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San Angelo, Texas Automated Flight Service
Station (SJT AFSS)
The San Angelo AFSS was commissioned on September
30, 1987 and dedicated on November 10, 1987. It was located at Mathis
Field in San Angelo, Texas. The AFSS flight service area covered
approximately 100,000 square miles and was responsible for over 500
airports, including Midland, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and
McAllen. The facility was housed in a 12,200 square foot building
constructed by the City of San Angelo. At the time of commissioning the
SJT AFSS was staffed with 31 Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS), 5
Area Supervisors, 2 Training Specialist, one which also did Quality
Assurance, 1 Secretary, 1 Administrative Support Clerk, 1 Assistant
Manager for Training and Procedures, 1 Assistant Air Traffic Manager and
1 Air Traffic Manager. SJT AFSS was the Hub Facility for six other
FSS's in Southwest Texas. Those six were located at Wink, Midland,
Austin, San Antonio, Alice and McAllen, Texas. The AFSS was also
responsible for one of the longest border crossing areas, stretching
from Brownsville to near El Paso.
The San Angelo AFSS was named the FAA Southwest
Regional Facility of the Year in 1988, 1990 and 1993. It was named the
FAA National Facility of the Year in 1990 and 1993. In 1990 and 1992 it
received the FAA ATH Facility Evaluation award.
In 1992-1993 the Wink (INK), Midland (MAF), Austin
(AUS), San Antonio (SAT), Alice (ALI) and McAllen (MFE) FSS's were
decommissioned and their services transferred to SJT AFSS. In 2007 the
SJT AFSS was decommissioned.
SJT AFSS
employee's at the time the facility was commissioned on September 30,
1987:
ATCS
George
Alexander Richard Alvarado Richard Amyx
Carl
Anderson Taylor J. Baker Rolando Benavidez
Guadalupe
Bustamante Ernesto Cantu Joseph Carter
Richard
Carter Frederick Conable Armando Cordova
Charles
Dunning Varic Ellefson Freddie Fonteno
Carmelo
Gonzalez Paul Hall Oscar Hinojosa
Billy
Key Ronald Kincaid Juan Mendiola
James
Mittenzwei Patricia Moore Michael Orkiszewski
Martin
Pedersen Herman Pino Benny Sapyta
John
Waters Janet White Robert Zamudio
AREA SUPERVISORS
Raymond
Blue Reymundo Cabrera Gary Fritz
Dennis
Livesay William Pritchard
TRAINING SPECIALIST
John
Martinez (also Quality Assurance) Lisa Johnson
SECRETARY: Nayon DuPuis
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CLERK:
Barbara Aycock
STUDENT AID: Bliss Standberry
ASSISTANT MANAGER TRAINING/PROCEDURES:
Harold R. Johnson
ASSISTANT AIR TRAFFIC MANAGER: Jon
K. Miller
AIR TRAFFIC MANAGER: William G.
Parker (#3734)
AIRWAY FACILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIANS:
Arlie H. Gaines
Andy A.
Stegall
ELECTRONICS
TECHNICIANS
Lowell T. Brown
Gene P.
Leavell
Willis
B. Morter
Michael
G. Alvarado
Gerald
E. Hill
Ramon
R. Penalver
SECRETARY
Delores
L. Cain
SECTOR FIELD OFFICE MANAGER
John F.
Hanna
Submitted by William "Bill" G. Parker (#3734),
Nov 25, 2007 |
