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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Shortly after midday, air traffic controllers on the Caribbean islands received a report of a plane crashing in the ocean about 10 miles from Northwest Point, Providenciales, which is part of the Turks and Caicos archipelago, said a spokesperson for the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 23 June 2024
To organize this chaos, air traffic controllers rely on a powerful management tool called the traffic flow management system.
—Julie Hoban, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Miners, longshoremen, air traffic controllers, students, and public employees repeatedly shut down operations, leave classrooms, and walk off the job.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2017
Soviet leaders’ opinion of President Ronald Reagan’s resolve was bolstered by a domestic act—his firing of air traffic controllers for going on strike in 1981.
—Keren Yarhi-Milo, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 23 June 2024
To organize this chaos, air traffic controllers rely on a powerful management tool called the traffic flow management system.
—Julie Hoban, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Miners, longshoremen, air traffic controllers, students, and public employees repeatedly shut down operations, leave classrooms, and walk off the job.
—Shannon K. O'Neil, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2017
Soviet leaders’ opinion of President Ronald Reagan’s resolve was bolstered by a domestic act—his firing of air traffic controllers for going on strike in 1981.
—Keren Yarhi-Milo, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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