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This is a subject that interests me quite a lot. I've always thought that ATC was a bit like playing a high-stakes puzzle game, where you have to fit planes together in the most efficient way, juggling your attention between them to keep them from touching. This rather simplistic view may be entirely caused by my adoration for the Japanese "I Am An Air Traffic Controller" series of videogames - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRZTzp2goRk (PC) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaabFQUVgJ4 (PSP). I gather the job in real life isn't quite as... arcadey? I half-seriously thought of looking into the actual job, but trying out the sample games on the NATS site kinda made me realise not all video game skills translate well to real life. That and I'm guessing suffering from IBS automatically rules you out. I'm guessing a lot of the job is simply routine and not all of your working day will be stressful, but do you get really difficult pilots to deal with? Like, the same level of difficult customers that ground staff have to deal with? Or is everyone unequivocally professional, calm and collected at all times?
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