A Day In The Life Of Air Traffic Over Continental United States
This just in...air traffic controllers have an extraordinarily stressful job. Ok, you knew that already. However, watching a video of a typical day in the life of air traffic over the continental United States really puts this in perspective.
Watch the video: Click here.
At it's busiest point, there are over 4500 aircraft populating U.S. airspace. Or, put another way, that's approximately more than 500 million pounds of aircraft and cargo weight flying in the sky at any given time. What's most impressive is how well the system does work. Despite some recent international air incidents, the United States in particular has enjoyed an unprecedented run of safe flying. No crashes in over 4 years, and the number of runway violations has also dropped.
No recent crashes, yet air safety at issue [Star Tribune]
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