Air Cops: A Personal History of Air Traffic Control

Language: English

Published by iUniverse, 2006

0595393780 / 9780595393787

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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated soft card covers showing control tower against a mauve background. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight colouration to page edges. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 89 pp. text. iv pp. blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Written by a retired air traffic controller, Air Cops: A Personal History of Air Traffic Control takes a closer look at this adrenaline pumping occupation. Robbins started his training as a military control tower operator in the U.S. Air Force in 1950. His first job began during the Korean War at the March Air Force Base in southern California. It was there that he learned the daily activities of running a control tower, not all of them pleasant. Boredom, coupled with spurts of intense stress, created a difficult working environment-one that not everyone could handle. Robbins, however, thrived on the life of an air traffic controller and continued in the aviation profession for the next forty years. From the tense moments of dealing with airplane hijackers in Florida to the introduction of automated computer systems, Robbins's research and experience produces a sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic view of the air traffic control profession.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.* 2006-01-01.

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Title
Air Cops: A Personal History of Air Traffic Control
Author
Robbins, Billy D.
Publisher
iUniverse
Publication year
2006
Condition
F/ F/ND
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0595393780
ISBN 13
9780595393787
Edition
y 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
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Cocksparrow Books

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