BROKEN CONTROLLER

an Air Traffic Controllers Story

By: Carl McLelland

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Anybody who’s ever flown should read this book. Is the pilot the only person who should concern you? From the moment the pilot leaves the gate until he’s once-again parked at his destination, he doesn’t turn, climb, descend, or even change his speed without ATCs approval. Who are these weird ducks who operate the safest ATC system in the world? What motivates them to play this real life video game with neither a Pause nor Reset button?
Follow along with Carl’s career, from tiny radar van in the Central Highlands of Vietnam to some of the nation’s busiest air control TRACONs. At the same time, Carl had a second career as a commercial, corporate pilot and flight instructor.
As if that wasn’t enough, when he left ATC, he became a law enforcement officer in Nevada’s second largest Sheriff’s Office.
What motivated him to pursue a life on the outside of the envelope? The first edition of this best-selling book was pretty rough. What I didn’t know about grammar and mechanics became evident. This second book cleans up the story a bit, while also answering thousands of questions that arose from the first book. The story also explains in depth, the automation system controllers relied upon. I spent almost half of my FAA career in an automation staff position. I like to think that I made a difference there as well.
I’ve experienced the best… and worst that life can present. More times than I care to count, I’ve kicked in death’s door, and laughed as I stepped through. Good, bad, ugly, or indifferent, this is my story….