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Air Traffic Control

Travel

Slam and Jam

Inside the world of air-traffic controllers.

William Langewiesche The Atlantic Oct 1997 Permalink

Something’s Got to Give

In a windowless room just outside of New York City, overworked air traffic controllers manage the world’s most-trafficked piece of sky—until all those blips on the screen become too much.

Darcy Frey New York Times Magazine Mar 1996 35min Permalink