John Kremer
Cheyenne
Summary
Proven leader in air traffic control, adept at standards and compliance inspections, with a history at Midwest Air Traffic Control Services, Inc. Excelled in training and mentoring, ensuring continuous improvement and operational excellence. Skilled in corrective action planning and emergency decision-making, demonstrating a commitment to safety and efficiency. Invested and dedicated to the continuous improvement of not only myself but the organization for which I belong.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Landing Zone Safety Officer
243d Air Traffic Control Squadron
05.2024 - Current
- Ensures continuous contact with Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting team.
- Maintains close liaison with the using unit commander, or designated representative, during joint operations.
- Supervise and direct movement of all personnel and vehicles on the Landing Zone, taxiways, and within the exclusion area.
- Coordinate with ground mission commander to minimize and control troop and vehicle movement.
- Observe and evaluate all factors that may adversely affect the safety and efficiency of the operation.
- Acquire and use applicable zone survey to assess all observed obstacles, hazards, or threats not documented on the surveys which may affect operations, and report them to ground mission and airlift mission commanders.
- Assess, monitor, and report surface distresses when they exist.
- Assess, monitor, and report wet and/or dry surface conditions.
- Monitor the conditions of the landing, taxi, and parking areas and ensure the runway is free of obstacles before providing landing or takeoff advisories to the aircraft operating on the Landing Zone.
- Ensure the Landing Zone markings are correctly places, secured, and operating.
- Manage, employ, monitor, and assist with ground handling, marshaling of aircraft and wing walkers when required.
- Evaluate and report meteorological phenomena and surface wind.
- Ensure the dissemination of available estimated altimeter settings.
- Formulates minimum safe altitudes and monitors the de-confliction of artillery and close-air support operations.
- Clos the Landing Zone for air operations if the conditions are unsafe for landings and relays cancellation of operations to aircrew and all appropriate agencies.
- Maintains contact with the Landing Zone Controller during the operation and advises the LZC if conditions are unsafe for landing operations.
- Coordinate, establish, and enforce runway crossing points.
NCOIC, ATC Training and Standardization
243d Air Traffic Control Squadron
01.2024 - Current
- Develop and manage the ATC Training Program, front load training, and facility continuation training.
- Coordinate monthly controller knowledge training requirements with the ATC staff.
- Provide Controllers with monthly proficiency training requirement letter.
- Monitor facility-training effectiveness.
- Inspect training record documentation for accuracy, completeness, and standardization.
- Organize and brief the Training Review board.
- Develop and maintain master facility training record.
- Develop and maintain facility master training plan.
- Coordinate and process annual formal school training requirements.
- Coordinate with the Unit Training Manager to ensure training status codes reflect the accurate status of personnel assigned.
- Administer ATC 7-level Craftsmen End-of-Course exam. Manage the Air Traffic Control Trainer Course.
- Administer the ATC certification and rating program and serve as the primary Designated Examiner.
- Perform position certifications, controller, special, and annuals evaluation by evaluating performance against the standards published in the applicable facility Position Certification Guides.
- Evaluate the training program annually to ensure the program meets mission, Chief Controller, and NCOIC Airfield Automation requirements. Develop and administer all controller testing and evaluation requirements.
Air Traffic Contro Craftsman
243d Air Traffic Control Squadron
10.2020 - 01.2024
- Control Tower Operator (CTO) Local Controller.
- Flight Data/Clearance Delivery/Ground Controller.
- Radar Approach Control and Tower Watch Supervisor.
- Limited Aviation Weather Reporting Service (LAWRS) Certified.
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with air traffic control laws, rules, and regulations.
- Provide information concerning weather, air navigation, and airport conditions to aircraft.
- Experience with directing the movement of aircraft in flight and on the ground. Initiate, relay, and issue air traffic control clearances and instructions to aircraft operating IFR, VFR and SVFR.
- Direct aircraft during landing, take-off, and taxiing operations.
- General knowledge of the performance characteristics of a wide variety of aircraft.
- Knowledge of terminal air traffic control procedures.
- Ability to act decisively in emergency situations.
- Ability to make rapid and precise judgments in a real time work situation, remain calm under stressful conditions, coordinate many different processes at once, adjust rapidly to changes in the traffic pattern and tempo of work activity.
- Skilled in the use of automated Status Information Area Systems, IDS 5.
- Experience with the Tower Simulation System (TSS).
- Experience in providing non-radar separation in the terminal environment.
Air Traffic Controller in Charge (CIC)
Midwest Air Traffic Control Services, Inc
08.2012 - 09.2020
- Controlled arrivals and departures and transitioned aircraft across airfield and flight line.
- Oversaw 40+ emergency flight operations per government regulations for aircraft experiencing bad weather and equipment failure
- Researched continually to stay up to date on new FAA rules and policies.
- Reviewed requests for activities impacting National Air Space (NAS) and Special Use Airspace (SUA) management.
- Control Tower Operator (CTO) Local Controller.
- Flight Data/Clearance Delivery/Ground Controller.
- Limited Aviation Weather Reporting Service (LAWRS).
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with air traffic control laws, rules, and regulations.
- Provide information concerning weather, air navigation, and airport conditions to aircraft.
- Experience with directing the movement of aircraft in flight and on the ground.
- Initiate, relay, and issue air traffic control clearances and instructions to aircraft operating IFR, VFR and SVFR.
- Direct aircraft during landing, take-off, and taxiing operations.
- General knowledge of the performance characteristics of a wide variety of aircraft.
- Knowledge of terminal air traffic control procedures.
- Ability to act decisively in emergency situations.
- Ability to make rapid and precise judgments in a real time work situation, remain calm under stressful conditions, coordinate many different processes at once, adjust rapidly to changes in the traffic pattern and tempo of work activity.
- Experience conducting single man operations with the combined positions of local control/flight data-clearance delivery/ground control.
- Experience in providing non-radar separation in the terminal environment.
- Experience as Controller In Charge (CIC).
Education
No Degree -
Airmen Leadership School
Distance Learning Program05.2018
No Degree -
Air Traffic Control Apprentice School
Biloxi08.2009
Skills
- Standards and compliance inspections
- Corrective Action Planning
- Training and mentoring
- Continuous Improvement
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
Known as the gentle art, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu teaches one many lessons that can be applied across a broad range of life's challenges. Learning to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations is among the foremost of those lessons. Understanding that not all Black Belts (considered the pinnacle one one's BJJ journey) are created equal. You can either stick with it long enough to attain this goal or you can challenge yourself continuously until you achieve it. Those that reach their pinnacle and relax into lassitude because they have made it are quickly defeated by those achieve this goal, not because they've been there long enough, but because they never sought the rank. They sought the challenges and led them there.
Fitness
Socrates said it best: No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
This embodies my approach to physical fitness. I exercise, not because I want to improve my physique, but because I want to know what I am capable of. I want to find my limits so that I can push past them.
Timeline
Landing Zone Safety Officer
243d Air Traffic Control Squadron
05.2024 - Current
NCOIC, ATC Training and Standardization
243d Air Traffic Control Squadron
01.2024 - Current
Air Traffic Contro Craftsman
243d Air Traffic Control Squadron
10.2020 - 01.2024
Air Traffic Controller in Charge (CIC)
Midwest Air Traffic Control Services, Inc
08.2012 - 09.2020
No Degree -
Airmen Leadership School
No Degree -
Air Traffic Control Apprentice School
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