Once the flight plan has been approved, the flight data person gives clearance to your pilot (clearance delivery) and passes the strip to the ground controller in the tower. The ground controller is responsible for all ground traffic, which includes aircraft taxiing from the gates to takeoff run...
Data from the airport’s air traffic control system suggests the helicopter was above its 200-foot flight ceiling. The screen the controller was looking at that night showed that based on radar and other data, the helicopter was at 300 feet, the National...
He also mused about the air traffic controller, saying of the two aircraft, “for whatever reason they were at the same elevation” and that “they should have been at a different height.” Even as Trump rushed to publicly ponder reasons for the crash, the Nati...
Under Public Law 92-297, air traffic control specialists (ATCS or controller) are required to retire at age 56. A review of the literature relevant to the mandatory retirement of controllers was conducted. The scope of the review was limited to studies relevant to the specific rationales profer...
concerns about an overtaxed and understaffed air traffic control system for years, especially after a series of close calls between planes at U.S. airports. Among the reasons they have cited for staffing shortages are uncompetitive pay, long shifts, intensive training and mandatory retirements...
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Yvonne, who won an award as best air traffic controller Europe in 1965 joined Dan-Air as a first officer in 1969 and was promoted to Captain in 1975: 'I've had all the usual things like engine failures and bomb scares, but all you think about is getting the aircraft down safely.' Sh...
I fly an RV-12 E-LSA that has an autopilot and full ADS-B weather/traffic with EFIS. Yes, I have $80K invested in her, but she is so much more enjoyable to fly with all those bells and whistles than all the 172s and 182s I’ve previously flown in. In one two day period last...
The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press. The air traffic controller was not authorized to talk to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity. The National Air Traffic Contr...
The US needs more than 3,000 new air traffic controllers to reach adequate staffing, he said. And recent, high-profile incidents have highlighted the scarcity and workload of exhausted air traffic controllers.