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Steve Clark and Kevin Cook, St. Louis TRACON It’s challenging enough for an air traffic controller when a high-speed aircraft is enduring poor weather conditions, bad radio connection and communication issues. It’s even more so when […]

Ryan Williams, Anchorage Center Second generation controller Ryan Williams has had several memorable days on the job at Anchorage Center (ZAN) since starting at the facility in 2006. But perhaps none like Dec. 29, 2012 when […]

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Joseph Okuda, Alexis Shirkey, Nicole Findlay, Peter Sachs, Russell Kipker, Dawn McMullin, Fred Naujoks, Dan Ferlito, and David Caldwell, San Francisco Tower On the morning of July 6, 2013, the team of air traffic controllers working […]

Stewart Pearcy, Houston TRACON On February 25, 2013, the pilot of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk departed the Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (LBX) heading to the Bay City Municipal Airport (BYY). Weather that day called for […]

Ed Holden and Ramiro Martinez, Miami Tower/TRACON On May 21, 2013, Miami Tower/TRACON (MIA) controllers Ed Holden and Ramiro Martinez were working local control and ground control, respectively, when a pilot misunderstood taxi instructions and inadvertently […]