... must direct planes efficiently to minimize delays. Some regulate airport traffic; others regulate flights between airports. Although airport tower or terminal controllers watch over all planes traveling through the airport's airspace, their main responsibility... Opportunities in Transportation Careers - Page 187by Adrian Paradis - 2007 - 160 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| REFERENCE - 1993 - 492 pages
...the airport. Relying on radar and/or visual observation, they closely monitor each plane to maintain a safe distance between all aircraft and to guide...In addition, controllers keep pilots informed about weather conditions that are associated with wind shear — a sudden change in the velocity or direction... | |
| REFERENCE - 1995 - 522 pages
...traveling through the airport's airspace, their main responsibility is to organize the flow of aircraft in and out of the airport. Relying on radar and visual...about changes in weather conditions such as wind shear — a sudden change in the velocity or direction of the wind that can cause the pilot to lose control... | |
| DIANE Publishing Company - 1994 - 512 pages
...traveling through the airport's airspace, their main responsibility is to organize the flow of aircraft in and out of the airport. Relying on radar and visual...about changes in weather conditions such as wind shear — a sudden change in the velocity or direction of the wind that can cause the pilot to lose control... | |
| DIANE Publishing Company - 1996 - 528 pages
...traveling through the airport's airspace, their main responsibility is to organize the flow of aircraft in and out of the airport. Relying on radar and visual...about changes in weather conditions such as wind shear — a sudden change in the velocity or direction of the wind that can cause the pilot to lose control... | |
| REFERENCE - 1998 - 552 pages
...traveling through the airport's airspace, their main responsibility is to organize the flow of aircraft in and out of the airport. Relying on radar and visual...about changes in weather conditions such as wind shear — a sudden change in the velocity or direction of the wind that can cause the pilot to lose control... | |
| REFERENCE - 2000 - 576 pages
...traveling through the airport's airspace, their main responsibility is to organize the flow of aircraft in and out of the airport. Relying on radar and visual...about changes in weather conditions such as wind shear — a sudden change in the velocity or direction of the wind that can cause the pilot to lose control... | |
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