Dead Reckoning: Air Traffic Control, System Effects, and Risk

by Diane Vaughan

Book Overview

Vaughan unveils the complicated and high-pressure world of air traffic controllers as they navigate technology and political and public climates, and shows how they keep the skies so safe.

When two airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Americans watched in uncomprehending shock as first responders struggled to react to the situation on the ground. Congruently, another remarkable and heroic feat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226826570
• ISBN13: 9780226826578
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"