"GUARDIAN ANGELS OF THE SKY"-AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

Have you ever thought that who is responsible for your safe flight journey from the source to the Destination.Is it the cabin crew who gave you safety instructions about the seat belts and other safety measures on board or is it the maintenance engineers who just make sure that the flight is ready for its journey or is it the pilots who flew the flight with their skills.

Obviously the pilots are responsible for our safe journey but there are people who are invisible to us  and guiding the pilot in the right way to ensure the flight has a safe journey,yes they are the Air Traffic Controllers or ATC, who truly make our journey safer and are called the Guardian Angels of the sky.

The ATC are the nerve center of the Aviation industry who are invisible to people but find mentions only during the air disasters like:a plane loosing the contact with the ATC usually means the terrible news.so now question that pop ups in our mind is that what could be the capabilities of a Air Traffic Controller?

Well,An Air Traffic Controller are individuals who are well organized,are quick with numeric computations and mathematics have assertive and firm decision making skills, and are able to maintain their composure under pressure, and possess an excellent short-term memory.They also have an excellent hearing and speaking skills.

Communication is a vital part of the job.Controllers are trained to focus on exact words that pilot and other controllers speak,because a single misunderstanding about altitude levels or runway numbers can have a tragic consequences.Of course, Teamwork plays a major role in a controller's job, not only with other controllers and air traffic staff , but with the pilots, engineers and managers too.

So now how about the computerization of the air traffic controllers?

Despite years of effort and billions of dollars spent on the software that is designed to assist air traffic control, success has been largely limited to improving the tools at the disposal of the controllers, such as computer-enhanced radar. It is likely that in few decades, future technology will make the controller more of a systems manager overseeing the decisions made by the automated systems.