[Scan-DC] Paper-Pushing Flight Controllers See Future in Canada's System

[Alan Henney]

Paper-Pushing Flight Controllers See Future in Canada's System
April 12, 2016
Alan Levin, Bloomberg
There’s an unusual quiet in Canada’s 41 air-traffic towers. There is none of the loud clacking of controllers stacking plastic containers holding paper strips -- a flight-tracking relic dating to the early days of aviation and still in use in the U.S. and elsewhere. Instead, computer screens glow silently. NAV CANADA, the country’s flight-control operator, began 18 years ago to replace the paper strips with a computerized system that it now sells around the world. The seemingly simple innovation is not just quieter, but improves efficiency and safety, linking airports electronically in a seamless operation.
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