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Originally Posted by SilberUrS6
I've heard that the pressure can sometimes be intense.
How many high-pucker-factor days a month do you typically have?
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atcjorg said it well. Different factors. I'm proud to say I work in the busiest/most complex area of my facility. I work arrival flow to every airport in SoCal, along with departure flow. I have very little overflight traffic. Most of my job is sequencing, vectoring, and climbing and diving airplanes. It's the fastest paced, highest traffic volume area at LA Center.
Some guys handle the stress, others don't. If you're a weak stick, stuff ruffles your feathers much easier. When I first got certified, I certainly was much more conservative and nervous when it got busy. Now, it's so automatic, that it just works. I can carry on a conversation with a co-worker while I'm talking to 20 airplanes on my frequency. Not bragging, but the human mind just adapts to this job very quickly.
I've noticed changes in my life because of this job. I used to be a very patient person. My patience is much less then it used to be. My short term memory is worse. (when I work, I intake, process, analyze so much information that I have to discard it instantly and keep working with new info.)
All in all, like atcjorg said...if you're good, the job is a breeze.