"Near Miss" (JFK Tower / NY TRACON documentary)

[hapysed]

About 2 minutes into the "Inside Air Traffic Control" video they feature a clip of a man with a moustache talking about the complexities of ATC.  That's Paul Renaldi the Vice President of NATCA. 

[goowe]

I didn't get to see that doc but I know the one guy in it used to go home & stare at his fish tank, right? He's still a bit of a dullard.

I think this is the news article he's talking about... nonetheless, a neat article!

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~jeffj/ny_tracon.html

[cessna157]

I didn't get to see that doc but I know the one guy in it used to go home & stare at his fish tank, right? He's still a bit of a dullard.

You mean to tell me that you, an air traffic controller, has never seen Pushing Tin?  Wow, that surprises me.


Glad to see that I'm not the only one that found the guy who goes home and stares at his fish tank was a bit odd.

After a rough day of flying, I like to come home and sit in front of the TV and stare and gaze into the TV for hours.......and then I'll turn it on.

[nar1224]

Thanks for finding that full version, it was real interesting.  Not sure how you managed to find it though, but thanks!

[glencar]

I didn't get to see that doc but I know the one guy in it used to go home & stare at his fish tank, right? He's still a bit of a dullard.

You mean to tell me that you, an air traffic controller, has never seen Pushing Tin?  Wow, that surprises me.


Glad to see that I'm not the only one that found the guy who goes home and stares at his fish tank was a bit odd.

After a rough day of flying, I like to come home and sit in front of the TV and stare and gaze into the TV for hours.......and then I'll turn it on.

I probably didn't have the channel at the time. I've seen snippets of it. And yes, that guy's a bit of an odd duck.

[cessna157]

Thanks for finding that full version, it was real interesting.  Not sure how you managed to find it though, but thanks!

"I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you"

That's from another documentary. This a Navy documentary called "Top Gun"