8.2 Air Traffic Control Entities

     Unfortunately I have zero first hand knowledge besides occasionally contacting the tower on our military flight line to make sure the jet's equipment works perfectly. The tower is in charge of anything to do with landing, taking off and taxing on the line, if you drive to a certain point you even have to request clearance from my experience (Craig, 2021). The second division that caught my attention is what's known as a flight service station, which according to Krug (2019), they perform everything from pilot briefings and reports to weather observation and assistance in searches and emergencies. 

    I personally believe that they both have an appearance of being very straightforward, however from maintenance I've come to understand that whenever it's dealing with aircraft its never the case that something can be as simple as it might seem. Flight service stations are generally found in more rural areas or smaller airports, but although their domain might technically be "smaller," it doesn't mean it carries any less weight, similarly to how the tower deals in the realm of a flight line or runway, all of the parts add up and provide a stable and well managed air traffic control system, just like pieces in a puzzle. 

    Other than their relative smallness and critical role I don't think these divisions could be any more different. However I believe that was the intention to keep the domains as separate to maintain work efficiency and have designed roles that would keep from any overlap or miscommunication affecting flight or flight operations as much as possible, especially when such an occurrence could lead to a catastrophe. 


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Craig Freudenrich, P. D. (2021, May 14). How air traffic control works. HowStuffWorks Science. https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/air-traffic-control.htm.

Krug, F. J. (2019, December 31). How to contact flight service station - calling fss aviation. PilotWorkshops. https://pilotworkshop.com/tips/comm-fss/.

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