At the base of the island sits flight deck control. There is a similar map for the hangar deck. On it, assistants place cut-outs of the different aircraft and their positions on deck, whether on a catapult, on an elevator, or parked and tied down. When a plane approaches for a landing, a sailor actually carries the cut-out through the air and onto the flight deck of the map as it lands. All information about the aircraft on the deck and hangar is recorded in a notebook and on a glass display.
Sailors stand behind the glass display and write backward.
A couple of levels below the flight deck sits air operations. Here, controllers direct aircraft while in flight and, with the help of several radars, direct them toward landing. Like the flight-deck control, the air operations department also contains glass boards, but with status of aircraft in the air. The information includes a plane's call sign, the pilot's name, the plane's mission, the time fuel was given, and how much time until the plane must either refuel or land. At the top of the island sits primary flight control, where the air boss sits.