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moreland01

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2. When I quit a job back in 2000

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 11:33 AM

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I was selling air traffic control modernization systems to the FAA. My company offered me the job of being the lead Business Development Manager on the parts we were bidding for the NextGen project, which would replace the aging ground radar systems and have everything in the system use GPS. I figured it would be a 10+ year project, which didn't interest me. Now, 25 years later and we still haven't modernized our ATC system.

I said back then, if we ever convert to completely controlling air traffic with GPS, I would never fly again. I still feel that way.

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