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Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control

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This book is a college text about how the American air traffic control system works. Nolan was an air traffic controller himself, and is quite familiar with the history of air traffic control procedures in the U.S. The book contains chapters on the history of air traffic control, navigation systems (that have been used throughout the history of air traffic control), airspace classification, air traffic control communications, air traffic control procedures, non-radar separation, radar operations and separation, oceanic air traffic control, the future of air traffic control, and employment within the Federal Aviation Administration. Appendices cover IFR chart legends, aircraft models, and airport 3-letter identifiers. Each chapter begins with a list of explicit goals and ends with a vocabulary list and review questions. There is also an extensive glossary at the back of the book.

I think the book may give a firm historical perspective on American air traffic control to students who wish to be employed by the FAA. It provides a general overview of the tasks of air traffic controllers, but reading this book is clearly just the first small step along the way towards formal training as an air traffic controller. I found the historical coverage quite complete, and the book may be valuable as an archive of air traffic control hardware and procedures. The chapter on the future of air traffic control is very telling, however. It describes many new software products that will hopefully very soon make many of the procedures and equipment described in the remainder of the book obsolete.

One striking aspect of the book was its intense focus on US air traffic control to the extent that the existence of air travel beyond the borders of the US is barely acknowledged. (The map on p. 84, for example is quite telling- -it seems to depict the continental U.S. as an island, surrounded by water on all sides.) In a general college textbook about air traffic control, it would have been at least somewhat interesting to learn a little about how US air traffic control procedures differ from those in other countries, and why, or how our air traffic control rules have influenced or been influenced by those of other countries. Certainly a summary of such topics would be at least as valuable to future air traffic controllers as the detailed political history of the U.S. air traffic control system that is presented in chapter 1.

This books permits me, as a pilot, with a greater understanding of the other half of the team that makes the air traffic system safe and relatively efficient. Understanding the how and the why of ATC enables me to fly safer and with less hassle to the ATC controllers. Good introductory book.

This book is perfect for anyone interested in learning about the basics on ATC and how the system works. It also contains chapters about the history , the FAA, the basic separation procedures and the future of the ATC system know as 'free flight'. It's easy to read and understand.

I've got very happy with my purchase. The book and the price were excellent. The product description was also perfect. However, I'd like to suggest for the store to wrap the books with cardboard, it would protect them more during the shipment. I also want to suggest the price reduction of the shipping cost.

No complaints I got the product it was exactly what I ordered. The product was in great condition as well.

This book is very good at describing the history of Air Traffic Control and explaining the fundamentals of the system. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in aviation, especially future pilots, ATCs and aviation engineers.

This book is excellent. It provides the basic knowledge for people who would be going itno the ATC field. It provides excellent examples of communications, strip marking, and typical phraseology used.

This purchase was good when I initially purchased the book, however, when I found out from that the book was not what I needed, it was a different story. Their return policy was unrealistic; they give you a day to put the book, in the mail, which is not that easy if it requires you to actually go to the post office. The next issue was after I returned the book. The book was packaged sufficiently for safe return, although the seller only gave me 50% of the purchase price, the seller claims that there was some damage from the original shipping, which is impossible because the book was never removed from its original packaging, except to put it into a new mailing package. Overall, I was VERY DISAPPOINTED with how the company handled the return. The seller was fair if you are 100% that the book is the one you need.