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[[circled]] 2 [[/circled]]

[Give you idea of prep involved] 

=> 1 WAS SELECTED IN 1978 [BANNER YR FOR NASA … 10yrs since lull in pgm]
35 (& join w 25)
INCL => 6 WOMEN => [HUGE ADVANTAGE THAT MANY WOMEN DON'T ENJOY..6, NOT 1]
-SPENT 1YR IN CLASSES
-ANOTHER 3 YRS ON-THE-JOB TNG (MCC...etc)
-CREW SELECTION <=> 1 yr tng SIMULATORS HARD WORK, VERY REPETITIVE
=> YOU ARE PREPARED (KEY TO SUCESS)
PREP. LEADS TO => . SELF - CONFIDENCE
. HELPS ASSURE THAT YOU'LL BE
TAKEN SERIOUSLY
[.ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY]
2 TEAMWORK => CREW TRAINING BUILDS TEAMWORK
(LIKE FAMILY) => ALSO, [strikethrough] BE [/strikethrough] PART of LARGER TEAM (MCC, LCC)

INTERESTING POINT: WHILE DISCUSSING TOPIC of "LEADERSHIP SKILLS",
I'm TALKING ABOUT TEAMWORK
[HAVE TO LEARN WHEN TO LEAD, WHEN TO BE LED....
VERY FEW ARE ALWAYS IN SITUATIONS WHERE EXPECTED TO LEAD]

MANY OF YOU: LEADER OF SOME GROUP / TEAM (LARGE / SMALL),
BUT ALSO PART OF LARGER TEAM
STS.... CREW ONLY HAS 1 LEADER (CDR) … BUT, EACH
MEMBER IS RESPONSIBLE [e.g. 2nd fight, RMS, deploy ERBS...TEAM, MADE DECISIONS...] BUT DURING FLIGHT, JUST ONE of THINGS TO DO [CDR TAKES DIRECTION from MCC]