In the world of aviation, air traffic controllers are an integral part in the overall level of safety that is provided. With a number of controllers reaching retirement age, the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) was created to provide a stronger candidate pool. However, AT-...
However, as a potential air traffic controller, the long wait may be a turn-off to many, especially considering that there is a time limit: the FAA will not hire new ATCs older than 30 due to this job’s younger-than-average required retirement age....
Why do air traffic controllers have to retire at 56? Older age often brings on issues such as a weaker memory, loss of hearing, decreased resilience to stress, rapid decision-making and inattentiveness. Since being an air traffic controller is an intense job, the FAA makes it retirement manda...
retirement of the series. What brought the ERAM system down was the combination of the typically heavy air traffic in the LA region combined with an imprecise flight plan filed for the U-2 spy plane passing through the region on a farewell flight. It’s not clear why a plane flying well...
Authors, the year of publication, study design, country, the number of sample people, the age range of people, gender, the type of pollutant, the mean concentration of pollutant, diagnosis tool, and the type of dementia. Quality control ...
At several European air navigation service providers, the age profile of the workforce also complicates matters. A considerable number of air traffic control officers are approaching retirement as traffic returns to its pre-pandemic level. It would be disastrous to both stop recruitment and to reduce...
At several European air navigation service providers, the age profile of the workforce also complicates matters. A considerable number of air traffic control officers are approaching retirement as traffic returns to its pre-pandemic level. It would be disastrous to both stop r...
Conversely, [13] find that the significant results of traffic noise on mental health are attenuated when adjusting for other types of pollution (such as PM2.5), but that the significant effects of PM2.5 on the hazard rate of schizophrenia spectrum disorder, anxiety and depression were only ...
Three cohort studies and 1 case-control study showed no associations with low birth weight,36 raw birth weight, gestational age Z scores,37,38 or small for gestational age.23 All studies analyzed PM2.5, and 2 added ozone.23,36 One study of PM2.5 exposure did find a significant association...
“Whenever SpaceX launches a flight, it requires massive air traffic control resources to clear the airspace for hours around the launch window,” said David Grizzle, an author of the safety report and the former chief operating officer of the Air Traffic Organization, an agency within the FAA...