Air Traffic Controllers: ‘You Have to Ask Yourself, How Close Was That to a Midair Collision?’

Travel Blog  •  Valerie Conners  •  11.17.08 | 1:36 PM ET

imagePhoto by Ian Muttoo via Flickr (Creative Commons).

World Hum contributor Terry Ward sheds light on life as an air traffic controller in a piece for AOL Travel that features the perspectives of a veteran controller, a trainee and a union rep. All three paint a bleak picture of the industry, and offer (at least to this flyer) some terrifying recollections of near misses in the sky. “We all have the suspicion that someone’s going to mess up,” said the trainee. “I just dread that thought, and that’s part of the reason I have trouble flying.”

Tags: Airports, Airworld, Travel Writing, Air Travel

Valerie Conners

Valerie Conners is the senior producer and editor at World Hum.


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