The Wisdom of Keeping Transmissions Short and Sweet
In airplanes, as in life, less is more.
In airplanes, as in life, less is more.
Have you ever yelled at a controller on frequency? Or, have you been yelled at by ATC? Do you think it was warranted? How did you handle it after that?
Many Class B or C airport have special VFR routes charted to help us get around or through them. Sometimes, IFR is easier.
The bill included agreeing to hire and train up to 3,000 new air traffic controllers and increasing the length of cockpit voice recordings to 25 hours.
In 32 of the last 35 years we have seen aircraft hijackings. How does our Air Traffic Control System combat these and other security threats?
In the past year, at least 500 near collisions involving major airlines were reported.
Ever watched news about ATC—controllers falling asleep, doing drugs, near misses? Can any of that be true? Here is one controller’s perspective.
The proposal also includes a major funding increase for the FAA, including money to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers.
The government-owned organization predicted drones will complete 60 million commercial deliveries annually by 2043.
Collins Aerospace has delivered to the U.S. Air Force a fully autonomous vehicle-mounted air traffic control system designed for operations in austere environments.