Air Traffic Controller (1968)

Aviation third line at the west rooftop 12603. Traffic is Sorski crossing east and southeast. Frank, I just got a call from the police a squad. They've got a lost child up in Paul Hills and they want to scramble a helicopter on an emergency run to try and find him. They want to check in with you and get on radar so that you can give any assistance that you might have. How soon is he going to call? Well, he'll be calling you probably in about 2 or 3 minutes. They're scrambling now. They think the child might be hurt, so they want to get up there right away and see what they can find. Okay. Okay. Let me know when you get them in so I can Okay. L861 traffic at 12:00 a mile eastbound of Bell. Okay. Police one, Los Angeles helicopter control. Uh, say your presentation. Police one, Roger, radar contact. Be advised there are two helicopters up in the Baldwin Hill area at the present time. What time do you estimate being approv 7508? That's approved. Okay. Remember on that gate 48 when those guys push off on the taxi way uh they block it completely. You're going to have to either go to the right or to the left to get around them one way or the other. 768 there's company traffic over the coliseum inbound. Tell 866. The company traffic a mile east of the regional office eastbound. PSA 112 taxi straight ahead through the helicopter. Traffic is Frank Boone's business. Air traffic. He handles an operation every 50 seconds. Correction. American 60 star. Clear landing noise 7. From this tower, he controls each plane from the moment it begins to taxi toward the runway until the moment it leaves the ground on the way to the cities of the world. That's a 221 22 tax runway. [Music] Who's the Cherokee? Just clear. Steve, you uh [Music] Frank Boone controls traffic at one of the nation's largest international airports. But every morning on his way to work, he fights traffic just like everybody else. Pepper fires drill two taxi up behind the trans. Okay, that's affirmative. Pepper, follow that aircraft, please. You're now number three for departure. And don't call me, I'll call you. Yes. Cross the right ground. PSA 23 eastbound on tax northlight contact. Yes. [Music] 39. You come off runway 24. Okay. Taxi southbound on taxiway 49. Are you familiar with that? Uh, no, not really. I didn't say that. American 156 cleared for takeoff. United Navy Z clear for takeoff. [Music] America 156, Roger, plan 25 left. Call for tax. PSA 255 south of satellites tax runway 24. Clipper 52, follow the transfer of jet ahead coming out of airplane. 5 0 [Music] 2 straight ahead there. Turn right at the second island. [Music] Clipper 5 02 taxing into position runway 7 left hand hold. United 751. Affirmative. Hold in position. 12. Rolling. Negative. That's cross the left and taxi into position. Runway seven right and hold. I told you that before. Holding position, please. Cross runway 7 left and hold. Short of seven right. There's traffic on final. Clipper 5 02. Taxi into position. 7 right and hold. Western 795. Hold in position. Over Tiger 454. Did you copy? Hold. Stop. In other words, cross the runway now. Clipper. I told you before. Please cross seven left and hold short of seven right. 502 taxi runway 25 right taxi north satellites westbound number five 02 you're now clear for takeoff clipper 52 Contact departure control. Fly away, Big Bird. Have a good day. Okay. Within minutes after takeoff, Frank Boon's responsibility for Clipper 502 is ended. He turns it over to the air traffic control center, which controls long range traffic for the entire area. Altimeter 3020. Western 315 loves control radar contact. Maintain 7,000. Altimeter 321. Wind 270° 5. Alimter 31. Frank Boone has a job with great responsibility. How did he get it? He received his first training as an air traffic controller in the Air Force, which he joined after graduating from high school. He was retrained by the Federal Aviation Administration after his discharge from the Air Force. And before starting his present job, he was trained again. This time on the job at an air traffic control station in California. It's a tough job to get. Most responsible jobs are 24 runway 25 left and clear to cross the right.