NPR Series
National Public Radio has a whole series on the National Airspace System this week. Take a look and listen in if you have the time.
Thanks to Harry for the point out.
Don Brown
April 17, 2009
The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
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