Namibia ATC
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From: Somewhere
Congrats
Hi zar once again you have shown your fantastic skills at spelling and lack of education towards the serious nature of losing qualified staff. Have balls to be a good controller, support your collegues that have the skills and help those that lack them. But dont worry with so many of your kind staying behind i'll make sure that i fly low level so you don't have to give me a service that my company pays for and also that you don't strain your brain. Ps. Living so many years in the bush is shining through!
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From: space
hey zar
might it be that if you find people who are an asset in their workfield you are willing to invest capital to keep them so they remain an investment for your company...????? guess if other companies see that investment and you don't because your way of thinking is on a more political platform, then you must wake up and smell the coffee.....
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From: namibia
hedgehound
Do you remember this game? Came in various versions... Sometimes it had moles; rabbits; crocodiles; etc. The main idea was to hit IT whenever IT lifted ITs head.
game renameed to ZAR004.
On a more serious note:
There are a few that think in zar004's line. Unfortunately they make life intolerable for the masses.
game renameed to ZAR004.

On a more serious note:
There are a few that think in zar004's line. Unfortunately they make life intolerable for the masses.
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From: Holland Village
To the ZAR004 fellow, just caught up with the progress of this thread, sounds like your postings thus far are a wind-up.
Irrespective, those ‘germans’, as you put it, are in all probability the glue that has held together the ATC service delivery system in Namibia. As I stated near the beginning of this thread, I had trained a small portion of them, and from all indications from the performance during their course, not only would they do extremely well in ATNS, but more than likely put many current ATNS ATC’s to shame with their skills.
Racism, sleeping with a pilot for career advancement…….really!!!!,…….buddy, clearly you, judging merely from your nescient elocutionary display and your somewhat evident weak capture of the mechanics of ATM are someone who lives and dies by the blame projection game, using that as the only answer to your in all probability, questionable skills when on duty.
Irrespective, those ‘germans’, as you put it, are in all probability the glue that has held together the ATC service delivery system in Namibia. As I stated near the beginning of this thread, I had trained a small portion of them, and from all indications from the performance during their course, not only would they do extremely well in ATNS, but more than likely put many current ATNS ATC’s to shame with their skills.
Racism, sleeping with a pilot for career advancement…….really!!!!,…….buddy, clearly you, judging merely from your nescient elocutionary display and your somewhat evident weak capture of the mechanics of ATM are someone who lives and dies by the blame projection game, using that as the only answer to your in all probability, questionable skills when on duty.
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From: namibia
Seems there were a few mishaps during the last few weeks in the Windhoek ACC...
(lost the 4 realys in north.
Some ATC was aparently refusing to have the position, he was working on, removed to make way for the new untested equipment. This ATC is now at home on long leave)
Lets hope the final move is done correctly, and not on a "NOW or NEVER" approach.
(lost the 4 realys in north. Some ATC was aparently refusing to have the position, he was working on, removed to make way for the new untested equipment. This ATC is now at home on long leave)

Lets hope the final move is done correctly, and not on a "NOW or NEVER" approach.
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From: faar
The party was good. should have more of them.
not to say more ATC's must leave. but brings good memory's back.
only 5 ATC's there. what a shame
Good to see some friends and pilots.
To freesky. the HAMMER will fall sooner or later. faster than you think
Have fun you all
not to say more ATC's must leave. but brings good memory's back.
only 5 ATC's there. what a shame

Good to see some friends and pilots.
To freesky. the HAMMER will fall sooner or later. faster than you think

Have fun you all
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From: namibia
I'm getting scared! Didn't know it was so bad...
But you know how it goes? You fry somebody's brain, overwork them, underpay them, do this for long enough, and nwala...
They can stand up all by themselves and talk rubbish and actually believe it too.
Just a pity they'll never realise just how stupid they looked. Even the potplants blushed.
Namibia doesn't have staff shortage? There was staff shortage back in the day. So what is the next level after staff shortage then called?
But you know how it goes? You fry somebody's brain, overwork them, underpay them, do this for long enough, and nwala...
They can stand up all by themselves and talk rubbish and actually believe it too.
Just a pity they'll never realise just how stupid they looked. Even the potplants blushed.Namibia doesn't have staff shortage? There was staff shortage back in the day. So what is the next level after staff shortage then called?
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From: namibia
Don't be scared. It has been like this for some time...
Heard there was another meeting. Aparantly the potplants were still there...
Looks like higher authority now has the correct facts and figures. Maybee somethings will change.
... thank you for the info per PM.
P.s. Any info from ICAO?

Heard there was another meeting. Aparantly the potplants were still there...

Looks like higher authority now has the correct facts and figures. Maybee somethings will change.
... thank you for the info per PM.

P.s. Any info from ICAO?
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From: Sylt, Germany
ATC's hear (please note they don't say) that the Minister attended a braai on short notice and that he had some nice and wise words for those ATC's present.
I wish I could be there, as its quite damm cold here in the northern hemisphere.
Hope you guys down there all have a wet and merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I'm gonna enjoy my white Christmas. I might see you (those who are left behind) in February next year.
Hope you guys down there all have a wet and merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I'm gonna enjoy my white Christmas. I might see you (those who are left behind) in February next year.Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Somewhere
Another Fatal Accident at Eros
just got a call last night from a friend in Windhoek saying that a C210 had crashed just east of eros airport. Apparently 1 local pilot and 5 tourists. Information coming through is that the ATC on duty offered the secondary rwy. With the Nam heat and a fully loaded aircraft off that runway i wonder why the pilot chose it!




