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Bret Brown, Tom Eisenmayer, and Mike Moravec, Anchorage Center When the pilot of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk inadvertently flew into Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) conditions – he was not IFR-qualified – and found himself lost in […]

Michael Darling, Los Angeles ATCT It was, as the Los Angeles Times reported, “the closest call they [controllers] have seen at LAX in seven years.” But standing between the episode of pilot deviation and the impending […]

Borden Byrd, Dallas-Fort Worth TRACON There are seven runways at the nation’s third-busiest airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International. It takes experienced, sharp, and focused controllers – in the control tower at DFW and in the nearby TRACON […]

J.D. Smith, Pensacola TRACON No matter the time, day or night, or whether other people are working in the control tower or not, air traffic controllers must always be alert and prepared for anything. This was […]

Stephen Schmalz, Boston Center In air traffic control, every day is a new day, a new experience, and a new set of circumstances. Controllers are educated to be alert and prepared for anything and everything. It […]

David Murphy and Yasemin Parker, Champaign, Ill., ATCT and TRACON “I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU for saving my life yesterday!” These were the opening words of an impassioned letter of […]