Patent ID: 8717169

Claim:
An air traffic control alerting system comprising: a communication device for communicating with a remote location, the communication device having a transmit state and a receive state; a controller configured to monitor the communication device for determining if the communication device is in the transmit state or the receive state; a visual indicator coupled with the controller and configured to be activated by the controller if the communication device does not change from the receive state to the transmit state after a first predetermined amount of time; an audible indicator coupled with the controller and configured to be activated by the controller at a first volume if the communication device does not change from the receive state to the transmit state after a second predetermined amount of time after the activation of the visual indicator; and a notification configured to be sent by the controller to a remote device if the communication device does not change from the receive state to the transmit state after a third predetermined amount of time after the activation of the audible indicator at the first volume.