Brian Williams shows breathtaking live ATC traffic map: 11:57 p.m. 1/25/19

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I can't imagine the stress those awesome people work under in a normal day, much less working without knowing if they're going to be homeless or if they will be able to feed their families.



To all Air Traffic Controllers:

[rustysgurl]

1. My BIL works for the FAA ...

.. in a non ATC capacity (troubleshooting systems and making sure they continue to function). I love him to death, but there is no way in hell that, unless I was at the point of a gun, and maybe not even then, that I would get on an airplane anytime in the next 6 months. The stories he has told me of shortstaffing, overworked controllers, TSA issues, and all the other fallout from the shutdown, would curl your hair. I'll take my chances on our interstate highway system.

[klook]

2. Looks kinda like a cluster....

Appropriate. Incredible there's been no disaster yet. Kudos to these dedicated professionals!

[shanny]

3. These people, and the value of what they do

ended the shutdown imo. Certainly the suffering should have had that effect, and it was all ego-driven bullshit from the start, but the looming prospect of an aviation shutdown and/or disaster is what FINALLY got through to rump.

I'd say his poll numbers but am not certain he can actually read.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. Well, when you start to shut down LaGuardia . . . .

[kairos12]

8. I flew out of LaGuardia today

Many thanks to TSA and ATC.

[Demovictory9]

5. k&r

[Liberal In Texas]

6. Yes, unsung heros that work day in and day out, night in and night out.

In dark rooms "pushing tin" making sure the awesome responsibility of keeping a giant puzzle of aircraft soaring through skies at incredible speeds from colliding one another.

Keeping giant ungainly spread winged vehicles from incursions when on the busy tarmac. These men and women are the best.

[calimary]

11. That's exactly what they are: unsung heroes.

That’s one of the toughest jobs there is - SO much tension and stress. They’re totally responsible for all those innocent lives in those airborne metal tubes. Every minute of every shift of every day.

[3catwoman3]

7. I cannot imagine doing that job...

...under the best of circumstances.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. This is my brother's job...in NYC!

I have no idea how he fucking does it.

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10. He must have nerves of steel. I don't consider myself to be easily rattled, but I'd be a

blithering idiot within 5 minutes of having to manage a screen around NYC. Kudos to him. And thank you.

[krispos42]

12. Respect indeed!

Consider what happened on 9/11:

They had to suspend all civilian air traffic and land all the civilian planes in the air. Immediately. There was no plan, no drill, no experience, no checklist, nothing. And they did it in a couple of hours, so smoothly it looked like they HAD a plan and drilled for it regularly.

[tblue37]

13. K&R. nt

[tblue37]

14. Link? nt

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15. I don't have one--the graphic was a screen shot from the broadcast I was watching on my PC

On edit: it was a live broadcast through my cable provider.

[tblue37]

17. I see. I did find a time lapse video of 24 hours of global air traffic:

https://m.

BTW, the solid yellow is like the still shot in the OP--layers of individual planes.

[catbyte]

18. Have you checked out the website the graphic came from? It's fascinating. You can track just about

anything from an individual flight to specific airport traffic to regional traffic to all of the US. Here it is:

https://flightaware.com/live/

[oberliner]

20. Very cool

Thanks for posting.

[USALiberal]

19. Here is a link, Flight Aware, this is Dallas......

https://flightaware.com/live/airport/KDFW