Automated Air Traffic Control
Hello everyone! I thought that I would start a new post about a topic that we should become familiar with. I have been interested in becoming an air traffic controller for over a year now. I have researched this job as much as I can on the internet and now I am looking for other sources to help answer some questions that I have.
Does anyone know more about Automated Air Traffic Control?
I have read some articles on the internet about the British that have developed software for automated control that will be ready by 2020. It would be great to get more information on this topic. I would be hesitant to start a career that would be almost obsolete by 2020 if this information were true. There are numerous sub questions that can be asked about this topic, mostly relating to the future of air traffic control beyond the scope of the next ten years. Even with this news I doubt that computers will run the entire system in less then 12 years. I have actually come across several articles on the internet that all talk about different software and methods for producing pure automated air traffic control. What is the reality of this happening? I am sure at some level the system becomes more and more automated everyday. Then where would the logic be in hiring so many new controllers if we are all going to be out of a job in a little more then a decade?
Reality of Automated Control
Not a question of “if” but a question of “when.” With the development of technology today I think it would be safe to assume that in the next 30 years the system will be mostly automated. What will happen to the air traffic controller?
Applied Public 5/02/08
Took AT-SAT 7/14/08- "well-qualified"
Now: Trying to get more info
Hello everyone! I thought that I would start a new post about a topic that we should become familiar with. I have been interested in becoming an air traffic controller for over a year now. I have researched this job as much as I can on the internet and now I am looking for other sources to help answer some questions that I have.
Does anyone know more about Automated Air Traffic Control?
I have read some articles on the internet about the British that have developed software for automated control that will be ready by 2020. It would be great to get more information on this topic. I would be hesitant to start a career that would be almost obsolete by 2020 if this information were true. There are numerous sub questions that can be asked about this topic, mostly relating to the future of air traffic control beyond the scope of the next ten years. Even with this news I doubt that computers will run the entire system in less then 12 years. I have actually come across several articles on the internet that all talk about different software and methods for producing pure automated air traffic control. What is the reality of this happening? I am sure at some level the system becomes more and more automated everyday. Then where would the logic be in hiring so many new controllers if we are all going to be out of a job in a little more then a decade?
Reality of Automated Control
Not a question of “if” but a question of “when.” With the development of technology today I think it would be safe to assume that in the next 30 years the system will be mostly automated. What will happen to the air traffic controller?
Applied Public 5/02/08
Took AT-SAT 7/14/08- "well-qualified"
Now: Trying to get more info