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Interested in Air Traffic Control? Watch this.

by Justin Glow on May 31st 2007 at 11:37AM

There are roughly 15,000 air-traffic controllers orchestrating over 55,000 commercial flights per day in the U.S. alone. It's no wonder the position is called "the most stressful job in the world," where "one mistake -- one slip of the tongue -- can lead to disaster." Check out the short documentary above, which interviews air traffic controllers in Washington Dulles International Airport, "the second busiest trans-Atlantic gateway on the Eastern Seaboard," scheduling roughly one take-off or landing per minute.

Interested in becoming an air traffic controller? Read this. [via]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Steve M Jun 1st 2007 3:45PM

very cool.. if you like this video you will like this website: http://atcmonitor.com

ous Aug 21st 2008 4:11PM

i beseech you to tell me how can i get this video, i do like download it in order to show it to my friends, please give me a solution!!!

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