Jessica. What does an air traffic controller do? ..

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"Levels of Flight"
By Kayleigh Jessica Maria
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Problems

• The main problem is the congestion of traffic in
  the air. With the congestion come further
  problems, such as
• There are too few large airports
• Planes are getting too big

• There is beginning to be a shortage of fuel
• Weather factors can also be an issue

Kayleigh
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The Problem.

• Another problem is the amount of traffic on the
  roads. Of course with this traffic there are more
  problems. Such as
• Waiting to get into the airport takes longer.
• Cargo takes longer to reach the plane on time.
• It is a hazard for the people already near or
  inside the airport. Because if there was an
  emergency, say a bomb, no one could get out.

Kayleigh
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Problem 1
As previously stated, air traffic is incredibly
congested. There are either too many planes in
the air at one time or hazardous weather. We also
keep making our planes bigger. The bigger the
plane the more airspace it takes up. Taking up so
much air space causes further congestion. Not
only is it the planes fault though. There are
too few airports where planes need to stop to
refuel. Planes need spots to stop off and to
refuel. Also with bigger planes comes the need
for more fuel. Thus lowering the amount of fuel
we have for the smaller planes. One of these days
were going to need something fast, like weapons
or food, and we wont be able to get it fast
enough because to the amount of fuel we use now.
Kayleigh
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Problem 2
Road traffic is another main problem. It
increases on the waiting time which leaves people
feeling irritable. The more irritable the people
are the less willing they are to deal with all
the delays for the planes. All of this traffic
causes a problem with the cargo. Because of the
traffic around the airport the cargo can not
arrive on time. This is a very dangerous since
most cargo is food and food does not last
forever. Lastly all of the traffic causes a
safety hazard. If the airport were to catch on
fire and the firemen couldnt get close enough to
help, or to even get water, then millions of
people would die.
Kayleigh
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What do we need to know
Jessica
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What does an air traffic controller do? They
must coordinate the movements of thousands of
aircraft, keep them at safe distances from each
other, direct them during takeoff and landing
from airports, direct them around bad weather and
ensure that traffic flows smoothly with minimal
delays.
What does the air traffic controller do when
there is a storm that might affect aircraft in
the area? The path of your plane may have to be
changed from the original flight plan to move
around bad weather or avoid a congested sector.
Jessica
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How do commercial airliners know where they can
fly? The air traffic controller tells them where
it is safe to fly
How does weather affect an aircrafts flight? It
delays the flight path.
Can a pilot change routes in flight? Yes,
because they can tell the air traffic controller
that they are going to change and they can tell
all the other pilots that he is going to change
his flight path.
Jessica
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How do safe distances affect how many aircraft
can take off or land at one time? It allows less
aircraft to takeoff
How far can a small aircraft fly without having
to land and refuel? World flight
How many passengers can fit in a small plane? 25
Jessica
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What types of aircraft require short runways?
Long runways? Passenger and larger aircraft
require long runways. Small aircraft requires a
small runway
What types of aircraft require no runways/ Crop
planes and Helicopter
Jessica
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Roles

• Human Factors Researcher
• Kayleigh Last
• Airline Flight Planner
• Jessica

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Solutions I

• To solve the growing problems related to traffic
  in the air our team has designed an effective
  sort of highway like way to treat it. First we
  needed to solve the problems with motorized
  vehicles at airports. It is becoming an issue
  that so many cars are in and around the airport
  and its difficult to get in and out, so we came
  up with a

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Solutions II

• method of strictly using public transportation
  within a two mile radius of the airport, thus
  making it easier for people to move in and out of
  the airport more quickly. There will be a series
  of trolleys picking up and dropping off, designed
  specifically for this purpose. They will run
  trips back and forth. There will be trolleys
  designed to

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Solutions III

• accommodate all people, including people carrying
  large items, the handicapped, people with young
  children, and even people with pets. There will
  be a number of guarded parking garages where
  people may leave their vehicles, this being where
  the trolley will pick them up to take them the
  rest of the way to the airport.

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Solutions IV

• The next thing we had to do was figure out how to
  fit all of the planes in the air, since the size
  of air traffic seems to be multiplying. For this
  we came up with our Level of Flight theory.
  This theory consists of a series of different
  components, which will include the following

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Solutions V

• Levels- We have basically divided the sky up into
  three major levels. Each individual level is
  designed for a specific purpose. The upper level
  is designed strictly for government use, in order
  to ensure privacy, and since government aircraft
  are designed to fly at higher altitudes, this
  seems to be the most logical thing to do. The
  inner level will

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Solutions VI

• be conserved mainly for cargo planes, commercial
  aircraft, and things of that nature. The lower
  level level is designed mainly for domestic use.
  This is the level where passenger planes will fly
  since they go from ground to sky more often than
  commercial and government aircraft.

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Solutions VII

• Regulations- In order to maintain order in this
  system, a series of ground rules will have to
  be set in place. These rules will have to be
  carefully thought out by a team of highly
  experienced engineers, so that chaos doesnt
  break out.

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Levels of Flight

• Government Level 1
• Cargo Level 2
• Commercial Level 3
  

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