———— Glenview Airpor air traffic control facilty seeks a new Controller. Ths individual will work in the local control office. Applicants must have significant experience in Piloting and/or air traffic contro, though some training will be provided. Position will start as soon as the Selected applicant passes a qualifying exam, Responsibiities include: * directing aircraft in landing and takeoff © providing clearance delivery and maintaining minimum separation on runways © studying radar to stay up-to-date with local traffic Noting aircraft positions and directing pilots to maintain minimum vertical separation, lateral ‘Separation, and longitudinal separation drafting NOTAMs to provide local pilots with informational advisories maintaining airport and airspace safety at all times m preventing collisions and other aircraft accidents To apply, send a resume and three references to adams4@glenviewair.cor D Before you read the Passage, talk about these questions. 1. Who is responsible for air traffic control? 2 What are two different types of separation? Read the job description. Then, choose the correct answers. 1 What must an applicant do before starting t! position? A take a training course B read a radar display draft a NOTAM D pass an exam What is the purpose of a NOTAM? A to provide radar updates B to prevent colisions © to pass on information D to ensure lateral separation Which of the following is NOT a responsibilty Of the listed position? A advising controllers B directing aircratt © maintaining separation D drafting NOTAMS ) Write a word that is similar in meaning the underlined part. Having a lot of aircraft flving in a region can keep an air traffic controller very busy. a-f safe The local controller wrote an advisory about the closed runway. Tle ‘ATC must always ensure that the smallest acceptable separation exists between two Planes. _i__m The new controller wasnit sure how to give instructions to a plane that needed to land. Make sure that the aircraft maintain different ‘elevations. ayRead the sentence pair. Choose where the words best fit the blanks, 1 longitudinal / lateral A separation ‘means that two planes flying parallel routes maintain horizontal distance. B separation is used when two planes are flying the same route without ‘any other type of separation, controller / air traffic control A The new starts work on Monday. B_ Working in can be extremely stressful radar / local control A controls, planes that are landing, taking off, and taxiing, tracks the Positions of aircraft, clearance delivery / collisions ‘A Controllers work to prevent at airports, B A controller always has to provide before a plane can land, © @ Listen and read the job description again. How is separation between aircraft maintained? Listening © @ Listen to a conversation between an ATC supervisor and a controller. Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F). 1 _ The runway was closed because of icy conditions. 2 _ The man entered incorrect information on a NOTAM, 3 — The woman will report the man's mistake. @ @ Listen again and complete the conversation. ‘Supervisor: It's about one of the NOTAMSs from yesterday, Do you know which one fm talking about? don't think so. We sent out 1 — = Well, one of them included information about runway four. Controller: Yes, it was closed 2 ‘Supervisor: It was. But the NOTAM informing pilots wasn't sent ‘out until 1230, We 3 a collision, Controller: 14 What happened? Supervisor: At 1216, a pilot tried to taxi onto runway four. When he saw the maintenance crew, he tried to reverse out. He almost 5 another plane on the taxiway. Controller: Everyone is okay, though? ‘Supervisor: Yes, but a loss of minimum separation is 6 Speaking © With a partner, act out the roles below based on Task 7. Then switch roles, about one of the NOTAMs from yesterday We nearly had A pilot tried to. ‘Student A: You are a supervisor. Talk to Student B about: © aNOTAM © arunway closure © a possible accident ‘Student B: You are a controller. Talk to Student A about a NOTAM, Writing Use the conversation from Task 8 to fill out a report ‘on the runway incident. anal Cros Incident Report Controller: ee eae Supervisor: En neta eee Description of incident: ‘Action talon: