FIR Chief

Gary Feddema

• Reports to the Division Director.
• Appoints an Acting FIR Chief as required.
• Manages all VATCAN Members within the Flight Information Region.
• Reports on FIR Status as required.
• Consults with Human Resources on unresolved Personnel Issues.
• Forwards requests for Promotion to Instructor to the Director of Training.
• Approves or denies Transfer Requests to the Director of Human Resources.
• Forwards requests for Airspace, Procedure Changes, etc to Director of Training.
• Is a Member of the Management Action Group (MAG).

Chief Instructor

Gary Feddema

• Reports to the FIR Chief and the Director of Training.
• Appoints an Acting Chief Instructor as required.
• Manages Instructors and Mentors.
• Assigns Students to Instructors.
• Certifies Students for ATC Positions within the FIR.
• Authorizes S3 and C1 Exams .
• Promotes and Demotes Students to/from position of Mentor.
• Promotes Students to the levels of S2 (TWR), S3 (DEP/ARR) and C1 (CTR) .
• Compiles Instructor Training Activity Logs for forwarding to the FIR Chief and Directors of Training and Human Resources.

Events Coordinator

Rob Nabieszko

• Reports to the FIR Chief.
• Identifies and develops events to generate traffic and to promote the FIR.
• Implements and oversees approved events.
• Coordinates with neighboring FIRs and ARTCCs to arrange support for CZYZ hosted events, and arranges CZYZ support for neighboring events.
• Develops and distributes marketing material (graphics, news posts, forum posts, etc) to promote events to the FIR Communications Director.
• Maintains relationships with virtual airlines, coordinates support for VA hosted events operating in the CZYZ airspace.
• Leads and manages events division of CZYZ.

Assistant Events Coordinator

Patrick Tchang

• Reports to the FIR Chief and Events Coordinator.
• Identifies and develops events to generate traffic and to promote the FIR.
• Maintains relationships with virtual airlines, coordinates support for VA hosted events operating in the CZYZ airspace.
• Develops and distributes marketing material (graphics, news posts, forum posts, etc) to promote events to the FIR Communications Director.
• Takes duties of Events Coordinator, when Events Coordinator is not availible.

Communications Director

Brent Neil

• Reports to the FIR Chief.
• Distribute marketing material (graphics, news posts, forum posts, etc) to promote FIR featured events.
• Establishing and advancing relationships with VAs.
• Coordinating with the EC to gather pilot event requirements/feedback.
• Maintaining a strong Social Media presence.
• Maintaining a presence on Pilot based, VATCAN, and VATSIM forums.

Webmaster

Jody Turner

• Reports to the FIR Chief.
• Maintains, updates, and manages the CZYZ website.
• Maintains, updates, designs and programs new applications utilized by CZYZ
• Manages the CZYZ assigned email accounts at the direction of the FIR Chief.
• Technical advisor to the FIR Chief.
• CZYZ.ca and Forum Administrator
• Website graphics designer

Facility Engineer

Jody Turner

• Reports to the FIR Chief.
• Advisor to the FIR Chief on technical aspects of VATSIM or Flight Simulator.
• Maintains and updates CanScope files (.sct2, .ese, etc), Training Documents, LOAs, and Policies
• Maintain the FIRs auto-ATIS entries.
• Manages the CZYZ Engineering department.
• Works with the VATCAN and other FIR/ARTCC to approve LOAs and Training Documents.

Toronto Training Team

Instructor

Michael Bonanno - SUP
Jody Turner - I1
Tim Barber - I1
Gary Feddema - I1

Instructors listed above are seclected by the Senior Staff and approved by the VATCAN Training Director. They have proven themselves knowledgeable in all areas of ATC and in the trainig documents and LOA's of CZYZ. Instructors can provide the same services as Mentors with the additional ability to conduct OTS exams, assign written exams, and promote members.

• Reports to the FIR Chief Instructor
• Supervises Mentors.
• Maintains training Log and checklist for all student controllers.
• Compiles Mentor's Training Activity Logs for forwarding to the FIR Chief.
• Makes, forwards or denies Recommendations for Certification or Promotion to the Chief Instructor.
• Mentors, assists, and educates student controllers in air traffic control procedures and FIR training documents. 

Mentors

Anthony Beliveau - SUP
Mike Freeman - I3
Mark Wolpert - C1
Rob Nabieszko - C1
Tony Koch - C1
Stephen Yang - S3
Patrick Tchang - S2
Josh Gheron - S2

Mentors listed above are selected members of the Toronto FIR that have been trained and approved for providing assistance to student controllers. The duties and responsibilities of Mentors are:

• Reports to the FIR Chief Instructor.
• Makes recommendations for Exam Authorization, Promotion or Certification of student controllers.
• Mentors, assists, and educates student controllers in air traffic control procedures and FIR training documents.
• Maintains all student controllers personal training log and checklist activities.