Air Travel

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How often do you travel by air? I assume that you do trust your pilot. But, did you know that when you travel by air, it is not only the pilot responsible for your safety? Well, if on the road, we have the highway, traffic lights & signs, traffic policemen, in the sky we have these so called "Airways, Navigational Aids and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC)." As highway is to Airway, Traffic lights and signs is to Navigational Aids and Traffic policemen is to Air Traffic Controllers. The difference is that Air Traffic Controllers cannot have an aircraft stop in the air as with the case of cars on a red light. What they do is anticipate, plan every action and every word or instructions to pilots. Instructions should and must be accurate to prevent collision with another aircraft or obstacles whether it be in the air or on the ground. Another thing is that ATCs should memorize their traffic and instruct these pilots to maneuver their aircraft to the standard traffic pattern for the safety of each and every flight. One moment of forgetfulness of an ATC could lead to disaster, which we never would want to happen, right? So, the next time you travel, and your up there, think of the ones down here, guiding your pilots for your safety, would you?