Each scope monitored by passionate individuals devoted to keeping apart an endless stream of traffic, issuing precise instructions, carefully formulated to protect the thousands of lives represented by the targets flowing in every direction. This is the image most people have of the dedicated individuals who monitor the skies for potential conflict. Those Air Traffic Controllers devoted to helping pilots avoid the innumerable weather phenomena that are just as hazardous to aviation safety, as other traffic.
Weather is a factor in a majority of aviation accidents.
Even with advances in technology, rapidly changing weather patterns still present a significant danger to flight safety. Controllers, working in highly technical environments, scan a kaleidoscope of weather charts and constantly updated weather data. Assisting pilots, both before and during flight, avoid potential dangers. The FSS Air Traffic Controller's area of responsibility is international. Pilots travel to unpredictable destinations.