How do they match: Air Traffic Controllers

  • Airline Dispatcher
  • Line Pilot

  • Control air traffic on and within vicinity of airport, and movement of air traffic between altitude sectors and control centers, according to established procedures and policies. Authorize, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to government or company regulations to expedite and ensure flight safety.

  • 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.