Thursday, February 07, 2008

New Air Traffic Tower Simulators Will Improve Controller Training

New Air Traffic Tower Simulators Will Improve Controller Training: "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will deploy new air traffic tower simulators to 19 locations around the country to help train thousands of new air traffic controllers in an operational environment that is interactive and provides realistic scenarios. The new simulators will be deployed over the next 18 months at the following towers: John F. Kennedy (NY); Los Angeles; Oakland (CA); Washington Reagan National; Dallas Fort-Worth; Atlanta; Denver; Philadelphia; Cincinnati; Cleveland; San Antonio; Memphis (TN); Honolulu; Orlando (FL); Charlotte (NC); Minneapolis; Boston; and Newport News (VA.). The FAA will install an additional six simulators at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City."

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