At the Gate
Here’s a rare look at another side of aviation -- the allocation of gate space.
FAA: Airport-Delta lease deal 'potentially anticompetitive'
Don Brown
October 22, 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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