1. Air traffic control
How Stressful is that?

2. Topics to Discuss Why did I choose this career?
How do you become an air traffic controller?
What kind of equipment/software do they use?
What does a work schedule look like?
What are the most exciting parts of their job?

3. How to become an air traffic controller
Be a United States citizen
Be under the age of 31
Pass a medical examination
Pass a security investigation
Pass the FAA air traffic pre-employment tests
Speak English clearly enough to be understood over communications equipment
Have three years of progressively responsible work experience, or a Bachelor's degree, or a combination of post-secondary education and work experience that totals three years
Be willing to relocate to an FAA facility based on agency staffing needs

4. What kind of equipment/software do they use
Advanced Technologies & Oceanic Procedures (ATOP)
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)
Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X)
Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-11)
En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM)
Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI)
Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS)
Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)
Runway Status Lights (RWSL)
System Wide Information Management (SWIM)
Terminal Automation and Replacement (TAMR)
Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM)
Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)

5. Work Schedule Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat AA X 15 14 7 23 6 22 BB CC
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Sat AA X 15 14 7 23 6 22 BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN

6. What are the most exciting part of the Job