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"Not at all, but he's not suggesting that we abandon controller training at all. To suggest that we may require fewer hurdles doesn't necessarily mean tossing out the baby with the bath water. \n  \nLook, we need to ensure that we have a steady stream of competent controllers, and we need to get people controlling where they can learn from experience. I think we need to have a discussion as to how we get there, without people suggesting that any loosening involves eliminating training altogether. \n  \n\n  \nYou know darn well I don't control or instruct anywhere, and input on this subject isn't limited to those who do. If we go down that road to its reducto ad absurdium conclusion, then you have no right to tell Richard anything because you've never been President of VATSIM before. And we both know that's clearly ridiculous. To suggest that Richard isn't qualified to comment because you find his controlling skills less than adequate doesn't [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist the discussion any more than saying he's ugly and his mother dresses him funny. While it all may be true, it doesn't reflect on his ability to [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ess whether training requirements meet the need of the network as a whole - and that's an area where I'll give him at a minimum the benefit of the doubt. \n  \nIf the current process is proving to be a hinderance to qualified people getting behind the scopes, then modifications are necessary. That doesn't mean we toss everything out, and for you to insinuate so is merely a straw man argument. If making things a little bit easier or less bureaucratic means getting more people behind the scopes and learning on the job with no significant drop in ATC quality, so be it. If those who came earlier had a much more difficult time of things and are upset, so be it. \n  \nCheers! \n  \nLuke \n  \nPS: In full disclosure, as you point out my earlier more intemperate post was deleted by me. \n"
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