Airport calls for blind people to apply to be air traffic controllers

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9-01-2008 @ 8:26PM

Jeff N said...

Hey Frank,

I'm a controller at MSP airport in Minnesota. Unless the UK operates on an entirely different controlling model, then blind people are most definitely unqualified for the position. Controllers are tasked for more than just one operation and it would be a terrible waste of money for any facility to position a blind person for one sort of operation as you descibed. Bells and whistles aren't enough. Vision is needed to anticipate corrections needed to avoid conflicts and to comply with the 7110.65.

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