Life on the Road The Peripatic World of a Visiting ATC Controller


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Published on  June 2024

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Operating a temporary ATC tower is a nomadic life. “George Cline has 64 tower and airshow contracts this year,” Miller added. “He’s never home, hardly.” “We kinda pick and choose the events we want to work, depending upon what’s going on,” another explained. “Bobby [Miller] does it a lot, but when I get done here, I’ll be home until the late summer football season.” His pal laughed at that. “What’s he’s politely trying to say is I don’t really have a life. And that’s pretty much it.” Here’s the story of what happens when ATC goes on the road.

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