If we see in History of air traffic control, 1921 to find the first air traffic control efforts, accomplished through the use of coloured flags.
Today the job is much more sophisticated with advanced technology, but still provides separation in the sky (preventing collisions). Actually, air traffic controllers direct aircraft either on the ground, or while in the air.Dave Rye is the manager of operations at Nav Canada’s Area Control Centre (ACC), and is responsible for all air traffic control operations that occur within that unit. ACC is one of seven such facilities across Canada.
Now Located in Riverview, the “Moncton” ACC houses about 120 controllers, in addition to 40 administrative and technical staff.Controllers at the facility “safely track, separate and guide aircraft in an airspace known as the Moncton flight information region (FIR) that spans over the Maritimes, and portions of the Gulf of St-Lawrence, South-eastern Quebec and Labrador,” Rye says.
Controllers are there also provide en route service for aircraft that fly between the Maritimes’ several airports, as well as service for “overflight” aircraft. The ACC is not the control tower.
Air traffic controllers use radar and therefore apply very set and defined rules and separation standards to provide for the “safe and orderly flow of air traffic control” within the area they’re responsible for.
“Project where the aircraft are going, and make sure that we avoid conflictions. We allow the airlines, to the extent practicable, to fly in a manner that they think is most efficient for them. That includes altitudes, speeds and routes. Now what happens is that we have to then intervene when these come info conflict, to ensure that the aircraft maintain a required safety margin.”
Now Located in Riverview, the “Moncton” ACC houses about 120 controllers, in addition to 40 administrative and technical staff.Controllers at the facility “safely track, separate and guide aircraft in an airspace known as the Moncton flight information region (FIR) that spans over the Maritimes, and portions of the Gulf of St-Lawrence, South-eastern Quebec and Labrador,” Rye says.
Controllers are there also provide en route service for aircraft that fly between the Maritimes’ several airports, as well as service for “overflight” aircraft. The ACC is not the control tower.
Air traffic controllers use radar and therefore apply very set and defined rules and separation standards to provide for the “safe and orderly flow of air traffic control” within the area they’re responsible for.
“Project where the aircraft are going, and make sure that we avoid conflictions. We allow the airlines, to the extent practicable, to fly in a manner that they think is most efficient for them. That includes altitudes, speeds and routes. Now what happens is that we have to then intervene when these come info conflict, to ensure that the aircraft maintain a required safety margin.”
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