Word: faa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...porcupine is not the only new plane joining the center's fleet. Soon it will have a Lockheed Electra, a Convair 880 and a Boeing 720. They will serve as flying classrooms to teach the FAA flight inspectors proper flying procedures in an effort to improve safety in the crowded air, where 11,000 planes are aloft at all times...
...traffic control on a modern basis. After years of congressional neglect and feeble leadership in the Civil Aeronautics Board, the U.S. lagged so badly in airway control that the jet age has caught the nation dangerously unprepared. Until electronic devices are perfected to control the airways, the FAA must depend on humans to close the gap and to try to eliminate such tragedies as the collision over New York a fortnight ago (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...Freezing Point. To the Aeronautical Center, FAA's chief training installation, come about 1,000 men each year for introductory training or refresher courses in installing and maintaining air navigational aids. The center is the only training school for air-traffic-control operators, currently runs 2,000 men a year through an eight-week cram course. After a brief introduction to basic operating procedures, the students are put to work controlling traffic on a scale model of Will Rogers airport laid out on a classroom floor. The instructors set up traffic problems with model airplanes, make them more complex...
...traffic controllers are taught to use simple language; all use the same terms so pilots are not confused. Above all, they are never to get excited. "If a crash or emergency occurs," says the FAA manual, "you should not appear to be emotionally disturbed by it. The very act of continuing to use an efficient, competent and apparently unmoved voice will actually help you feel that way, too. It will instill confidence in others...
...FAA problem is getting good men at the salaries FAA can pay. When a plane is being brought in during bad weather, the controller is often more responsible for the plane than the pilot. But controllers start at $4,500; the top salary is only $8,950 (v. $30,408 a year for DC-8 captains...