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1. What is an air traffic controller?…………. 1
2. What is it like to be an air traffic controller?.. ........ 2
3. How does ATC work?………… 3
4. What are the general responsibilities of air traffic controllers?.... .. 5
5. What is a work day like for an air traffic controller?…… 5
6. How do air traffic controllers behave in everyday life? ………… 8
7. How do air traffic controllers unwind at the end of a shift?.......... 10
8. Which careers are related to air traffic controllers? ............... 11
9. Why is air traffic control important?…………………… 12
10. How is air traffic controller different to being a pilot? ……… 14
11…Do people have the wrong impression of the job? ………… 15
12. How tough· 1s an air traffic controller s training?…… 16
13. How long does the training process take?…………………… 17
14. What is air traffic management?.................................... 18
15. Ho w .1 s airspace managed?………… 21
16. What are the different classes of airspace?…………………… 22
17. How does handover between air traffic controllers work?..... 24
18. What is the history of air traffic control?.. .. ..….. ....….. ... 25
19. Is air traffic control a good career to get into? .............. …. 27
20. What does an air traffic controller from FAA earn? ………… 28
21…What education do I need if I want to be a ATC in the U.S.?...…29
22. How to become an air traffic controller in the UK? ………… 31
23. Why are air traffic controllers so highly paid, especially in the UK? ..... ... 32
24. What are the medical standards for terminal and en route air traffic control positions?……34
25. What qualities make for a good air traffic controller? ……… 36
26. Why does the FAA require that air traffic controllers must begin their careers before age 31?........... 38
27. What is it like to be a woman in the field of air traffic control?.................. 39
28. What are the pros and cons of being an air traffic controller?……41
29. How do air traffic controllers have communications with pilots?........ 41
30. Why do communication errors occur between pilots and air traffic controllers?… 43
31. How to improve communication between air traffic controllers and pilots?…45
32. How do airplane pilots communicate with air traffic controllers if no one speaks the same language? ....... 47
33. Who is responsible for making sure that both air traffic controllers and pilots are sufficiently proficient to talk to one another in English?……. 49
34. What effect does accent have on communication since a controller and a pilot might each have a different English accent? ............ 50
35. How do air traffic controllers deal with pilots who have heavy accents, and vice versa? ................ 51
36. What countries are extra challenging? which ones are easy?..…52
37. How should air traffic controllers talk to foreign pilots speaking English?……53
38. Why do pilots or ATC controllers say "Charlie", "Alpha", "Whiskey", Or "Bravo"? What do they mean? What are these called? Are there more abbreviations? ..…55
39. Is working as an ATC really stressful? ........................... 59
40. Why is air traffic control stressful?........ 60
41. Why is the air traffic control profession so commonly perceived as "stressful"?.... 62
42. How do air traffic controllers deal with stress?……………63
43. Do air traffic controllers get free flight?…… 65
44. What is a typical shift length for an air traffic controller? …… 66
45. What's the role of supervisers in ATC industry?….. 68
46. What will the air traffic controllers do if pilots alert them of a terrorist onboard and they cannot verbally tell them? ……… 69
47. How do air traffic controllers control stealth aircraft that don't appear on radar?… 70
48. If a riot or large demonstration spilled onto an active airport, how would ATC respond?..…71
49. What is the air traffic control radar range?…………………… 72
50. What are airport slots?………………………… 73
51. What is the difference between primary and secondary radar?....... 75
52. What transmits the call sign of an aircraft to the air traffic control radar?…77
53. What are the latest radar technologies used in air traffic control today?…… 78
54. What are the communication technologies used in modern air traffic control?…… 79
55. Do air traffic controllers judge pilot's landings?…… 80
56. When an ATC sends the light signal to an incoming aircraft without radio, does he/she have to run around the tower control room to chase the aircraft?......... 81
57. With so much technology in place, why can't ATC take remote control when a flight is hijacked or in trouble?……………82
58. What happens to the air traffic if an air traffic control center or tower has to be evacuated?…………. 84
59. If an air traffic controller instructs an airliner to go into a holding pattern, who pays for the fuel?…… 85
60. What are the busiest airports in terms of air traffic? ……… 86
61. What kind of radar traffic information is provided to a departing VFR pilot if asked of ground control in a towered
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