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Old 10th November 2007 | 18:26
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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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Old 10th November 2007 | 18:34
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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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Old 10th November 2007 | 19:18
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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.
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Old 15th November 2007 | 14:12
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are you chaps finished?can we play now.
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Old 19th November 2007 | 12:01
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Arrow Hammer!

Hi Sleeeper;

Got a hammer, hopefully the 'ZAR of russia' will lift his head....
Your turn. Just make it a good one.

I'm gone.
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Old 20th November 2007 | 15:16
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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.
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Old 27th November 2007 | 18:40
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So.....

How are things in Nam ATC? Heard the birdies whisper that the pohpoh is hitting the fan?

mmmmmmmm

Not good...
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Old 28th November 2007 | 07:07
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Devil Move

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.
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Old 30th November 2007 | 06:23
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Cool Reminder

The farewell party for 3 of ATCs that have resigned will be hald today at the Swift Club. Starting at 1600Z

ALL are invited.

P.s. Nearly ALL
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Old 30th November 2007 | 06:53
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Thanks, but I have to give it a miss as I have to cover their shifts.

Enjoy it. Heard rumours that the cops are around. Hou matigheid voor oë.:
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Old 1st December 2007 | 13:25
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How was the party? Any incriminating pics?
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Old 4th December 2007 | 17:10
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Cool

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
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Old 5th December 2007 | 14:33
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Not all the ATC's are reading this forum. So I guess that they did not did not read the unofficial invitation. But I believe there's gonna be another big party?
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Old 6th December 2007 | 14:54
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The party was very good!!!
Enought booze and food!

Thouse that missed it; just to bad.
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Old 11th December 2007 | 20:35
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Yer all too busy to talk now?
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Old 13th December 2007 | 11:57
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Angry Staff shortage

Just heard that 3 specific operational ATCs had a meeting with higher authority.
According to them there is no staff shortage in Namibia.
What do you then call 1 OFF day in 2 weeks?
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Old 13th December 2007 | 19:14
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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?
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Old 17th December 2007 | 18:57
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Devil

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?
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Old 19th December 2007 | 11:01
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Angel

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.
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Old 12th January 2008 | 11:38
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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!
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