Life as an Air Traffic Controller

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Many people do not understand what air traffic control is all about when I tell somebody that I am an air traffic controller one ends up asking whether I am the guy who stands at the airport waving bats . Air traffic control involves providing ground based service where aircrafts are directed in the air and on the ground too . The principal purpose of air traffic control is to make sure that aircraft are separated to avoid collisions

, provide information to the pilots and organize the flow of traffic (Buck , B and Buck , R 2005

As an air traffic controller my job entails managing traffic from the airport , mostly to a radius of four to thirty miles . I give the pilots instructions on taxiing and take offs as well as landing . It is a very enjoyable job yet challenging at the same time . Many lives are on my hands , a little mistake can lead to disastrous results . My job does not leave any margin of an error . I am required to be alert all the time so that I can give the right information at all time . This job has taught me to do several things at the same time as well as making me to be very keen with details . It is my dream job , what I have always wanted to be for a living

It is a requirement that an air controller should not work for long...