have never been there... Up to 450 moves a day during exercises, mixed types... enough to make even a Valley or Linton ATCO'e eye's water...
True at other times it can be quiet (90% boredom 10% panic), and the hours are long. So a bit hit and miss (sorry that's probably a bad phrase to use)
Very nice bunch of people in the Tower, and if it's quiet they have time to talk to you and you'll get most out of it. Expect to see a standard RAF ATC set-up, and hopefully you'll see a bit of variety
SMG ATC has just won the Falconer Trophy, presented annually to the best RAF ATC Tower... so can't be that bad?
True at other times it can be quiet (90% boredom 10% panic), and the hours are long. So a bit hit and miss (sorry that's probably a bad phrase to use)
Very nice bunch of people in the Tower, and if it's quiet they have time to talk to you and you'll get most out of it. Expect to see a standard RAF ATC set-up, and hopefully you'll see a bit of variety
SMG ATC has just won the Falconer Trophy, presented annually to the best RAF ATC Tower... so can't be that bad?
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Nice part of the world and all that but I can't believe it's the best ATC Unit - I'm prepared to be wrong!
Probably means they had more time off for people to do:
Charity Events
Secondary Duties
Sports
Adventurous training etc etc
and, therefore, more for project officer to write about. I hope Angrel is an LAC, if not, that drop to 10k at Hurn will hurt and 16k under training.
Good luck all the same
Probably means they had more time off for people to do:
Charity Events
Secondary Duties
Sports
Adventurous training etc etc
and, therefore, more for project officer to write about. I hope Angrel is an LAC, if not, that drop to 10k at Hurn will hurt and 16k under training.
Good luck all the same
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I have it from a reliable source that all the Air Traffickers as St Mawgan are brilliant. They 'won' the Falconer Raytheon (It's your turn and we fancy a weekend golfing and boozing in your part of the world for a weekend)Trophy so they must be brilliant. And hardly any of them were chopped at busier units!
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Still amazes me how the controllers at St Mawgan provide any service at all with the crap they have on their screens from wind farms, clay pits and gawd knows what. Saw a trainee do his first PAR there a few years ago and he was as gob-smacked as me at how easily the mentor could pick up the traffic in amongst all the garbage.
Heard the RAF was going to go digital soon. Probably a nasty rumour.
NS
Heard the RAF was going to go digital soon. Probably a nasty rumour.
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no i'm afraid im an SAC of 6 years! so yes the drop in pay will hurt majorly!
and as for time off to do secondary duties..............tell that to the guys who write the rosters! with OOA's and all these people leaving (sic!) there actually understaffed by about 3 people on both controllers and assistants! oh well can't complain as i'm off to civvy street!
and as for time off to do secondary duties..............tell that to the guys who write the rosters! with OOA's and all these people leaving (sic!) there actually understaffed by about 3 people on both controllers and assistants! oh well can't complain as i'm off to civvy street!
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There are alot of excercises at St Mawgan in July with a wide variety of military aircraft. Hopefully you'll get to see alot during your time with us.
The assistants normally take you under their wing but you will get amble time sitting with the controllers. It is a brilliant place to work. You wont be tea making you'll be experiencing the wide variety of tasks St Mawgan undertake.
See you in July
The assistants normally take you under their wing but you will get amble time sitting with the controllers. It is a brilliant place to work. You wont be tea making you'll be experiencing the wide variety of tasks St Mawgan undertake.
See you in July