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Ron Chappell, Southern California TRACON For 22-year veteran Southern California air traffic controller Ron Chappell, who knows pretty much everything there is to know about the ultra complex and intricately choreographed airspace around LAX, nothing goes […]

Douglas Wynkoop and Natasha Hodge, Dallas/Fort Worth TRACON “Sometimes in life, we don’t always get to thank our benefactors,” wrote pilot Scott Spencer in a letter to D10 TRACON. Thanks to the actions of Douglas Wynkoop […]

President’s Award for Best Flight Assist of 2009 Lisa Grimm, Nathan Henkels, and Jessica Anaya, Miami Center Dan Favio, Brian Norton, and Carey Meadows, Fort Myers ATCT “I’ve gotta’ declare an emergency. My pilot’s…unconscious. I need […]

Troy Decker, Salt Lake Center One of the trends we have seen in the six years of our NATCA Archie League Medal of Safety awards program has been the prevalence of winning flight assists that involved a […]

Kevin Plante and Christopher Presley, Portland, Maine ATCT With daylight waning, and an aircraft stuck amidst rapidly deteriorating weather conditions and mountainous terrain, timing is everything. And on Oct. 9, 2009, it was up to controllers […]

Kristin Danninger, Madison, Wisc. ATCT It was the first of the year and bad weather was moving in as 14-year veteran Kristin Danninger worked the radar approach position at Madison. A couple of VFR flights had already […]