How do they match: Air Traffic Controllers

  • Line Pilot

  • Check conditions and traffic at different altitudes in response to pilots' requests for altitude changes.
  • Compile information about flights from flight plans, pilot reports, radar, or observations.
  • Contact pilots by radio to provide meteorological, navigational, or other information.
  • Direct pilots to runways when space is available or direct them to maintain a traffic pattern until there is space for them to land.
  • Inform pilots about nearby planes or potentially hazardous conditions, such as weather, speed and direction of wind, or visibility problems.
  • Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations.