Right after I got out of the Marines in ‘77, he gave me a Behind-the-Scenes tour of the Center, showed me how everything worked, etc. Trying to get me to apply for a ATC job. Told me I would have to join PATCO. I wasn’t interested. Three years later Reagan fired everybody..................... 😜
I was thinking of becoming ATC, which is why I was there, but wound up going to school on the GI Bill.