Chancellor Anika KEMP
Alliance of BD+47 2112
Vonarburg Co-operative
WYRD
Ma'am,
It is with a heavy heart but clear concious that I tender my resignation as the Senior Traffic Controller at Vonarburg Co-operative, WYRD. Whilst I have not yet completed the required probationary phase, I feel that this position has become untenable and in no way close to the job description you provided me.
When you interviewed me for the position, you desribed the station has a haven for peace and one of the most beautiful stations in the galaxy. Yes, the station is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and there are no large structures to add to navigation hazards within the landing area, but being pretty is not enough! Your description as a, and I quote, 'haven for peace' could not be further from the truth. In the 2 months I have been here, there have been three faction wars, in fact one faction is still in lockdown. If you think this situation is peaceful, I would be most keen to hear how you describe a war torn environment!
As for the role of Senior Traffic Controller, why do you even have the position. No one, not the inhabitants of the station, not those who visit, and most certainly, not those employed as system security take any notice of our instructions. No one sticks to the speed limit, no one bothers to use the correct side of the entry slot. I am firmly convinced that half of these so called pilots don't even have training to operate anything larger than paper plane, nor have the intelligence to use anything with an engine. I have sat there dumbfounded, watching in utter disbelief as someone managed to wedge his Sidewinder in the slot. I didn't even think that was physically possible, but this bozo managed it. And what did he get for ineptness - instant death. Yes, the destruction of his ship and subsequent loss of life probably did increase the overall IQ of the station a couple of points but does anyone consider the consequences of such an action. It took my team, with the assistance of Station Maintenance over two hours to track down all the debris, discovering two of the bio-farm canopies were damaged, who pays for that, I am certain your faction will not compensate those poor farmers!
Not withstanding the heavy handed tactics of any minor traffic offense, just why do you even hire the Security Force. Is it entirely for revenue purposes because it isn't to keep the peace nor to enforce the rules. I will give you a hint, you may of course pass this onto the Commander of the Security Force but I am sure he will not understand it: if a ship manoeuvres around, just outside of the No Firing Zone to line up with the entry slot, then comes in at full throttle, requesting landing permission at the last moment then diving directly for their nominated pad - there is a damn good chance they are doing something illegal! Why else would that do it unless they wanted to evade the automatic scanners? We can see it in our master control room as clear as day, yet it seems totally oblivious to Commander Plod and his money hungry Security team. They of course are too busy chasing down some poor pilot who has exceeded the speed limit by 1 kph.
Finally, during the entire interview process you failed to mention the salient fact that this station seems have a rather large, well heeled geriatric population who prefer to operate Beluga and Orca starcraft. Fine, they can afford them now in their twilight years, but how about enforcing mandatory licence checks on them. I am sure the majority of them are vision impaired as they can only transverse the slot by flying in the exact centre of it, thus ensuring that no one else can use it. That might not seem such a big thing, but since they all fly under 20 kph they are in fact a slow moving obstruction to all other pilots. It has gotten so bad that I had to censure my staff when I found out they were making bets on how many other ships one Beluga owner could hit, clip or cut-off. Just for you information, the winning bet was 12 ships!
I had very high hopes of this position yet I am convinced that not only my position as Senior Controller, but the entire ATC staff could be replaced by a computer with a sensual voice pack and nothing would change.
I have handing in my security passes and will advise you of a forwarding address for my back pay when I get far enough away from this station that I feel safe.
Sincerely
Jacob Ironsides
Ex Senior Traffic Controller.
Alliance of BD+47 2112
Vonarburg Co-operative
WYRD
Ma'am,
It is with a heavy heart but clear concious that I tender my resignation as the Senior Traffic Controller at Vonarburg Co-operative, WYRD. Whilst I have not yet completed the required probationary phase, I feel that this position has become untenable and in no way close to the job description you provided me.
When you interviewed me for the position, you desribed the station has a haven for peace and one of the most beautiful stations in the galaxy. Yes, the station is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, and there are no large structures to add to navigation hazards within the landing area, but being pretty is not enough! Your description as a, and I quote, 'haven for peace' could not be further from the truth. In the 2 months I have been here, there have been three faction wars, in fact one faction is still in lockdown. If you think this situation is peaceful, I would be most keen to hear how you describe a war torn environment!
As for the role of Senior Traffic Controller, why do you even have the position. No one, not the inhabitants of the station, not those who visit, and most certainly, not those employed as system security take any notice of our instructions. No one sticks to the speed limit, no one bothers to use the correct side of the entry slot. I am firmly convinced that half of these so called pilots don't even have training to operate anything larger than paper plane, nor have the intelligence to use anything with an engine. I have sat there dumbfounded, watching in utter disbelief as someone managed to wedge his Sidewinder in the slot. I didn't even think that was physically possible, but this bozo managed it. And what did he get for ineptness - instant death. Yes, the destruction of his ship and subsequent loss of life probably did increase the overall IQ of the station a couple of points but does anyone consider the consequences of such an action. It took my team, with the assistance of Station Maintenance over two hours to track down all the debris, discovering two of the bio-farm canopies were damaged, who pays for that, I am certain your faction will not compensate those poor farmers!
Not withstanding the heavy handed tactics of any minor traffic offense, just why do you even hire the Security Force. Is it entirely for revenue purposes because it isn't to keep the peace nor to enforce the rules. I will give you a hint, you may of course pass this onto the Commander of the Security Force but I am sure he will not understand it: if a ship manoeuvres around, just outside of the No Firing Zone to line up with the entry slot, then comes in at full throttle, requesting landing permission at the last moment then diving directly for their nominated pad - there is a damn good chance they are doing something illegal! Why else would that do it unless they wanted to evade the automatic scanners? We can see it in our master control room as clear as day, yet it seems totally oblivious to Commander Plod and his money hungry Security team. They of course are too busy chasing down some poor pilot who has exceeded the speed limit by 1 kph.
Finally, during the entire interview process you failed to mention the salient fact that this station seems have a rather large, well heeled geriatric population who prefer to operate Beluga and Orca starcraft. Fine, they can afford them now in their twilight years, but how about enforcing mandatory licence checks on them. I am sure the majority of them are vision impaired as they can only transverse the slot by flying in the exact centre of it, thus ensuring that no one else can use it. That might not seem such a big thing, but since they all fly under 20 kph they are in fact a slow moving obstruction to all other pilots. It has gotten so bad that I had to censure my staff when I found out they were making bets on how many other ships one Beluga owner could hit, clip or cut-off. Just for you information, the winning bet was 12 ships!
I had very high hopes of this position yet I am convinced that not only my position as Senior Controller, but the entire ATC staff could be replaced by a computer with a sensual voice pack and nothing would change.
I have handing in my security passes and will advise you of a forwarding address for my back pay when I get far enough away from this station that I feel safe.
Sincerely
Jacob Ironsides
Ex Senior Traffic Controller.
