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An Air Traffic Controller's View

By: John Stewart

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Paperback | 22 May 1989 | Edition Number 1

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This important book brings an air traffic controller's perspective to the mistakes pilots commonly make in controlled airspace. Veteran controller John Stewart has spent years observing pilots display their lack of education, lack of flight preparation, inability to communicate effectively, ignorance of resistance to regulations, and other dangerous flaws. This book is his attempt to help pilots fly more safely in controlled airspace and to introduce them to new and coming air traffic control technology.

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Basic Pilot Errors	p. 1
The First Error
Preflight Preparation
Making a List and Checking It Twice
Improving Communications--A Case in Point
A Difference Between Night and Day
A Tale of Two Flight Plans
Fact Not Fiction
Communication	p. 17
The Right Word
Is Anybody Listening?
Phraseology
Call Signs
Pay Attention
Great Expectations
Professional Skepticism
Body Language
Flight Plan Flubs
Using and Abusing the System
Communication--Cornerstone of ATC
Phraseology and Word Concepts	p. 41
No Harm, No Foul
Radar Contact
Go Ahead
Urgency
Emergency
Additional Services
Clearances
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Very Special VFR
Crusing for a Bruising
Hurry Up and Wait
Controllers Do Care
ATC Equipment	p. 69
Radar
Radio and Telephone Systems
Flight Data Systems
Regulations and Procedures	p. 119
Staying Current
Quality Control
Stop! Put Your Pencil Down
Figuring Out the FARs
Cruising Altitudes
Position Reporting
Speed Regs
TCA--Terribly Complex Airspace?
ATC Instructions vs. Pilot Authority
IFR Airfiling
Learning ATC Procedures
Ask and Ye Shall Receive
But Don't Ask for the Impossible
Saying It Right
Airspace	p. 157
Visibility and Cloud Clearance
Read the Regs Carefully
Airspace Anatomy
The Saga of Peggy Piper
Tale of the Phantom Control Zone
Airport Advisory Area
Military Operations
"Remain Clear of the TCA"
The Long Wait to Climb
"Remain Clear of the ARSA"
Common Sense
The Future	p. 191
FAA--Caught in a Cruch
Taking the Independence Avenue
Contract Employees
Radar Advances
Satellites
TCAS
MLS
Weather Technology
Sector Suites
Consolidation
Advanced Automation System
Other Developments
Final Thoughts	p. 219
About the Author	p. 220
Index	p. 221
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