AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

NBC ID: ARUIC7JK9B | Production Unit: Huntley Brinkley(10/29/59-7/31/70) | Media Type: Film | Media ID: 0032216 | Event Date(s): 07/03/1969

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Event Date(s): 07/03/1969 | Event Location(s): New York City | Description: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ROLL 1 - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WORK AT VARIOUS TASKS IN THE CONTROL TOWER AT ISLIP LONG ISLAND. VARIOUS AIRCRAFTS TAXI ALONG THE RUNWAY AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NBC REPORTER LIZ TROTTA STATES THAT THE CURRENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASES IN AIR TRAVEL BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE NEWER AND LARGER AIRCRAFT. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR CONTEMPT FOR THE POOR WORKING CONDITIONS I.E. LONG HOURS; OBSOLETE AND FAULTY EQUIPMENT; AND INSUFICIENT MANPOWER BY CALLING IN SICK AND BY DIRECTING TRAFFIC BY-THE-BOOK. THIS DEMONSTRATION HAS ACCOUNTED FOR MAJOR DELAYS IN AIR TRAVEL AT ALL MAJOR AIRPORTS. MISS TROTTA COMMENTS ON THE PASSENGERS CONCERN FOR AIR SAFETY DUE TO INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT. THE CONTROL TOWER IS SEEN AGAIN. AN AIRPLANE TAKES OFF AS THE SUN SETS OVER THE FIELD. OSCAR BAKKE - FOR EASTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE F.A.A IS INTERVIEWED BY NBC REPORTER LIZ TROTTA ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS REGARDING THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS. HE STATES THAT THE CONTROLLERS ARE HUMAN BEINGS WITH HUMAN DISABILITIES BUT THAT THE F.A.A. IS NOT CONCERNED WITH A LARGE SCALE BREAKDOWN IN THEIR BEHAVIOR PATTERN. HE SAYS THAT STATISTICS PROVE THAT ACCIDENTS ARE NOT CORRELATED WITH PRESSURE AND THAT CONTROLLERS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO RESPOND TO PRESSURE VERY WELL. NBC REPORTER LIZ TROTTA INTERVIEWS A PSYCHIATRIST FROM DES MOINES IOWA DR. WAYNE SANDS ENGAGED BY THE PROFESSIONAL AIR CONTROLLERS ORGANIZATION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING OF 42 CONTROLLERS AT OHARE AIRPORT. DR. SANDS STATES THAT CONTROLLERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SMOOTH; AUTHORITATIVE; FAST-TALKING INDIVIDUALS CAPABLE OF MAKING SPLIT-SECOND DECISIONS BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE BEING DRAINED BY FATIGUE AND ADRENALIN. STRESS FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND THEIR BOUTS WITH INSOMNIA AND NIGHTMARES. WHEN ASKED HOW CONTROLLERS VIEW THE BLIPS ONTHE RADAR SCREEN DR. RESPONDS THAT THE CONTROLLERS VARY IN THEIR REACTION. SOME CONTROLLERS INTERPRET THE BLIPS JUST AS BLIPS; WHEREAS OTHER VIEW THEM AS REPRESENTING AIRCRAFT BEARING HUMAN LIVES FOR WHOSE SAFETY THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE. ROLL 2 - NBC REPORTER LIZ TROTTA IS SEEN AS A PASSENGER CHECK IN TERMINAL AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SHE STATES THAT 125 MILLION PEOPLE WILL FLY THIS YEAR AND THEIR SAFETY IS BECOMING A SOURCE OF CONCERN. AN AIRPLANE TAKES OFF AND ANOTHER TAXIS ALONG THE RUNWAY CONTROLLERS ARE SEEN AT WORK AT THEIR RADAR SCREENS AT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER AT ISLIP LONG ISLAND. MISS TROTTA STATES THAT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SLOW DOWN IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS. THE LONG WORK SHIFTS COUPLED WITH THE PRESSURE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR JOBS HAVE PUSHED THEM TOWARDS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION. BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE PROFESSIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ORGANIZATION MICHAEL J. ROCK IS INTERVIEWED BY MISS TROTTA. HE STATES THAT NEAR MID-AIR COLLISIONS OCCUR DAILY AND THAT AT LEAST ONE PER YEAR IS EXPERIENCED BYALL CONTROLLERS. HE CITED THE CRASH AT SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO WHERE 19 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BECAUSE A TRAINEE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A MOUNTAIN. HE SAYS THAT THE 1960 MID-AIR COLLISION OVER NEW YORK OF AN UNITED AIRLINE AND A TWA AIRCRAFT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE CONTROL TOWER. FOR A COST OF $75.00 HAND-OFF LINE TELEPHONE THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED. MISS TROTTA COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION FROM A ROOFTOP AT KENNEDY AIRPORT AS AIRPLANES TAKE-OFF IN THE BACKGROUND. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH LIZ NBC REPORTER LIZ TROTTA OSCAR BAKKE STATES THAT DISCOMFORTS ARE BOUND TO PRODUCE COMPROMISES IN SAFETY AND THAT THE F.A.A. IS REQUESTING CONGRESS FOR INCREASED RESOURCES FOR EQUIPMENT BASED UPON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. NOT SCREENED - INFO TAKEN FROM FILM ABSTRACT UNABLE TO VERIFY DR. WAYNE SANDS Producers: SOZIO

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