Pilot deviations and a new FAA reality

Robert Briggs wrote:



Well, air traffic control (which is, after all, the specific field in
which we are interested in this thread) requires rather more in the
way of discipline than do many jobs

No it doesn't. ATC is no different than any other job. You may or may
not be well suited to it.


and I would expect prior military
service to correlate positively with this, and it is no bad thing at
all for controllers to be able to cope well "under fire", whether or
not they actually get hit by any bullets.

Under fire is simply another term for stress.



While I believe that *modest* credit for prior military service is no
bad thing in itself, it must clearly not be allowed undue influence:
for example, a former military controller might get his 5% for the
*military* aspect, but his *experience as a controller* should count
for much more, as should a Canadian civil controller's experience of
handling cross-border traffic.

Military controllers washed out at a much higher rate than guys off the
street with zero experience, back when we washed people out.