Houston Hobby Tower - HOU

jholw311 Trusted Contributor PARKER, COLORADO

Has anyone heard anything good about this tower? Time to check out..regular TO, etc? Thanks

polo708 Epic Member tower

The owner of this site works at Hobby

jholw311 Trusted Contributor PARKER, COLORADO

I think he might of actually went up to IAH recently, I spoke to his old supervisor there. Seems like a great place to work, and small enough to get checked out quickly and not get stuck in the backlog of the bigger facilities. If anyone has any info it on HOU it would greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

jholw311 Trusted Contributor PARKER, COLORADO

Polo..thanks again for the quick response, hoping that someone might know a little about HOU but being such a small facility I am sure there are only a few who can really answer..thanks again..

irishcarbomb Moderator Houston, TX

i'm sure he'll chime in when he can, he's over at I90 now i believe...gonna be exciting working with the owner of SM

jholw311 Trusted Contributor PARKER, COLORADO

Yeah it will be exciting for sure...thanks

Biff_Malibu Rookie Houston

Would like to hear about Hobby, as well.

jholw311 Trusted Contributor PARKER, COLORADO

Biff

Did you used to live in Fort Collins? Saw your message

Admin I'm Kind of a Big Deal Houston

Here is an article I wrote about Hobby Tower. Just a bunch of info about the equipment used.

Air Traffic Control Tower Tour

If you are an OTS hire...it will probably take you about 12 months to check out in this tower. It is complex with crossing runways and limited radar approach that you have to do.

After you check out you will probably work Tuesday, Wednesday days off or Wednesday, Thursday days off...As of right now there are staffed very well so they don't work overtime and get nice breaks.

It is a great place to work, management is good to work with and the traffic is fun for the most part.

jholw311 Trusted Contributor PARKER, COLORADO

Great thank you very much...I have been in Contact with John a supervisor over there and he is really nice. I actually work as a Finance Manager at a highline dealer in Clear Lake and he came in and bought a car. He helped me set up a tour there about a month ago and I really enjoyed it..definetely a first choice on my list. Thanks for the great info.