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"I didn't mean to question the whole system, however I do agree that this is a hobby and there should be a better balance between professionalism and having fun.  I suppose all the people who put their free time into VATSIM to keep things governed and organized know that this is probably the hardest thing to do.  I am very grateful for their hard work. \n  \nI guess I will have to look at the Academy as a place to get started and not as a place to exit with certification. That must be where I went wrong- I expected to exit the Academy, take a few short local writtens, and be controlling (at least at the basic levels of DEL, GND, or TWR).  At this point I'm still \"up in the air\" about how I want to proceed.  Nearly all my availability falls during times when no one at my ARTCC can be online to mentor me, so it may be a looooong time before I can finish what I started.  I may come to a level of comfort with that, but I wonder how many people we missed out on having as great contributors to this hobby because there were simply too many confusing hoops to jump through? \n"
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