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Air Traffic Control System
Published in Milica Kalić, Slavica Dožić, Danica Babić, Introduction to the Air Transport System, 2022
Milica Kalić, Slavica Dožić, Danica Babić
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. Air traffic controllers are people who operate air traffic control systems to maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic and help prevent mid-air collisions, as well as to ensure safe separation of aircraft with the obstacles (e.g., terrain, buildings, etc.).
Air Traffic Control and Competency-Based Education
Published in Suzanne K. Kearns, Timothy J. Mavin, Steven Hodge, Competency-Based Education in Aviation, 2017
Suzanne K. Kearns, Timothy J. Mavin, Steven Hodge
The main job of the air traffic controller is to prevent collisions between aircraft in the air, and when they are on the ground to prevent collisions between aircraft and obstructions. Furthermore, the controller is required to manage the aircraft in such a way that there is an expeditious and orderly flow of air traffic.
Visual Analysis as a Predictor of Performance in Air Traffic Control Trainees
Published in The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, 2020
Fiona M. Donald, Megan S. Gould
Air traffic controllers form part of a dynamic socio-technical system that is responsible for keeping aircraft safely and efficiently separated in the air and on the ground and ensuring that aircraft arrive at their destinations. The complex nature of air traffic management requires controllers to extract information from a number of sources in order to make appropriate decisions (Bellorini et al., 1999). A significant portion of the tasks performed by controllers rely on visual information, such as the view outside the tower (Ellis, 2006; Oehme & Schulz-Rueckert, 2010; Pinska & Bourgois, 2007), radar displays (Metzger & Parasuraman, 2006), flight progress strips, data link communications, and other devices. Much of the visual information is symbolic, conceptual, or representative and requires interpretation. The heavy reliance on visual information exists even where systems include a high degree of automation (Metzger & Parasuraman, 2006). The relevance of visual scanning to controllers has been established (Stein, 1992), but less attention has been paid to the analytical component of visual attention in air traffic control (ATC). The ability of controllers to analyze visual information is likely to play an important role in ensuring that aircraft are separated according to prescribed standards and in detecting potential conflicts.