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How much of the job relies on visual line of sight from the tower? Could any of the job be done remotely using information displays & high quality video feeds?
by mch82 2y ago
How much of the job relies on visual line of sight from the tower? Could any of the job be done remotely using information displays & high quality video feeds?
- sokoloff 2y agoThere is work being done on remote tower systems (RTS). https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/non_federal/remote_tower_systems https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/non_federal/r...
- bombcar 2y agoATC includes “Center” which manages planes once they’re out of the airport, and those can (and are) handled by controllers far removed from the area they’re controlling.
- jen20 2y agoLondon famously has ATC centralized: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Area_Control_Centre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Area_Control_Centre
- two_handfuls 2y agoThere have been experiments with remote ATC, for small airports especially. Here is a video: https://youtu.be/Ii_Gz1WbBGA?feature=shared https://youtu.be/Ii_Gz1WbBGA?feature=shared I wonder how they’re doing today.