page_title: Air traffic controller
hierarchical_section_title: Air traffic controller
caption_attribution_description: Master Sgt. Charles Adams (right), chief of air traffic control at Misawa Air Base, Japan, said working side-by-side with members of the Japan Self Defense Forces has taught him understanding. He’s also learned to be comfortable with the Japanese culture, wearing slippers when working in the control tower alongside local controller Japanese Tech. Sgt. Katsuyuki Kubo (left) and shift supervisor Japanese Capt. Nobuyuki Itoh (standing). Inside the control tower at Misawa Air Base, taken from http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1102/part2.html# and uploaded by me. -Lommer 04:07, 21 May 2005 (UTC) Polski: Ta grafika została skopiowana z angielskiej wikipedii. W oryginale była opisana następująco: Wnętrze wieży kontroli lotów bazy lotnictwa Misawa Air Base, wzięte z http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1102/part2.html# i przesłane przez mnie -- -Lommer
context_page_description: Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCS, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. Usually stationed in air traffic control centers and control towers on the ground, they monitor the position, speed, and altitude of aircraft in their assigned airspace visually and by radar, and give directions to the pilots by radio. The position of air traffic controller is one that requires highly specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities. Controllers apply separation rules to keep aircraft at a safe distance from each other in their area of responsibility and move all aircraft safely and efficiently through their assigned sector of airspace, as well as on the ground. Because controllers have an incredibly large responsibility while on duty and make countless real-time decisions on a daily basis, the ATC profession is consistently regarded around the world as one of the most mentally challenging careers, and can be notoriously stressful depending on many variables.
context_section_description: Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCS, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system.  Usually stationed in air traffic control centers and control towers on the ground, they monitor the position, speed, and altitude of aircraft in their assigned airspace visually and by radar, and give directions to the pilots by radio.  The position of air traffic controller is one that requires highly specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities. Controllers apply separation rules to keep aircraft at a safe distance from each other in their area of responsibility and move all aircraft safely and efficiently through their assigned sector of airspace, as well as on the ground. Because controllers have an incredibly large responsibility while on duty (often in aviation, "on position") and make countless real-time decisions on a daily basis, the ATC profession is consistently regarded around the world as one of the most mentally challenging careers, and can be notoriously stressful depending on many variables (equipment, configurations, weather, traffic volume, traffic type, special activities, governmental actions, human factors). Many controllers, however, would cite high salaries, and a very large, unique, and privileged degree of autonomy as major advantages of their jobs.
  Although the media in the United States frequently refers to them as air controllers, or flight controllers, most air traffic professionals use the term air traffic controllers, ATCOs, or controllers. For a more detailed article on the job itself, see air traffic control.
caption: Military air traffic controllers in a control tower
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