Air Traffic Control
Air Traffic Control

Author: Gerald L. Dillingham

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1999-11

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0788183885

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Addresses the extent to which the FAA Acquisition Mgmt. System provides a comprehensive approach for managing the agency's investments in air traffic control information technology. FAA plans to spend billions of dollars to replace data-processing, navigation, communications, and other systems under its air traffic control modernization program but has a history of poor performance in delivering systems on time and within budget and performance parameters. The report found that FAA has established a structured approach for managing its modernization investments, but weaknesses in this approach limit its effectiveness.

Air Traffic Control
Air Traffic Control

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-10

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 0788134310

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Reports on the FAA's efforts to modernize the air traffic control system. Provides information on the overall status of air traffic control's modernization, which currently includes 158 projects funded through the facilities and equipment appropriation account. Information includes changes in total modernization costs, number of completed projects, and trends for unobligated funds. Also provides detailed information on cost and schedule estimates for 15% of 1996 F&E budget request. FAA estimates that the total cost of modernization will be $37.3 billion from 1982-2003.

The Future of Air Traffic Control
The Future of Air Traffic Control

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-01-26

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0309064120

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Automation in air traffic control may increase efficiency, but it also raises questions about adequate human control over automated systems. Following on the panel's first volume on air traffic control automation, Flight to the Future (NRC, 1997), this book focuses on the interaction of pilots and air traffic controllers, with a growing network of automated functions in the airspace system. The panel offers recommendations for development of human-centered automation, addressing key areas such as providing levels of automation that are appropriate to levels of risk, examining procedures for recovery from emergencies, free flight versus ground-based authority, and more. The book explores ways in which technology can build on human strengths and compensate for human vulnerabilities, minimizing both mistrust of automation and complacency about its abilities. The panel presents an overview of emerging technologies and trends toward automation within the national airspace systemâ€"in areas such as global positioning and other aspects of surveillance, flight information provided to pilots an controllers, collision avoidance, strategic long-term planning, and systems for training and maintenance. The book examines how to achieve better integration of research and development, including the importance of user involvement in air traffic control. It also discusses how to harmonize the wide range of functions in the national airspace system, with a detailed review of the free flight initiative.

A Career in Air Traffic Control, 3rd Edition
A Career in Air Traffic Control, 3rd Edition

Author: Sharon L. LaRue

Publisher: eAcademicBooks LLC

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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Air traffic control is an exciting, interesting, exacting, and high paying career open to anyone with a willingness to study, learn, and work hard. It can be a difficult profession to enter, but the rewards are worth it! This book is an attempt to inform you about all the different careers available. It acts as a primer concerning the basic principles and practices of air traffic control. This book will make you a better-informed applicant or student of the profession. LaRue’s and Nolan's practical approach to the field and comprehensive coverage of difficult-to-understand concepts is key in providing you with a decisive advantage in reaching your goals of becoming an air traffic controller. They each bring years of experience as a professor, FAA traffic air controller, and pilot to the subject. Unlike other books, which focus only on reciting rules and regulations, this book focuses on teaching you how the air traffic control system works and the rationale for why the system functions as it does. In short, this book will give you a solid foundation in air traffic control. FEATURES Explanation of employment process Practical explanation of all ATC areas Covers difficult-to-understand ATC terms and procedures Authored by university professors with years of practical experience Clear illustrations and photographs End of chapter questions and discussions Instructor supplemental materials

Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control
Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control

Author: Michael S. Nolan

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2010-02-01

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9781435488250

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FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL International Edition is an authoritative book that provides readers with a good working knowledge of how and why the air traffic control system works. This book is appropriate for future air traffic controllers, as well as for pilots who need a better understanding of the air traffic control system. FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, International Edition discusses the history of air traffic control, emphasizing the logic that has guided its development. It also provides current, in-depth information on navigational systems, the air traffic control system structure, control tower procedures, radar separation, national airspace system operation and the FAA's restructured hiring procedures. This is the only college level book that gives readers a genuine understanding of the air traffic control system and does not simply require them to memorize lists of rules and regulations.