A person who directs pilots from the ground in order to ensure the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic through his/her airspace.
The air traffic controllers at high volume airports and enroute centers have one of the most stressful jobs in the world and are often unfairly blamed for airport delays. A given airport can only handle a certain number of flights per hour, and the airlines frequently schedule more flights than that number, causing delays that even the most skilled controller could not avoid. Furthermore, each controller is allowed three losses of separation minimums between two aircraft every two and a half years. One more and he/she gets suspended - and many of them are controlling around a hundred planes per hour. Think about that before you blame them for your late flights.
The air traffic controllers at high volume airports and enroute centers have one of the most stressful jobs in the world and are often unfairly blamed for airport delays. A given airport can only handle a certain number of flights per hour, and the airlines frequently schedule more flights than that number, causing delays that even the most skilled controller could not avoid. Furthermore, each controller is allowed three losses of separation minimums between two aircraft every two and a half years. One more and he/she gets suspended - and many of them are controlling around a hundred planes per hour. Think about that before you blame them for your late flights.
You land a million planes safely, then you have one little mid-air and you never hear the end of it.
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The Air Traffic Controller is the one who "really" flies the planes in his or her airspace...NOT THE PILOTS.
by TRACKER August 2, 2007
Get the Air Traffic Controller mug.A parody of the hit song "Computer Love" by Zapp & Roger that simply replaces the word computer with controller, and the word love with jock. When an opponent is caught controller jocking during a game of Madden, an impromptu and brief performance of "Controller Jock (the song)" is the appropriate and socially accepted retaliation.
Variation of "Controller Jock (the song)"
Terold: Cun-troooler Ja-a-ack...
Tom: It's controller jock you idiot!
Terold: Cun-troooler Ja-a-ack...
Tom: It's controller jock you idiot!
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Get the Controller Jock (the song) mug.A modified game controller or "Modded Controller" is an input device used to control a video game, that has been electronically modified to perform in a manner that is not standard for original equipment. A modded controller is typically connected to a video game console or a personal computer. Typical modifications are adding rapid-fire or quick reload functions for use in games like Halo or CoD, but are not limited to only that.
Hey, I see you got a modded controller, does it really make the semi-automatic weapons fully-automatic in Mw2?
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Tim: How did that guy kill you??
Evan: I pressed B to crouch.
Tim: Controller shock's a bitch, ain't it?
Evan: I pressed B to crouch.
Tim: Controller shock's a bitch, ain't it?
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"Jane" had a fantasy of being raped, but wanted it done safely where she knew she would not be harmed in a controlled rape environment. So Jane and "John" pre-arranged for John to sneak in her house while she slept and pretend to rape her. Reinacting a real rape scene.
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