How to Use air traffic controller in a Sentence

air traffic controller

noun

• And an ongoing shortage of air traffic controllers could cause flight delays.
  — CBS News, 25 Nov. 2024
• The academy trains high school students to become pilots, air traffic controllers and other aviation careers.
  — Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
• But a week ago, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration warned a shortage of air traffic controllers could cause flight delays.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
• Due to a lack of investment, the infrastructure is creaking across the EU and the U.S., and there’s a shortage of pilots and air traffic controllers.
  — Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 5 Oct. 2024
• That means air traffic controllers have been swept up in the day of protest.
  — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2019
• Before the plane landed, the pilot asked the air traffic controller to send medics to meet the plane.
  — Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
• Shults radioed to air traffic controllers, not a hint of alarm in her voice.
  — Matthew Haag, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• An air traffic controller took the call and guided him step-by-step.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 14 May 2022
• One of the pilots told air traffic controllers that the man who posed the threat had been removed from the cockpit.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
• But just as the air traffic controller strike is set to come to an end, on March 23, an Air France staff strike will take hold.
  — Sebastian Modak, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
• One of the pilots told air traffic controllers that the man who posed the threat had been removed from the cockpit and was in handcuffs in the back of the plane.
  — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• Upon giving the Southwest flight the go-ahead to take off, the air traffic controller told the plane that the FedEx cargo plane was three miles away.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
• Coffee naps seem to be a smart move for those with night shifts, such as doctors and air traffic controllers.
  — NBC News, 1 Sep. 2017
• Headphones, near the size of an air traffic controller’s, shielded his ears.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024
• Russell said on the flight radio to air traffic controllers.
  — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
• Two air traffic controllers must be on duty through the late-night arrivals rush.
  — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Shutdown would mean troops won’t get paid, air traffic controllers wouldn’t get paid.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• Police then asked air traffic controllers to tell the pilot to shut down the aircraft’s engines.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024
• The air traffic controller tried to steer the pilot toward a runway at John Tune Airport.
  — Craig Shoup, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2024
• Some real-life air traffic controllers (and huge Serena fans) got in the act too.
  — Vogue, 10 Jan. 2018
• The newsdesker in the hot seat will then grab the row and move it up into the main list of stories for the day, like an air traffic controller moving a flight progress strip around.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2020
• Dozens of flights were either rescheduled or canceled due to a three-hour walk-out by air traffic controllers.
  — Derek Gatopoulos, The Seattle Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• The expediter sets that rhythm, managing the workflow of the kitchen like an air traffic controller.
  — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
• At plane speeds that means pilots and air traffic controllers may have a minute or less to decide whether there is some reason to pull up.
  — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 5 Feb. 2018
• Back in the early ‘80s, the former union for air traffic controllers were protesting these same lengthy days as well as paltry pay.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
• The clip shows Williams breaking it down both on and off a plane with the help of some enthusiastic air traffic controllers.
  — Time, 10 Jan. 2018
• Lawmakers have tried to boost the number of air traffic controllers for years, but with no success.
  — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2023
• Over the past year, airlines have blamed many of their delays on a shortage of FAA air traffic controllers that slows down traffic.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• Moments later, an air traffic controller told him to pull up.
  — Washington Post, 3 May 2018
• Shortly before, when the plane was about a half-mile from the runway, an air traffic controller alerted the pilot that the aircraft was too low.
  — Julie Watson, ajc, 12 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024