ATC

ATCs have an exciting and rewarding job, but the path to becoming one can be long and challenging.

Memories from the past elicit lots of laughter and plenty of tears.

Company provides software to access a virtual professional-level, air traffic control network.

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.