Controllers Quotes

Lord Chamberlain`s readers or controllers, which were a handful of people working directly to him, were a very assorted group of people and some of them tried very hard to be as liberal as they could.

If the union loses on this one, ... it may not be a watershed comparable to the air traffic controllers strike in 1982, but it would be a big setback.

Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like an airplane.

The Iraqi air traffic controllers were very polite and very helpful,

The transition period was utterly chaotic until we regained control and caused an unusually high level of stress in the facility, ... We were so busy working our flights and trying to manage the situation that there was little time to take care of routine, but essential work. Instead what you had were controllers finding a flight in their airspace and having to find out from the previous controller where that flight was and where it was going. It definitely slowed the system and we couldn`t work as many planes as quickly as we usually do. Controllers did a remarkable job to keep the system together.

(The FAA`s controllers advise Defense officials about any looming intrusions into the Washington region`s flight restriction zone, but NORAD officials have final authority to send up the F-16s.) We`re in charge of restricting the airspace, ... but the military has control over protecting the airspace.