About the Book
As I am a previous Air Traffic Controller Certified to Manage Runways; Ground Controller Certified for South Caicos Airport and Barbados Airport, also trained as an Approach/Area Controller for Barbados International Airport; where I made provision for ATC Clearances for Small Medium and Heavy Aircraft for flights climbing and descending also transitioning in Adams(Barbados) Airspace. Specialized work with an International body while employed by the Government of the Turks and Caicos islands Government, included performance of supervised work with the Aeronautical Flight Information Services (AIS) Office, such as filing Flight Plans, through the use of the Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network, preparation of Notams, Airacs and Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP) obtaining Meteorological Information from the Met Office involving calculating Relative Humidity and Dew Point, via reference to the Wet Bulb and Dry Bulb temperature, Wind Speed and Direction, by use of the Wind Sock, Winds Aloft, High and Low Pressure Systems, including analysis of Cold Fronts, Upper Level Troughs, study of the Corioiles Force, Jet Streams, Barometric pressures, Systems, including Hurricanes, usage of Metar Codes, Cloud Sky interpretation in the form of Octaves and Cloud Description and Sea Tides Highs and Lows, and collecting, collating, editing and discriminating Aeronautical Information for the smooth flow of Air Traffic Services and also worked in the Adams Air Traffic Control Tower managing small medium and heavy aircraft. eg. Piper Navajo, Cherokee, Aztec, Seneca, Cheyenne, Mojave, Chieftain, Panther, Cessena, 150's, 182'2, 206's, 210's, 340's, 401's, 402's, 414's, 421's, 441's, 442's, 500's 501, s, Gates Learjets 24, 25, 35, 36, 55, Boeing 707, 727, 737, 747, Mcdonald Douglas DC -3, -9, -10, -6, -7, - 4, -8, MD-80, Lockheed Tristar (L1011), Hercules L 400, Dehaviland Dash Series, Gulfstreams (G4), Sabreliners, WestWinds, Mooneys, Malibu, Trinidadiar and other Commercial, Executive and Sports Aircraft, under Air Traffic Management Supervision, also managing the Ground movements on the Apron, taxiway and Runways, in addition monitored the work activities of the Terminal radar Approach Controllers, whom manages Airspace with an Upper Level of 20,000 feet relative to ICAO Standard Atmospheric Pressure 29.92 inches for IFR Flights utilizing longitudinal, Lateral, vertical and horizontal separations, providing Radar Vectors, monitoring by way of Radar Screen, receiving the transponder codes identifying the aircraft's position and altitude through the signals received from the secondary surveillance radar, within the School yard of Barbados School of Air Traffic Services. At this school I underwent training in the Management of the Terminal Control Area, in the discipline of Air Traffic Control, Non-Radar Approach, Area, Aerodrome, Ground Control, Flight Data, and Air Traffic Control Coordination, supervised by my Instructors, and Air Traffic Control Supervisors. I also worked in South Caicos Control Tower, as an Air Traffic Controller Assistant, within the Aerodrome Control Tower, Licensed by the Civil Aviation Department of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British Government as an Aeronautical Flight Information Service Officer Air Traffic Control (AFISO) Serial # DCA-15, with the Certificate rating for South Caicos Control Tower, with added experience in the Instrument Flight rating working with Grand Turk Approach Control and Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center, which my position allowed me to work unsupervised in the Tower, reporting to the Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Department responsible for Operations. The Operations allowed me to work with Miami Center whom Area, Control, extends over Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Jamaica.