Misreadings

There seems to be a standard here in the Moncton Public Library. The city itself grows from the silty roots of its history. As I made my way to the post office on St. George street from the bus terminal, and then on to this library, here, on Main street, I noticed the construction dates set into some of the older brick buildings: the No. 2 fire station, the united church. I was surprised to see a group of individuals gathered around outside the door of the Karing Kitchen, a soup kitchen I had long forgotten, tucked around a quick corner. It jumped out at me. I was unsuspecting. I wove a course where at each cross-road I chose what I felt was the most attractive direction to take.

There's construction on Millenium boulevard. I thought to myself "That is the strategy: to, at a cross-roads, create a superior visual appeal that attracts attention. Traffic will surely follow."

It is an idea.

I've been thinking about this test I'm about to write. How could I not? I've been thinking about the job, and thinking about what my life might be like if I earned a decent living. Fantasizing really. When I came into the library I noticed a guy who had the outline of a star tattooed under his eye. I noticed his style and liked what he was wearing.

I stopped into Artsy et Vintage on my way to the library. I had this idea for a leather with a fur collar. There wasn't a lot of stock in the store, though some of the items looked pretty sharp. The hats she carries caught my eye. It led me to think of belts and sun glasses.

I'll be meeting with Gramma for supper. Hopefully she will be eager to face the challenge of driving in the cold rain.

My assessment begins in an hour.

I've been conceptualizing the content of the test. A general assessment of vocabulary and comprehension, word meanings and parsing semantic content from utterances. Thinking about the job I realised that I had been underestimating the cognitive load it must place on the worker. I had been so focused on keeping two planes from crashing into each other I had overlooked some of the other challenges. First, I had realised that although keeping two planes separated was a feat in itself, there are likely many planes to keep track of. I imagine the most complicated flow of traffic being monitored is between take off and landing. I wonder if controllers don't make course corrections due to inclimate weather. I do enjoy the geometry I picture with my minds eye, arches and spirals. I think the job likely involves the comparison of rates. Acceleration to hundreds of kilometeres per hour, ascension to eleventions of ten of thousands of feet, trajectories, descent, landing, decceleration. All in a days work.

There are a few instances I may consider:

1. Aircraft takes off from some runway n at airport x for duration t to arrive at destination y. The course is described arithmetically.

The same aircraft must land safely.

2. The aircraft lands at a) the same airport or b) a different airport or the aircraft remains in flight.

3. A second aircraft takes off from a) the same airport i. the same runway ii. a different runway b) a different airport.


It might be nice to have something to eat before I'm occupied by the assessment.

Do not underestimate the importance of teamwork. Looking into it I see there are many stations monitoring all of the different aspects of air traffic.