air traffic controller
noun
: a person who is responsible for remotely monitoring and directing the movements of aircraft as part of a system of air traffic control
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Lilley said he was particularly struck by the FAA’s lack of alcohol testing for air traffic controllers after the crash.
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Josh Funk, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2025
An air traffic controller failed to notify the crew of a commercial plane that an Army helicopter was moving toward the aircraft before the collision in Washington, D.C., in January that killed 67 people, a Federal Aviation Administration official said on Thursday.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Clark Allen, the former operations manager of the control tower at DCA, was asked Thursday about the training for the air traffic controllers.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 31 July 2025
The hearing’s second panel examined the communications between the Black Hawk, the passenger jet, and the air traffic controller, as well as the routes the aircraft were flying.
—Ben Mause, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2025
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Josh Funk, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2025
An air traffic controller failed to notify the crew of a commercial plane that an Army helicopter was moving toward the aircraft before the collision in Washington, D.C., in January that killed 67 people, a Federal Aviation Administration official said on Thursday.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Clark Allen, the former operations manager of the control tower at DCA, was asked Thursday about the training for the air traffic controllers.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 31 July 2025
The hearing’s second panel examined the communications between the Black Hawk, the passenger jet, and the air traffic controller, as well as the routes the aircraft were flying.
—Ben Mause, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2025
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“Air traffic controller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20traffic%20controller. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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