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And it's goodbye from me
Entry posted by Adam Arkley in ATC Training ·
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Good afternoon all,
There comes a time when everyone has to take a moment to sit back and look what what's going on. That time for me, as far as VATSIM is concerned, came fairly recently. I'll explain more about my decision in a moment, however last week I wrote to Simon and explained that after the implementation of Phase 1 of the Central Training project, I intended to resign my post as ATC Training Director in VATSIM UK. Following a protracted discussion, which I think was hard for both Simon and I, that resignation is taking place now, effectively immedietely.
Allow me to explain.
Since the day of my appointment, my focus has been entirely on Central Training. I took on that burden, in the knowledge that it would be more-or-less all consuming. It took hours and hours of my time; meeting after meeting with the ATC Training team, the CTIB, the DSG, individuals who had questions or concerns; it was relentless. But I was OK with that - I had a good circle of people supporting what I was doing, covering off the things I was missing and we made good progress. Sadly, somewhere along the way, some horrifically difficult business, which I shan't detail but I suspect people know about, reared its head. A number of things happened and it hit me really very hard - I'm not convinced I've fully come to terms with what happened. I became very demotivated, distanced myself from VATSIM for a time and am frequently reminded of it. To no small extent, I droppped the ball with CT over the back end of summer.
THe situation was compounded by other problems. Working for a staff team in a voluntary organisation is never easy, particularly when you're running what is arguably the most in-demand department in the organisation. But it wasn't comfortable; I found a couple of aspects of the DSG particularly difficult and, much to my disappointment, I've been unable to find a way to work around those issues. I've genuinely found this decision a hard one to reach, but as I said to Simon in my original e-mail; I'm not prepared to allow volunteering for a staff team to get in the way of great personal friendships. For that reason, coupled with the difficulties of the last four months, it is the most logical choice that I step down from my post.
It comes with a price. Simon has made the very difficult decision to shelve the Central Training project. My thanks go out to each and every person who got involved in the project in any way, shape or form. I am sure that we were onto something great and I hope that one day, it'll be seen through to fruition, either by me or by someone else.
Some of you will, I'm sure, be jubilant at my departure - I'm grateful that I can have done something to please people during my time in post. To everyone else, I'm sorry that it's come to such a premature end.
All the best,
Adam
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