Your First Day at the FAA Academy
Welcome to Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (or MMAC, as the FAA lovingly refers to it). If you’re new to the FAA, there will be a load of hoops to jump through today as you begin your career as a Federal Air Traffic Controller.

Preparing for Your First Morning at the FAA Academy
Before you arrived, you may or may not have received a piece of paper to leave displayed in the windshield of your car, authorizing your vehicle to enter the grounds, which are quite …

Depending on the time of year and your pay scale, spending time at the FAA’s ATC Academy in Oklahoma City can be a fun vacation or one of those “I spent a year in Oklahoma one month…” trips.
You’d think that the winter would bring mild weather, but Oklahoma City seems to attract cold weather and ice storms throughout the winter.  Venture a little farther south to Texas, and the driving is so dangerous in a dusting of snow you’d think you stumbled into a huge game of bumper cars.
I drove …