Read the Diaries of an Air Traffic Controller in Training
(Photo: Ruining Things with Facts)
Lots of people compare their stress levels to that of an air traffic controller, but what is the real job actually like? You can get a glimpse by reading Ruining Things with Facts, a Tumblr kept by James Heath. A former airline pilot, Heath is in radar training as a developmental air traffic controller at the Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center – which is the third busiest control center in the U.S.
Heath keeps a candid diary of the highs and lows of someone learning such a challenging job, and he shares insights into the aviation industry that are hard to find elsewhere. He answers such reader questions as whether we’ll see airline cockpits without human pilots in our lifetimes, and he posts often about his beloved St. Louis Cardinals and dog Walter.
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