Here are updates on the Fort Worth Center tour on Saturday

I had my confirmation call with the FAA today and they're very excited to be giving a tour to Frequent Flyers. We're a nice change from the normal pilot recurrent training and school groups.

The Bad News: They say they have a full two hour program and ask if we can arrive at 7:45 Saturday AM so that we can be signed in and ready to go at 8:00. This will require a departure from North side hotels around 7:15 AM. Sorry about that.

Remember to bring a government-issued picture ID! You'll need it to get in the building.

The Good News: We've got two tour leaders and we'll be split into two groups. First group will immediately go get a tour of the control rooms and "plug-in" with a controller directing live traffic while the second gets a briefing on how the ATC system works. After an hour, we'll swap places.

Everyone will have a chance to plug in with a controller -- and this is fun! You'll be able to talk to them while they're working in an interesting ebb and flow -- sometimes they're busy, then there's a lull where you can talk about almost anything.

The ATC guys are "really anxious" to explain what they are and are NOT responsible for when passengers are told there are ATC delays.

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Party in the Metroplex -- September 21-23, 2001