Intro. to ATC

Question 1

What is Air Traffic Control?

Answer 1

Air traffic control means a service operated by an appropriate authority to promote the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic.

Question 2

What is an Air Traffic Controller?

Answer 2

Is a person who is responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system.

Question 3

What is the National Aispace System?

Answer 3

Is a network of both controlled and uncontrolled airspace, both domestic and oceanic.

It also includes air navigation facilities, equipment and services; airports and landing areas; aeronautical charts; information and services; rules and regulations; procedures and technical information; and manpower and material.

Question 4

What is the FAA?

Answer 4

The FAA is the federal agency responsible for the safety of civil
aviation operations in the United States.

Question 5

What are some responsabilities of the FAA?

Answer 5

• Certification of pilots, mechanics, and other safety-related air carrier employees.
• Promoting and regulating commercial space transportation and for developing programs to study and mitigate some of the adverse environmental effects of civil aviation.
• Operating the National Airspace System, including civilian and military air navigation and air traffic control.