International Air Traffic Controller Day

Hoy 20 October, D is celebratedíto International Controller Aéreo, which is a tribute to those beings evenóencouragement that día a díThey are responsible for always taking our flights safely to their destinations..

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Is Día is celebrated as the date of foundingón of IFATCA  – International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations o  Federationón International Association of Transport Controllersánsito Aéreo and Amsterdam 1961, moment when the aviationódoes not requireíto a better organizationón of space aéprisoner and it was necessary to improve traffic controlánsito aéprisoner in an industry that was developing and growing. IFATCA globally encompasses and represents más de 50.000 members of 125 países.

¿Whaté is the control of tránsito aéreo?

It is a set of integrated systems, where tr driversánsito aéprisoner are responsible for the securityéarea and control of these systems and procedures. Since an avión isá at the boarding gate, cleaveúIt follows the trailer and taxis towards the take-off runway, rises into the air, reaches its final flight level, comes down, approaches, lands and taxis back to the gate, Controllers are responsible for guiding and monitoring each flight in the world at all times..

¿Whaté is it a controller or ATC?

An Air Traffic Controller is a highly trained professional, who during his career will haveá various responsibilities or positions to occupy. The general belief is that traffic controllersáI'm theéprisoners are only the people who can sometimes be seen in the Control Towers of all airports, but what people don't know is that there are más hard-working and self-sacrificing people who areán slopes at the second of each flight. These other characters are the radar controllers, they, in a closed room, EastáThey are always in front of a screen and can see in real time each flight that isá flying in your jurisdictionón without the need to have eye contact, withí happens in a tower.

The controllers of the Control Towers, usually, they can control what is called positionón of area, where to orderán of flight plan authorizations, towing and taxiing authorizations. The other positionón is clearly a tower, where the person in charge will beá responsible for coordinating aircraft takeoffs and landings. In some airports around the world there are other control positions, such as authorizations, for example, although these areán being replaced by automatic processesátics and even, remote control towers.

radar controllers, They are responsible for guiding planes from when they rise into the air until before landing, authorizing devíthose en route due to bad weather, changing flight levels or even giving vectors to planes to help them approach the runway or shorten their flight paths. Radar controls are divided by coverage zones, for example in Ecuador, is divided into TMAs (terminal manoeuvring area) O áQuito terminal maneuvering area, Guayaquil, Manta, Cuenca, etc. where specialized controllers in the spaces toéprisoners of those cities guirán airplanesún the procedures and complexities of each area. The other divisionón is radar or control, what to beíto the control of Guayaquil FIR or the control of all of Ecuador, which is done from the Radar Control Center located on one side of the passenger terminal of the Guayaquil Airport.

We need to remember, that control of tránsito aéreo is one of the jobs más demanding and stressful world, very close to the situationónumber of pilots.

¿DóWhere do traffic controllers study?áI'm theéreo?

In the majoría of the cases, If someone wants to study to be a controller, dutyá do it in an institute certified and endorsed by the aeron authorityábath tub byeís. For example in Ecuador, can only be studied in ETC – T-SchooléAviation technologyón Civilian assigned to the DGAC, where courses are opened on a generally annual basis. To enter, applicants dutyán go through a series of exesáenglish menusés, National reality, keepsáticas and others to be selected and have a minimum ageáxima de 25 años. This course has a durationón of 10 months, where students acquireán knowledge and skills to qualify as controllers, later, Startán his career in some Control Tower of the countryís and gradually, growing in your professional career.

This is a smallñor recognition for those hérodents that daily and evenówhat, perform the fundamental task of controlling spaceéprisoner from all over the world.

¡Happy Díto International Controller Aéreo!