Columbia Air Traffic Control

Tower

2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Airport History Error! Bookmark not defined.

Welcome Letter 5

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Organization Chart 6

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Leadership Team 7

Frontline Managers at Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower 10

Our Expectations of All Employees 11

Policies 12

Local Area Information 14

Online Resources 18

Aerial View and Diagram of Columbia Metropolitan Airport 20

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Directory 23

3

AIRPORT HISTORY

Columbia Metropolitan Airport today is a far cry from the vision of the early aviation pioneers who established in the early 1940s a landing area in Lexington County known as the Lexington County Airport. Airline services developed in our community because Columbia had been identified in early postal airmail routes as a location for airlines then holding contracts with the Post Office Department and the Commerce Department. The Airport lies on a small knoll between two drainage basins generally on a plateau at an elevation of approximately 235 feet. The site was selected because of elevation, the nature of the terrain, and the good soil in the area upon which to construct landing facilities such as taxiways, aprons, and runways. World War II had a considerable impact upon aviation in the United States and the Columbia Metropolitan area. The Lexington County Airport was improved by the activity necessitated at this site by World War II military construction. About 1941, the United States War Department acquired the Airport from Lexington County and expanded it dramatically to serve the war effort. Runways, hangars, roads, buildings, and other facilities were added during the war to support the training activities of the B-25 flight and bombardment functions. In February 1942, Jimmy Doolittle, a famous military aviator and legend, traveled to Columbia and called volunteers for a secret military mission. Approximately twenty-five B-25 flight crews were assembled for this secret military mission which was to become the famous Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, on April 18, 1942. The Doolittle Raid was the first good news which our country had heard from the Pacific theater of operations and today we are proud of the role which our Airport played in that historic action. Following the war, the land which the government had acquired for the war effort reverted to Lexington County. At the time all airline operations were being accommodated at Owens Field in Columbia. Shortly thereafter, the city fathers of Columbia established a terminal at the Lexington County facility. The City of Columbia constructed a new terminal building at the Lexington County Airport in the early 1950s. This building burned and another one was quickly built. This terminal was used until the present terminal opened in 1965. A major terminal renovation was completed in 1997.

4

About 1958, the Mayor of Columbia, Mayor Lester Bates, and others realized that a comprehensive group was needed to oversee the Airport operations in the community. With the cooperation of Richland County and Lexington County officials, a study committee was established to review the proper means by which an Airport could be developed and administered to serve the two counties. From this study committee legislation was proposed which established the Richland-Lexington Airport District. Since 1962, the Airport District, acting as a political sub-division of the state of South Carolina, has operated the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The governing body of the Airport District is the Richland-Lexington Airport Commission. The Airport Commission consists of twelve members. Five members are representative of Richland County and are nominated by the Richland County Legislative Delegation. Five members are representative of Lexington County and are nominated by the Lexington County Legislative Delegation. Two members are representative of the City of Columbia and are nominated by the Columbia City Council. Membership on the Commission is for a term of four years. The Airport Commission, which governs the affairs of the Airport District, is constantly seeking to improve the services and facilities available to those who use the Airport.

5

Welcome Letter

Dear New Employee, Welcome to Columbia Air Traffic Control 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!

Philip L. Fuller Columbia Air Traffic Control Manager

6

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Organization Chart

The following organizational chart depicts the structure of the Columbia ATCT Management Team.

PHILIP L. FULLER

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGER MICHAEL J. PEAY

SUPPORT SPECIALIST CYNTHIA S. DAMOUR

SECRETARY

VERO TECH

AVIATION WEATHER

LIBBY LANGFORD

SUPERVISOR

WILLIAM CURNIAS MICHAEL PEDRO

TRAVIS CROCKER BILL LINDSAY

GLORIA FORTHUN BYRON FURNESS

KENNETH LUND

COR

RAYTHEON

GARY HANKS

SITE SUPERVISOR

PHYLLIS CONRAD CAE

KRIES LEWIS CHS

VAN NEAL CHS

JOHN MILLER MYR

TOR

MICHAEL R. EDWARDS

FRONT LINE MANAGER

CHARLES F. FRICK

FRONT LINE MANAGER

MICHAEL J. PEAY

(DETAILED)

FRONT LINE MANAGER

WILLIAM G. COBB

SCOTT M. DIPIAZZA

JILLIAN A. DOAN

THOMAS S. EGGAR

WILLIAM HINSON

ROBERT M. KEENE

GAIL LUCERO

MICHAEL L. MOORE

KATIE M. O'CONNELL

STEPHEN M. TILL

THOMAS R. BEATTIE

JAMES O. DRIGGERS

NELSON S. GAFFNEY

MICHAEL A. KEESE

JAMES T. PEPPER

EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ

CHRISTOPHER B. ROPPOLO

ERIC SLATER

TIFFANY L. WILLIAMS

MAKIDA J. BRIDGES

CHRISTIAN BRYANT

JEROME DEAS

JEFFREY M. LAMBERT

MICHAEL PEREZ

WILLIAM W. POPPLETON

TIMOTHY P. TATE

Blue Team Red Team Green Team

ATO Columbia ATCT

7

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Leadership Team

Phil Fuller, Manager of CAE ATCT, began his career in aviation in 1962 as a student pilot. In June 1965, he began serving our country in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Traffic Controller. Phil issued his first ATC clearance in October 1965. Assignments to Seymour Johnson AFB, RAPCON and Tower in Goldsboro, NC, and Pleiku AFB (South) Vietnam, CENTER, RAPCON and Tower gave him his initial training and experience as a controller. In September 1969, Phil was hired by the FAA as an Air Traffic Controller. Phil’s 40-year career with the FAA spans a huge variety of management and leadership positions. From ATCS Washington ARTCC, Leesburg, Va.; QATS Huntington ATCT in Huntington, W. VA. to Area Supervisor/Acting ATM in Huntington to Terminal Instructor; then promoted to RTF Terminal Course Manager Instructional System Design Unit at the Academy in Oklahoma City, OKC, to Supervisor RTF (Enroute and Terminal) Automation unit, to Manager, Program and Contract Section, to Manager of the Quality Assurance for the Air Traffic Division at the Academy. Phil then took a difficult assignment as Air Traffic Representative (ATREP) at the Naval Air Station in Key West, FL, and Manager of Key West ATCT. His next assignment was Assistant Air Traffic Hub Manager Columbia ATCT/HUB, then HUB Manager at Columbia, SC (including Florence, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, SC and Augusta, Ga.) and from 1998 to the present Phil has been Manager of CAE ATCT here in Columbia, SC. Phil is not only the Manager of CAE ATCT but also has many other duties spanning from 1987 to the present. He has Chaired the Technical Advisory Team and served on the Source Evaluation Board for the RFP Instructional Services Contract. Phil was selected and served as an EEO counselor for the Aeronautical Center and Southern California. He is currently a member of the local Federal Executive Council; he is the COTR for the Contract Weather Observers (VERO TECH). He was the Facility Technical Liasion Officer for WCG and is now the Training Officer Representative

8

(TOR) for Raytheon. He also serves as a liaison, at the direction of the Southern Regional Administrator, as the FAA Local Coordinator for Columbia, SC. Phil has a BS degree from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and a Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University where he is a member of the Oklahoma Bar and is also an associate member of the South Carolina Bar. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta. He is a South Carolina certified Circuit Court Mediator, Family Court Mediator and Arbitrator. Phil loves all aspects of Aviation as witnessed by his longevity in his career. He holds a Pilot’s license, Commercial, Instrument, 2,000 plus hours as Pilot in Command. He has owned several airplanes and hopes to build an experimental after retirement. In addition to all Phil’s Air Traffic activities, he is married to Kathy Fuller, a retired award winning public school teacher. They have 2 beautiful daughters and a grandson and granddaughter that keep them “in-the-loop”. In his “spare” time, Phil plays trumpet in seven musically diverse groups in the Columbia area. He publishes books, is a handyman finishing an upstairs room at his new home, and is an avid Harley-Davidson motorcyclist. He and wife made a most memorable trip touring Alaska via motorcycle in 2005. The FAA is lucky to have so many talented and multi-faceted men and women part of the Air Traffic family.

9

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Leadership Team

Mr. Michael J. Peay, Support Specialist

Michael joined the FAA in 1982 as an Air Traffic Controller at the Savannah ATCT. Prior to joining the FAA, Michael served as an Air Traffic Controller in the USAF for nine years Mr. Peay’s career includes the following positions: controller at Savannah and Miami Tower, Quality Assurance and Training Specialist and Supervisor at Pensacola Tower, Area Manager and Assistant Manager for Training at Raleigh Tower. In 1992, Mr.Peay joined the Air Traffic Regional Office in Atlanta. He served initially in the Procedures Branch, followed by stints in the Resource Management Branch and the Operations Branch. In 1996, Mr. Peay was selected as the Manager of the Charleston Tower and served there until 1999. Responding to a personal call to ministry, Mr. Peay relocated to Columbia Tower and attended seminary at Columbia International University. He worked as a controller in Columbia until 2004 when he was selected as the Support Specialist. Mr. Peay has over 35 years of government service and also serves as a bi-vocational Pastor of Faith Chapel in Northeast Columbia. He and his wife, Camille, have three children.

10

Frontline Managers at Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower

Mr. Michael R. Edwards, Frontline Manager

Mike joined the FAA in October 1981 at Memphis Tower as an Air Traffic Controller. He left there in April 1985 to take the position of Automation Specialist at the Knoxville Tower. In March 1990, he came to Columbia Tower as a Frontline Manager. Prior to his FAA service, Mike served 4 years in the United States Air Force as an Air Traffic Controller. Mike and his wife Teresa have two children and two grandchildren. Mr. Charles Frick, Frontline Manager

Charles started with the FAA in June 1987. After the FAA Academy, he was assigned to the Augusta ATCT. While in Augusta, Charles was an On-the- Job Evaluator and a member of the Augusta Facility Advisory Board. In January 1994, Charles transferred to CAE ATCT. He was an instructor and was a member of the Technical Advisory Committee. Charles now serves as a Front Line Manager here at CAE ATCT. He is married to his wife Donna and they have two daughters. He has 22 years of Federal Service.

11

Our Expectations of All Employees

. Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower leadership team expects all employees to:

• 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

12

Policies

Reporting for Duty

Your initial shift will be Monday through Friday from 0700-1530. Employees are to report for their assigned shift on time. Please be sure that you allow enough time to report to work on time.

Hours of Duty

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower is a 24 hour facility.

Parking

Secured parking is provided onsite. FAA decals are issued when employee checks in and gives car information to Administrative Office. Cars are only to be in the parking lot when employees are on duty. You will need your vehicle registration (a copy is acceptable) and your driver’s license, tag number, make, model and color of the vehicle in order to obtain a decal.

Security

Employees will be briefed after arrival at Facility about security policies and procedures.

Building Access

Facility is gated and requires a Proximity card to enter the gate and buildings.

FAA ID Cards

Policies and Procedures for FAA ID cards will be taken care of on arrival to Facility. FAA photo ID cards must be worn and visible at all times when on Facility Property.

13

Guests and Visitors

Any visitors to the Facility must be approved by the Manager or a Front Line Manager. The current SECON level (security condition) will determine if visitors are being permitted entrance to the facility.

Cell Phones

Mobile phones, pagers, IPODS, and any electronic devices must be off anytime you are in the control room to preclude interference with communications equipment.

Training

Initial classroom training lasts from three to six weeks. Training materials will be distributed to you when classroom begins. If you would like to familiarize yourself with the Local Orders and Letters of Agreement prior to arrival, they may be accessed via the FAA intranet at: https://loa.faa.gov and enter CAE for Facility ID.

14

Local Area Information

Columbia Profile

As George Washington viewed the beginnings of Columbia, which sits on a bluff above the Congaree River below the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers from the north, he remarked that the city site was well-chosen. Columbia was established in 1786 and was a planned city, built to be the seat of state government. Today the city continues to plan and evolve, ever mindful of its history, keeping its past remembered and its future bright and forward thinking. Columbia is enjoying one of the most exciting urban revitalizations in the country. At the heart of this revitalization is an area known as The Vista, a 1200-acre tract in the heart of the city. There are a lot of historic buildings that have been rehabilitated with a contemporary flair. The Colonial Center is the largest arena in the state and is home to the University of South Carolina’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. It seats 18,000 and hosts exciting entertainment from A-list stars like Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffet, Billy Joel and others. Family shows like Sesame Street and the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus are presented throughout the year.

15

Another asset located in the Vista is the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, which opened in 2004. This 150,000 square foot facility contains exhibits, classroom and ballroom space and will bring various business meetings and conventions to the state. A block by block beautification project is ongoing on Main Street concentrating on sidewalks, angled parking, new street lights and natural beauty. Columbia has a long growing season in a semi-tropical climate. Spring comes to life in Columbia in February. Summertime brings warm days and sunshine. Our summers are long and the color changes of autumn take place in late October and early November. It rarely snows and if it does, it melts the next day.

Lake Murray, a 50,000 acre paradise just northwest of Columbia provides all types of recreational activities from boating, fishing, camping, hiking, and biking.

16

Spectator sports in Columbia include the University of South Carolina Gamecock football, basketball and baseball. The City of Columbia manages parks and playgrounds in Richland and Lexington Counties. We have 2 area state parks as well as the Congaree Swamp National Park. Columbia has an accredited zoo, Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens with wonderful animal exhibits and incredible gardens. Three Rivers Music Festival, the Okra Strut, the State Fair, the Peach Festival, the Catfish Stomp, the Greek Festival, Lexington Fun Fest are some of the annual events that are offered in Columbia throughout the year. An enormous range of housing is available and the cost of housing in Greater Columbia is 82.8% of the national average, with the median home selling for $170,300. The average rent for a 2 bedroom is $700 per month. Columbia has an outstanding educational system. From our elementary education to the University level, Columbia is on the cutting edge. The Greater Columbia area has 10 major hospitals that offer diverse medical care and wellness services. The University School of Medicine is affiliated with seven area hospitals.

17

Most citizens when asked what the cities greatest asset is the location. All of South Carolina is within a 3 hour drive of Columbia. You can take day trips to the mountains of the Upstate and to the beaches of the Grand Strand. People move for various reasons, whatever your reason, welcome to Columbia.

18

Online Resources

Local Area Resources

Welcome to The City of Columbia SC Columbia Guide Columbia City Guide The Columbia Vista

Columbia Metropolitan Airport

Columbia Metropolitan Airport Info

Chamber of Commerce

Columbia City Area Chamber of Commerce

Housing and Relocating Assistance

Columbia South Carolina : Relocation Information Moving Companies in Columbia South Carolina

Local News

WIS-TV (NBC) WLTX TV (CBS) WACH TV (FOX) WOLO-TV (ABC) WRLK-TV (SCETV)

19

Richland County Schools

Richland School District One Richland School District Two District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties

Local Sports Teams

Baseball: Columbia Blowfish Basketball: University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site Football: University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site - Football Hockey: Columbia Infernos

Newspapers

The State Newspaper Columbia Free Times

This page has been redacted for posting on the web. It will be available in the guide you receive from your facility.

This page has been redacted for posting on the web. It will be available in the guide you receive from your facility.

22

Aerial View of Columbia Air Traffic Control Facility

Aerial view of Columbia Air Traffic Control Facility at 2821 Aviation

Way, West Columbia, South Carolina 29170.

23

Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower Directory

The following list provides the most commonly used phone numbers within the Columbia Air Traffic Control Tower facility:

>> Manager’s Office >> Facility Main Number >> Administrative Assistant >> Support Specialist >> Raytheon

>> VeroTech CWO

(803) 822-4501 (803) 822-4500 (803) 822-4508 (803) 822-4505 (803) 822-4507 (803) 822-4503

(803) 822-4506

24

– END –

[Please do not delete the “end page” section, as it is required to maintain section

definitions within the document. You may discard this page once the document is

printed.]