2440 Airport Blvd. Pensacola, FL 32504

2440 Airport Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32504
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Letter ....................................................................................................... 3
Pensacola TRACON/Tower Today......................................................................... 4
Pensacola TRACON/Tower Organizational Chart ..............................................5-6
Our Expectations of All Employees.................................................................... …7
Policies .................................................................................................................8-9
Local Area Information....................................................................................10-12
Online Resources .............................................................................................13-14
Festivals and Holidays .......................................................................................... 15
At Work in the TRACON ..................................................................................... 16
Pensacola Area Map.............................................................................................. 17
Airport Diagram .................................................................................................... 18
Sectional................................................................................................................ 19
Photos of the Airport........................................................................................20-21
Pensacola TRACON/Tower Directory ................................................................. 22
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Welcome Letter
Dear New Employee,
Welcome to Pensacola TRACON/Tower! Here you will have an opportunity to work
with an outstanding team of professionals that help make us a great place to work and
develop your skills. Your knowledge, abilities and positive attitude made you a highly
regarded addition to our team, and I am certain that you will make a positive impact
on our future.
All of us want to make your tenure at this facility as enjoyable and rewarding as
possible. Please feel free to ask any questions and express your thoughts and ideas to
the staff and senior leadership. Our aim is to create an informal atmosphere and
involve everyone in the process of making our facility an exceptional place to work.
I look forward to working with you, and would like to welcome you again to our
team!
Sincerely,
Thomas Forney
Pensacola TRACON Manager
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Pensacola TRACON Today
The new, state-of-the-art Pensacola TRACON is slated to be completed and occupied
in October 2009.
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Pensacola TRACON Organizational Chart
Thomas Forney
Air Traffic Manager
Cynthia Kersey
Secretary
Terry Green
Support Specialist
VACANT
Operations Manager
Julia Cavalier
Support Specialist
Nancie Allen
Front Line Manager – P31
Connie Owens
Training Contractor
David Baldwin
Front Line Manager – P31
Stephen Blankenship
Front Line Manager – P31
Michael Deaton
Front Line Manager – P31
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Pensacola Tower Organizational Chart
Stephen Bouchard
Air Traffic Manager
Gary Martin
Front Line Manager
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Our Expectations of All Employees
Pensacola TRACON leadership team expects all employees to:
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Come to work, be on time
Be prepared – mentally and physically
Understand leave policy and manage your leave appropriately
Be cooperative and professional
Treat people with respect and dignity
Take initiative
Be accountable
Lead by example – be a good role model
Do not tolerate or engage in any form of harassment or discrimination
Actively participate in training
Know your airspace and systems, know your equipment
Use prescribed phraseology/correct facility and equipment names
Follow rules and procedures
Be open to feedback – provide honest information
Be an effective team member
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Policies
Reporting for Duty
The first day you should arrive at the facility at 7:00 a.m. When you first report to the
facility for orientation and classroom training you will work what is referred to as an
administrative shift. These shifts last eight and one-half hours with a one-half hour
unpaid lunch break. You will be permitted to leave the facility for lunch. Your shift
starting time while in class may be different but typically it will be 7:00 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. In the event you have any anticipated delays in your arrival or need more
information regarding initial training please contact Cyndee Kersey, Secretary, at
850-444-5700
Hours of Duty
Once your classroom training has been completed you will be assigned to a Front
Line Manager and a set of days off. Controller’s work a fixed days off schedule and
typically you will work one week of day shifts followed by a week of night shifts.
Typically trainees do not work midnight shifts until they are near the completion of
their training. Once assigned to On-The-Job training you will work an eight-hour
shift. The facility has a break room with vending machines; however, there is not a
cafeteria. Most controllers bring a meal to work. Refrigerators and freezer space is
available in the break room.
Security
You are the eyes and ears and a key part of security at Pensacola TRACON. If you
see someone without an FAA ID badge ask them if they need help and stay with them
until they are escorted to the person they need to see. Your supervisor is your initial
point of contact for security questions.
Building Access
Facility access is controlled with access cards. On your first day the secretary will
meet you at the door.
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FAA ID Cards
After reporting you will be issued an FAA ID badge and access card. Your ID must
be displayed, between the neck and belt, at all times while on FAA property.
Guests and Visitors
Visitors are to be limited to those with a “need-to-know” or a purpose for visiting
only. CPC’s from other facilities, FAA or military, pilots or ground vehicle operators,
employees’ relatives or friends, to be controlled by the employee. No visitors under
the age of sixteen except employee’s relatives. Any international visitors require a
two-week minimum notice. All visitors must have a picture ID and display a visitors
ID issued by the guard.
Cell Phones
Cellular telephones are permitted in some areas of the building. Operating a cell
phone is strictly prohibited in the operational quarters due to interference issues. We
ask that you operate your cell phone on silent/vibrate mode while in the classroom.
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Local Area Information
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of
Escambia County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255
and as of 2006, the estimated population was 53,248.
However, the Pensacola metropolitan area, comprising Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties, had a population of 439,877. Pensacola is a sea port on Pensacola Bay,
which connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Navy Naval Air Station
Pensacola, the first in the United States, is located southwest of Pensacola (near the
community of Warrington) and is home to the Blue Angels flight demonstration team
and the National Museum of Naval Aviation. The main campus of the University of
West Florida is situated north of the city center.
Pensacola is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags" due to the five governments that
have flown flags over it during its history: the flags of Spain (Castile), France, Great
Britain, the Confederate States of America, and the United States. Other nicknames
include "World's Whitest Beaches" (due to the white sand prevalent along beaches in
the Florida panhandle), "Cradle of Naval Aviation" (the National Museum of Naval
Aviation is located at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the legendary Blue
Angels), "Western Gate to the Sunshine State," "America's First Settlement,"
"Emerald Coast," "Redneck Riviera," and "Red Snapper Capital of the World."
Pensacola, Florida has a rich and colorful history dating nearly 450 years, being the
first European settlement in the continental United States (1559) and controlled by
five countries. Pensacola's location has caused great turmoil, with many buildings
destroyed by wars, and by numerous major hurricanes. The location, south of the
original British colonies, and as the dividing line between French Louisiana and
Spanish Florida, along the Perdido River, has caused the possession of the city to
change multiple times. Pensacola has been under the possession of the Spanish,
French, British, United States and Confederate States, and has remained a part of the
United States since the end of the American Civil War. Along with wars, numerous
hurricanes have been a major factor in Pensacola history.
Pensacola: site of 1698 settlement near Fort Barrancas is marked "X" (above left end
of Santa Rosa Island).
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Early exploration of Pensacola Bay (called Polonza or Ochuse) spanned decades, with
Ponce de León (1513), Pánfilo de Narváez (1528), and Hernando de Soto (1539) plus
others charting the area. Due to prior exploration, the first settlement of Pensacola
was large, landing on August 15, 1559, and led by Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano
with over 1,400 people on 11 ships from Vera Cruz, Mexico. However, weeks later,
the colony was decimated by a hurricane on September 19, 1559, which killed
hundreds, sank five ships, grounded a caravel, and ruined supplies. The 1,000
survivors divided to relocate/resupply the settlement, but due to famine and attacks,
the effort was abandoned in 1561. About 240 people sailed to Santa Elena (today's
Parris Island, South Carolina), but another storm hit there, so they sailed to Cuba and
scattered. The remaining 50 at Pensacola were taken back to Mexico, and the
Viceroy's advisers concluded northwest Florida was too dangerous to settle, for 135
years.
Pensacola was permanently reestablished by the Spanish in 1696 on the mainland,
near Fort Barrancas (see map), and became the largest city in Florida, as the capital of
the British colony of West Florida in 1763. Another major hurricane devastated the
settlement in 1722, causing the French occupation to evacuate, and the Spanish
returned.
The Spanish built three presidios in Pensacola:
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Presidio Santa Maria de Galve (1698-1719): the presidio included fort San
Carlos de Austria (east of present Fort Barrancas) and a village with church;
Presidio Isla de Santa Rosa (1722-1752): this next presidio was on Santa
Rosa Island near the site of present Fort Pickens, but hurricanes battered the
island in 1741 and 1752, and the presidio was closed and moved to the
mainland;
Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola (1754-1763): the final presidio was about
five miles east of the first presidio, over in the present-day historic district of
downtown Pensacola, named from "Panzacola" (of Spain).
From 1763, the British went back to the mainland area of fort San Carlos de
Barrancas, building the Royal Navy Redoubt, and Pensacola became the capital of the
14th British colony, West Florida. After Spain joined the American Revolution late,
in 1779, the Spanish captured East Florida and West Florida, regaining it from (17811819) in the 1781 Battle of Pensacola. In an 1819 Transcontinental Treaty (AdamsOnis), Spain renounced its claims to West Florida and ceded East Florida to the U.S.
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(US$5 million). In 1821, with Andrew Jackson as provisional governor, Pensacola
became part of the United States.
St. Michael's Cemetery was established in the 18th Century at a location which at the
time was on the distant eastern outskirts of the city. Initially owned by the Church of
St. Michael, it is now owned and managed by St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation of
Pensacola, Inc. Preliminary studies indicate that there are over 3200 marked burials as
well as a large number unmarked.
Public primary and secondary education schools in Pensacola are administered by the
Escambia County School District. The current superintendent of schools for
Escambia County is Jim Paul. The University of West Florida, which resides north of
the city, is the primary tertiary school in the area. UWF also has the largest library in
the region, the John C. Pace Library.
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Online Resources
Local Area Resources
www.pensacola.com
www.visitpensacola.com
www.ci.pensacola.fl.us
Chamber of Commerce
www.pensacolachamber.com
Local News
www.pnj.com
City Data
www.city-data.com/city/Pensacola-Florida.html
Universities and colleges
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University of West Florida
Pensacola Junior College
Troy University - Pensacola
Pensacola Christian College (not accredited)
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Pensacola High School
High schools in the City of Pensacola
Escambia County School District
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East Hill Christian School
Escambia High School
Pensacola School Of Liberal Arts
Pensacola Catholic High School
Pensacola High School (Ranked as the 8th best high school in America by
Newsweek magazine in 2004.)
Washington High School
Pine Forest High School
Pensacola Christian Academy
Tate High School
West Florida High School of Advanced Technology
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Festivals and holidays
Major holidays in Pensacola include Memorial Day (Memorial Day Weekend), Mardi
Gras, and the Fiesta of Five Flags. Celebrations of note in Pensacola are the Great
Gulfcoast Arts Festival, the Seafood Festival, Crawfish Festival, Gay Pride(LGBT),
(Memorial Day Weekend), The King Mackerel and Cobia Tournament, Florida
Springfest (although canceled in 2006 through 2008), Gracefest (a Christian music
festival), Lobsterfest, University of West Florida Festival On The Green, The Diesel
Dee Diesel Dyow Attempts, the Bushwhacker Festival and the Bill Fishing
Tournament.
Historic Seville Square and it adjacents parks, Fountain Park and Bartram Park are
the sites of most of Pensacola's festivals. In the summer on Thursdays and on the
Thursday in the beginning of the Christmas season, the Pensacola Heritage
Foundation presents local bands in its famous gazebo for free and very popular
concerts. In December the Pensacola Christmas Market is a popular event in Seville
Square as is the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival and Seafood Festival are in the fall
and the Cajun Crawfish Festival is in the spring. Festivals in Seville Square is a
successful tradition begun by local preservations in the early 60's led by Mary Turner
Rule Reed and the Pensacola Heritage Foundaion who started the movement to save
and restore this square and Pensacola's old settlement around it.
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At Work in the TRACON
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The Pensacola Area
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Two pages should appear here containing the airport diagram
and sectional. They have been redacted for posting on the web.
They will be available to you in the facility guide you will be provided.
Photos of the Airport
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Pensacola TRACON/Tower Directory
The following list provides the most commonly used phone numbers within the
Pensacola TRACON/Tower facilities:
>> TRACON Secretary Desk
(850) 444-5700
>> TRACON Manager’s Office
(850) 444-5701
>> TRACON Operations Manager
(850) 444-5646
>> TRACON Emergency Contact Number
(850) 444-5646
>> TRACON Training Department
(850) 444-5710
>> TRACON Facility Fax
(850) 444-5719
>> Tower Main
(850) 444-5642
>> Tower Manager’s Office
(850) 444-5638
>> Tower Frontline Manager’s Office
(850) 444-5637
>> Tower Cab
(850) 444-5615
>> Tower Fax
(850) 444-5659
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