Yes, this is the Lockheed Martin slot. I am spending most of time on this project right now. There are a LOT of openings. LOTS of Ada. Longevity looks very good, based on current economic conditions. email me for more details. Joe > ---------- > From: Borgia, William M.[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Borgia, William M. > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 9:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: DC Metro Position > > > When I saw the subject line "DC Metro Position" I thought "Great, the DC > > subway system is going to be programmed in Ada!" When I saw that the > > skill > > background was Air Trafffic Control I was even more impressed, > visualizing > > a > > Space Age system with flying subways (an interesting image :-) But then > I > > realized that I had mis-interpreted "Metro" :-( > > > [Borgia] > > Ben, > > I forwarded the message to a friend looking for an Ada job and made the > same > interpretation. I now suspect that this is an FAA job at Lockheed Martin > in > Rockville, Maryland. > > Some sort of automation controls the rail operations of the DC metro while > an operator rides aboard the train to open the doors and announce the > stops. > However, the operators have been running the trains manually for the past > few months as they have encountered several problems with the automatic > system. I believe that it comes from the mid-seventies, so it was long > before Ada's time. > > Bill Borgia >