COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
STAT OF THE WE EK
Over the last eight years, over six billion people have flown in the United States, with
only two air line crash fatalities (Asiana 2 14 at SFO, 2013) , none of which were from a
U.S. - based airline.
PRESS CLIPS OF THE WEEK
PHOENIX
Phoenix Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) air traffic controllers Brian Bond,
Aaron Fones, and Carlton Wickstrom displayed calm under pressure to help the pilot of
a small plane who was battling harsh weather conditions and turbulence and had trouble
maintaining an assign ed heading. Because of this flight assist, NATCA honored Bond ,
Fones, and Wickstrom with the Archie League Medal of Safety Award, at the March 22
awards banquet at Communicating For Safety in Las Vegas.
The three controllers were interviewed by the Phoen i x - area news media on May 2 .
Below are press clips and photos from the event.
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
Phoenix air traffic controllers who helped save pilot, passenger receive national award
ABC 15 ARIZONA (KXNV - TV)
Sky Harbor air traffic controllers honored for life saving assist
KPHO - TV PHOENIX
Air traffic controlle rs honored for their work in guiding a pilot to safe landing
FOX 10 PHOENIX
Air traffic controllers honored: Guided pilot through tough conditions for safe landing
KTVK - TV PHOENIX
Phoenix TRACON air traffic controllers honored
ORLANDO
WFTV - TV ORLANDO - May 4
From the story, about a day in the l ife of controllers working at MCO and F11: "At three
hundred forty - five feet in the air, the Orlando International Airport's air traffic control
tower rises out of the flat sprawling concrete. On an average day, the tower and its staff
will handle 800 flig hts and 50,000 passengers, and if everything goes as planned
everything will be on time.
"The tower is the most visible part of the airport, but not the only part of managing this
complex operation."
From reporter Christopher Heath : "One of the things yo u notice when you're up in the
control tower and the radar room is just how calm it is. You kind of expect things to be a
lot more hectic, people running around. Instead, everything is in order and running
smooth. That's impressive, considering they deal w ith 800 flights every single day."
View the story.
