How air traffic controllers work 6 Articles

by Frances O'Neill

With the never-ending inter-city flight travel of today's age, there is even more concern and priority measures needed as regard air safety. With the airplanes, the pilots, air stewardesses there is also Ground Control wh...read more

by Piper Wilson

Each day, approximately 50,000 aircraft move through the US National Airspace System. Air traffic controllers (ATCs) prevent collisions between aircraft operating in the system and provide the "safe, orderly and expeditio...read more

by Jian Jun Loh

Most people have a misconception about air traffic controllers(or ATC in short). Most people that i spoke to, thought that the people at the control towers take charge of everything related to air traffic control. They a...read more

by Jennifer Eblin

Air traffic controllers are one of the jobs that people see every day, but may be unaware of how they work. An air traffic controller is a person who helps keep air traffic safe, and prevent mid-air collisions. They are re...read more

by David Claiborne

The air traffic controller is a sort of orchestra conductor of airspace, aiming to direct flight traffic harmoniously. The difference being that the controller must rely on a network of sophisticated equipment and other c...read more

by Richard Evans

Every day, every hour, over America's skies anywhere from 50,000 to 80,000 commercial planes ply the airways bringing millions of passengers to their destinations, all going in different directions and flying at different ...read more