After a deadly Learjet crash near West Palm Beach, the radio exchange between the cockpit and air traffic control left Rachel Uchitel thinking about the person answering those calls. In this episode, she sits down with a former air traffic controller with more than a decade of experience whose career has since taken her to NASA. They explore what’s misunderstood about the profession: how you become a controller, whether you need to know how to fly, what controllers can actually see, and how they make decisions under extraordinary pressure. From training and retirement to the emotional weight of helping someone through their final moments, this conversation introduces the people behind the voices we depend on every time we fly.
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