Air Traffic Control

Amanda Tracy asked:


I’ve heard the term ‘talk back’ and I’ve found a live ATC Audio feed, but don’t understand what they mean. It’s research for a story I’m working on, and I don’t know any pilots who could explain it for me.

Melanie

lavar b asked:


I am too old to go to school to become an air traffic controller, so I was told that I should take the test and once I pass I can go to training in OK. Anyone’s help/advice would be greatly appreciated!!

Audrey

Wynnwith asked:


There are many professionals that help make a flight get off the ground and back to Earth safely. Pilots need to maintain a high level of concentration and always be aware of their surroundings while in the air. Air traffic controllers help pilots and flight crews navigate around air traffic and get back to the runway without harm. Flight attendants keep anxious passengers calm while providing information on safety precautions. However, one of the least public faces of the airline industry but one of the most important is the airline flight engineer. Without their work, an airplane would go from safe conveyance to something that few people would want to fly.

Indeed, the average day of an airline flight engineer demonstrates how integral they are to your safety while in the air. An engineer works for a specific airline, which means that they often work on several different types of airplane during their day. Whether it is Airbus or Boeing, an engineer needs to be familiar with the schematics of all airplanes under their purview. Engineers work with mechanical staff in order to perform diagnostic tests on planes and repair obvious problems. After performing diagnostic tests, engineers work on getting the plane ready for flight by repairing any minor problems or replacing parts that are nearing their end. Indeed, repairing and assessing the flight readiness of every plane in a fleet is an important aspect of an engineer’s job.

In addition to repair tasks, a flight engineer acts as a middle man between repair staff and airline management. Engineers can speak with authority on the types of tools and resources needed in an airport hangar in order to ensure the preparedness of planes. As well, they can provide advice and consultations on the need for an airline to invest in new equipment and new airplanes down the road. Indeed, engineers offer a first hand look for airline management into the technical side of the industry.

Young professionals and engineers looking to move into a new industry should strongly consider working with an airline. Airline positions pay a fair wage with good benefits, which fulfils the financial aspect of the workplace. However, there are few jobs as rewarding as that of the airline flight engineer. Their work ensures the safety of millions over their lifetime. As well, they are integral to maintaining the flight readiness of planes that travel around the world.



Ramon

Brian and Jessica G asked:


My husband and I have been checking the faa.gov site for the last month and they are only looking for experienced air traffic controllers. How often do they open up to accept apps for trainees? He does have veteran’s preference (not atc). Thanks!

Roberta

Bob S asked:


is it worth it to join the FAA with the pay cut. should i do DOD or CONTRACT tower?
i not going back to the navy.
any control out there? help me out please

Ray

Sam S asked:


I am doing me senior paper on Air traffic controllers. I would like to take a tour of the airport and the ATC tower in Savannah, GA. Do you know if this is possible in any way.

Thanks
I have to do a power point presentation on it, so are you allowed to take pictures?

Ben

Janice Ticar asked:


Los Angeles International Airport is considered as the fifth busiest commercial airport in the world and third busiest in the United States. Every year the airport handles over 80 million and 5 tons of cargo.

Generally, people in Los Angeles considered aircraft as one of the safest form of transportation. Relatively aircrafts accidents are frequent especially those involving private jet but the incident is often unreported.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air travel is expected to double its number for the next 20 years. As air traffic increases so as the accident connected with it.

Aviation accident often ends with fatal results. Major air carrier and general aviation accidents are covered by the aviation accident law. The General aviation includes all non-commercial aircraft including small plans, large business jet, charter flights, pleasure crafts, helicopters and hang gliders.

Form of Aviation accident

Aviation accidents cause fatal injuries as a result of falling baggage, assaults and other related incident.

The following forms of accidents may result to injury or death among passenger and crew:

•    Engine Failure

•    Collision and crashes

•    Faulty communication

•    Traffic control error

•    Pilot negligence

•    Falling baggage

•    Runway condition

Aviation Accidents Liable parties

Determining the person who is liable during the plane accident needs the skills and logical experience of an Aviation Accident lawyer.

The federal government may held responsible for the faulty error occur during the accident since it is there responsibility to ensure safety measures to be taken during each flight.

Aircraft are considered common carrier meaning they have the responsibility to transport people from one place to another. Negligence on the part of owner and operator will be punishable by law. The manufacturer and maintenance suppliers will also be held liable, if the equipment used by the aircraft is faulty and causes the accident.

Who is more liable the owner or operator?

The cause of airplane accident will determine the liable person. If the aircraft owner and operator negligence has been proven, they can be held reliable for the damages suffered by injured parties such as passengers, people on the ground or even pilot.

The owner could be held reliable even if someone else operated the aircraft. The theory called vicarious liability supported the notion of considering the owner as reliable as its operator.

Both the owner/operator is reliable in an event that the owner, operator and the manufacturer committed the aircraft accident; the jury will decide the distribution of the blame between the two parties. The notion that both operator/owner and manufacturer are reliable is called comparative fault.

In United States, almost all states used the comparative fault or the distribution of blame between the two parties. For example, the pilot may be given a 20 percent fault for carelessness and 80 percent fault for the manufacturer of defective landing equipment.

The manufacturer is reliable if the victim can prove that the landing gear purchase from a manufacturer is the main cause of aircraft accident, the manufacturer can be held reliable.

The notion of holding the manufacturer as the reliable party is called strict liability. Every state has its own version or law regarding it.

Federal government is reliable

FAA under Federal government controls air traffic through Air Traffic Control System (ATC). The ATC will be held accountable, if an aircraft accident involves collision.

Common Carriers Role

Common carrier is the legal classification of commercial airlines. It is governed by strict standards compare to private carriers. FAA imposes standards operating procedure and monitors the aircraft to ensure safety of the commercial airplanes

If common carriers committed mistakes implementing the safety standards, they can be held responsible.

Victims of Aviation accident need a thorough understanding of the complex rules and regulation of the common carriers in finding liability.

The Role of Lawyers in Aviation Accidents

Aviation accident cases involve several issues that could affect the litigation outcome. Personal injuries cases connected to airplanes base its verdict by the defendant’s statements, questions of the venue, aviation engineering, industry standards and federal government rules and regulation. It is complex and often involves analysis of the federal and state law.

You need the help of an experienced aviation accident attorney to facilitate all this complicating issues. Having an attorney is an advantage in pursuing aviation accident case.

Our Aviation Accident Lawyers in Los Angeles are highly trained in handling personal injury claims. For more details on how to avail of our free case evaluation services, just log on to our website.



Clinton

James William Smith asked:


Sixteen of China’s cities have been found to have the most polluted air on Earth. The air pollution in Beijing is the worst of all the cities in China. Air pollution is one of the many environmental side effects of the 2.1 billion tons of coal produced and burned in China last year. Air pollution has led to significant health problems for the Chinese. A study by a Chinese research institute found that 400,000 premature deaths are caused every year by diseases linked to air pollution. China’s Ministry of Science and Technology reports that 50,000 newborn babies are killed by air pollution a year.

Beijing already suffers traffic congestion so severe that cars sometimes idle on the freeways for hours, emitting tons of carbon based pollutants and producing smog.

Factories surround Beijing and emit large amounts of soot and carbon. Ozone, a colorless gas and critical pollutant arising in large part from car exhaust and factory emissions, regularly goes unmeasured in Beijing.

With 10 months to go before next August’s Olympic games, air pollution is Beijing’s biggest problem in its otherwise smooth preparations. Recently, the United Nations Environment Program criticized Beijing’s progress on cleaning its air as slow and said some pollution exceeded World Health Organization standards.

Health experts are speculating whether it is even feasible for Olympic athletes to run a marathon through streets where respiratory particulate levels average 3-4 times U.S. safety levels. Olympic athletes are concerned as well. Two weeks ago, two Ethiopian middle-distance running champions announced they would forgo some events because of the “disgusting weather and air pollution.” New Zealand and American athletes say they will wear face masks if necessary. Some countries are delaying their teams’ arrivals in Beijing until the last possible moment to protect their athletes’ performance.

Two months ago, IOC (International Olympic Committee) president Jacques Rogge said Olympic officials were prepared to take the unprecedented step of postponing some events, particularly endurance competitions, if the air pollution was too severe.

However, China has spent more than the $12 billion they promised for pollution control for the Olympic Games. The air pollution problems remain because the country’s growth has simply outpaced all predictions made when the city won the Olympic bid in 2001.

In addition, Beijing has also passed some of China’s most ambitious environmental measures, and in 2005 it embraced 22 tough new rules, including strict controls on industrial smoke, automobile exhaust fumes, and construction dust. Tighter vehicle emissions standards were adopted in 2003, and some public buses now run on alternative fuels such as clean natural gas. Meanwhile, the city’s heaviest polluters, such as coking plants in the southeastern suburbs, have been relocated to neighboring cities, a move that has subsequently raised concerns about worsening air pollution in these areas.

Several weeks before the 2008 Summer Olympics, in an effort to reduce air pollution, the government of China will begin shutting down industries that emit vast quantities of soot and carbon into the atmosphere surrounding the city. Though the government has yet to release a list of the industries and factories it will close, various news accounts and official statements indicate that virtually every factory in the greater Beijing area will greatly reduce operations or be completely shuttered for a period of several weeks, and that nearby coal mining operations may be shut down as well, or at least slowed, before and throughout the Olympics. In addition, auto traffic will be severely curtailed within Beijing. Clouds may be seeded to the north of the city in order to bring rain and minimize the hideous Mongolian dust storms that commonly plague China’s capital.

Beijing is also considering a regional pollution-prevention-and-control mechanism to clean up the air for the Olympics. This includes information sharing and feedback systems; such as, pollution source monitoring and discharge data reports, air monitoring data reports, air quality alarm reports, and air pollution prevention and reduction conferences in various cities and provinces.

However, Olympic athletes may never know the real dangers of the air in Beijing. Beijing does not regularly measure or evaluate some serious pollutants, including ozone and some types of fine particulate matter that can easily be inhaled deep into the lungs. Meanwhile, they have refused to publicly release figures on the amount of pollutants at any given location, such as the Olympic Village or Tiananmen Square, preferring to stick with a citywide average.

China deserves credit for the use of solar power and recycling rainwater in the building of its “green” venues for the 2008 Olympic Games. However, years of environmental neglect have taken a toll on the quality of the air in Beijing and other Chinese cities. As a result, there are problems in the air for some of the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.

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Joann

Jon Wuebben asked:


Hot air balloons are an odd flying apparatus. They don’t look like anything else that flies. They aren’t used like other flying objects to get people from one place to another. They only are flown at certain times and in certain conditions. They don’t have a motor or anything that mechanical with moving parts. Hot air balloon rides operate solely based on the magic and simplicity of science and physics.

The other thing about the hot air balloon experience? Its one of the most unique events you’ll ever encounter. Even those who have only gone up once still remember their ride, just like it was yesterday. It just seems to stands out in your mind. Why? Because theres simply nothing quite like it.

Here are a few other interesting bits of information about the always fascinating hot air balloon:

Hot air balloons were discovered in France in 1783. At that time, in the laboratory, it was discovered that a fabric bag filled with hot air could rise. In the beginning, to test for safety, balloons without passengers were sent up and observed. The next step was to send animals up to experiment with different weights. Sheep, chickens and even ducks were used. When everything was proven totally safe, a balloon with two men traveled over Paris for 5.5 miles, staying up 23 minutes. This was the very first attempt made by man to fly. Balloons have been critical to science as they have helped us study the weather and the atmosphere. On a hot air balloon ride, an apparatus called a “skirt” helps direct the hot air into the balloon. Every hot air balloon has a long section called the “gore”. Smaller pieces of the gore are called “panels”. In order to fly, Balloon pilots need a commercial balloon LTA pilot’s license. Pilots must have under gone the following: o Flight instruction of at least 35 hours o Ground school attendance for basic aviation training o Passage of a written test for hot-air balloon knowledge o A flight check from a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official. If a balloon is in a controlled air space, it must meet air-traffic control requirements and pilots must have radio contact with controllers. (FAA Rules) Besides having basic knowledge of who they are flying with and their qualifications, there are no official safety requirements for passengers. Accidents are rare. Why do hot air balloons not fly in the rain? because balloon heat can cause water to boil at the top of the balloon, and boiling water can destroy the fabric. Depending on balloon size, area balloon operators can carry from two to 10 passengers at a time.

So, now that you know something interesting about hot air balloons, when are you going to go up in one? If there is one bit of advice to give it would be this: dont let a perceived fear stop you from enjoying the adventure. Even though it may look a little risky - it really isn’t. As was mentioned previously, accidents are very rare. It almost never happens. Pilots are well trained before they ever take anyone up. Plus, you can do your part by ensuring that you use a hot air balloon company that has a great safety record. There are many reputable ones out there.

When you do decide to take a ride, you’ll not only have a great time, but you’ll experience a thrill of a lifetime!



Jon

arjun_saj asked:


After completing engineering in electronicscomm., where can I study air traffic control in India, and outside? What are the job prospects, salary scales, etc? Any Indian ATC’s here, I’d like to get in touch with.. thanks

Lewis