Las Vegas Air Traffic Control Tower

[JeffHardyRules2580]

wow. all of that has to happen for a plane to take off? damn. after 911 everything in an airport changed.

[redviper2GAMER]

The Obama Federal Pay freeze is important. Air Traffic Controlers are over staffed and overpaid so far are equipped with product and no service do they provide Obama. Why not all business? Why? ATnT makes Radar, ATnT makes Phones and brodcast from Unided. Oh Yes There is Western Union communications. So lests talk about business and those who know how to use it.

[arvitolu]

amazing!!!

[cfronze]

Visited the Tower a few months ago Wayne was our tour guide got to meet everone up top an talked to the ATM i believe downstairs in TRACON probably the best tour ever one thing i need to ask was where are they building the new TRACON an TWR facility is it right next door or by the new terminal 3

[vegasatc]

@cfronze it will be located next to the new terminal 3. construction is supposed to begin sometime this year.

[deltafan909]

What song is this? It is pretty sweet!

[spamstoper3]

*****

[TFCNDaHood]

"Air Traffic Controller's Do IT with Minimum Separation!" ☺

[MrAndrewc650]

Im a controller at San Diego Intl, Good job LAS!!

[Vorox144]

:44 putn down 50 bucks sayn thats a 757 or 767 lol 1 of the 2

[vegasatc]

@Vorox144 757.

[JTyler52]

@Vorox144 its a 757

[tangoyankee28]

hot chick at 1:07.

[devrajvarma]

@tangoyankee28

HEY THATS MY ! FUCKYOU!

-kidding- :p

[claudioset16]

Get rid of the music!

[XGViper2gamer]

Glad I'm not a Traffic Controler. Long hours 45 to 60 a week and Heavy stress. Like educated like Bill Gates and paid like DishWasher. Kids that can't stay in school. Pension like a BusBoy some Day. Yuck

[vegasatc]

@pu33yassassin - it used to be that way, not anymore. we're now permitted to be 'comfortable' at work.

[XGViper2gamer]

@vegasatc Your retirement is gonna suck. Your health care is garbage. No dental benifts and your kids will never finish college. You ask me the factory pays me better and my budy has a new car from ford garrage. Rather work for TWA. My mother can't afford to buy her grand daughter a car for work. Talk about poor.

[whitezero7]

@XGViper2gamer And according to the BLS, you are wrong.

[CraigsRLimon]

@whitezero7

Nope the Hilton's got the best. Low man on the toldem pole is all you are. Yet I'm a well put radio broadcaster I'm a major in anministration heavy. Gifted in drafting and everything in Ratios by proportion. I do this on my free time as a hoby. Paris pays better as they say. I did'nt want to retire she was to good to me. Cool nine gravy just going down the elevator. I look at BlackStone and say I'm glad it's them and not me my bills are paid maid in the shade.

[matthmatthmatth]

@XGViper2gamer Talking about poor, how about your perception of Air Traffic Control? You couldn't be more wrong .. the Canadian system has some of the best technology, the best software, great work environment and extremely good pay. Pension is fantastic and you work 35 hours a week. Have fun working at your McJob, leave the real jobs to the pros dudeeeee

[Gamebreaker08]

The pilots get all the glory, but without these guys it would be raining metal outside!

[JamesBond6773]

Now I really want to be a controller, even though its stressful (day or night). It even earns a high salary =)

[sarahangel13]

I see Rock and Jessica!!!

[404MetalHead]

Must be one hell of a stressful job.

[TexasRose50]

Love the video. I too wish it were longer and explained what they were doing. I love flying on my favorite plane...SOUTHWEST!! And my favorite place to go is Vegas! Will be headed there Nov. the 15th! I will get there at 11:40 from Houston Hobby. I can't wait!! :)

[swjgt]

@resny0 Starting salaries are higher on air traffic controllers, yet experienced pilots usually earn more than experienced controllers. A pilot starting salary is around $62,000 and can go up to $240,000+ for experienced pilots. Starting ATcontrollers earn around $90,000 up to $185,000+ for experienced controllers. On top of this you have to take into account training, costs of becoming a pilot can spiral whereas I know (in Britain at least) the CAA your FAA subsidises the costs of ATC training.

[FCCJStudent1]

@swjgt Wow! You seem to know a lot about it. Are you an air traffic controller?

[swjgt]

@FCCJStudent1 No I'm only a pilot, try contacting Wickedpenguin he is and I'm sure would happily answer any of your questions.

[StickedJJ]

@swjgt You don't need a degree for this job correct?

No studying this?

[swjgt]

@StickedJJ As I said before I'm not a controller and only know about UK employment, so this may be different in the States. Air traffic controllers as well as pilots do not need a degree in order to be employed however it does help in the selection process. As long as you have high academic skills then you should have a big advantage.

[SWMoneyMaker]

seams like that would be a VERY hard and Stressful job!!

[cjracer1000]

When I went to visit the ATC tower, they wouldn't let us film. Our cameras had to be off.

[jigglyfidda125]

Im just trying to figrue out what career path i want to follow and thought id check out this basterd

[hulk007m]

nice job

[purestr8str]

A woman ?!?!?

[CombatRadar]

@purestr8str This isn't the 50's anymore.

[FCCJStudent1]

I am an aspiring ATC. Is there any real ATC here? If so, I would like to ask some questions.

[LiquidFrost]

@FCCJStudent1 I'm Real ATC, What ever questions just ask.

[GoldenChildFFt]

adderall is steroids for air traffic controllers lol just though i'd put that out there

[tomcat8492]

They must go through alot of sharpie markers.

[daavi8tor]

I want to do this job full time, and be a pilot part time. whats they best school to start an atc career?

[clearedapproach77]

hey get that coke can off the console!!! LOL nice video...

[PolandPatryk]

i love this job ;)

[JASPREET42]

cool

[shameho]

very very buzy

[MrPlanelovers]

very nice:)

[payyon393]

hi!!! i live in india and i would like to know ,what is the minimum educational requirment(s). I AM IN LAST YEAR OF MY GRADUATION COURSE and i was wondering to get further studies and get a job in ground tower controller!!

plz reply thanxs! and you are welcomed to give more suggestions and views thanxs again!!!

[hghskid]

how many years does it take to complete the atc career n start working

[shuffle953]

a long time

[pvpfiish]

Not too long, if your from UK google NATS careers, there the UK traininer

[ThaHeels34]

@hghskid i went to school for 3 years, worked a shit job for another year and half waitiing for my call and class date, waited another 7 months for my class date, went to training in oklahoma for 3 months, trained in the tower and checked out in 6 months, waited 6 months for a radar training date, went to radar school for 1 month in oklahoma, trained for 1 year in radar and checked out, waited 6 months for my in charge certificate, so start to finish a shade under 7 years

[YorkshireJunkiesco]

best thing bout being a traffic controller is you get to chill the fuck out, this vid looked pretty hectic though, where i work its friken chilled

[tangoyankee28]

hottie at 1:10. score.

[marriedw4]

I can't believe there are no schools in Michigan, with Detroit being 1 of the biggest airports in the U.S. That sucks./

[sioux0863]

airport size has nothing to do with there being a CTI school there. Take UND for example. GFK is an extremely small airport compared to others, but has the top CTI school in the country.

[sk84lf]

is there any schools in las vegas were i can study to become an ATC????

[vegasatc]

no there isn't. california, pennsylvania and minnesota.

[vooom908]

@vegasatc thanks im looking for a job to be a atc i heard they get paid a lot

[LiquidFrost]

@vooom908 Pay isnt too bad really, starting pay is around $20/hr atm and just gos up from there. Have some people at my facility making $55/hr

[cheesemaster1000]

@LiquidFrost It's quite different in Europe; many Spanish controllers are getting paid $1.2 million a year (10x more than the Spanish prime minister) with a basic salary starting at around $250,000 a year for a typical controller. In Britain controllers are paid on average $90,000 - $110,000 a year which works out at just above $55 an hour and in France controllers are paid nearer $70 average an hour.

[maxmiggo]

@vegasatc CCBC - Beaver Falls PA. Only the best.

[darkagent442]

@vegasatc new york too

[YorkshireJunkiesco]

join the RAF as a air traffic controller or whatever you call it in america,,,, american air force then you can join civilian

[P4rtis4n]

Are you thinking of going the RAF route YorkshireJunkiesco?, I'd be happy to get in either RAF or in civvy street in NATS (RAF for the lifestyle perhaps-and I can say I enjoy the forces life style as when I'm not studying it's what I do in Reserves, but if you want money, go civvy street if you can).

Oh for the record; it's nice to see someone else from gods land on here.

Yorkshire!-Yorkshire!-Yorkshir­e!-Yorkshire!

[YorkshireJunkiesco]

hopefully going through raf because you dont have to pay for your own training, then move onto civy after a while

[tiwoodsta1]

you dont need any type of degree to be one

[d0rkiishchris]

@tiwoodsta1 you may be able to get a job without a degree, your chances are roughly 1 in 4 being hired of the street. If you do get a CTI degree, accociates or bachelors, your chances go way up to about 4 in 5. But it still takes about 8 months to complete the hiring process. And the waiting period can take a year or longer.

[tiwoodsta1]

yea i just decided to stay and college and get associates before trying to get the job.

[LiquidFrost]

@sk84lf I was a public higher, got in just before they closed it....Now only the CTI students / military are being hired.

[Mallen14298]

@sk84lf U don't want to be a controller, I am on and you don't want to do this I assure you. What's in the video is the end result of all ur training. It's like showing you a surgeon who has a mansion, nice cars, & a big bank account; what u don't see is the$100k in student loans, all the studying u have to do in med and undergraduate school, taking the MCAT, and all of the stuff associtated with becoming a doctor. Be careful what u ask for!

[Mallen14298]

@cheesemaster1000 LOL! Youtube, the comment that is posted above is from someone who has nothing better to do beg ppl to inbox him with their flight information so he can track it on some ATC flight tracker. He needs to get a life, job, and education, and get off youtube before he hurts himself. Cheese, leave the real air traffic control to the pro's life myself. Study the 7110.65, learn what a point-out is, APREQ's are, then you might just be ready to play the Air traffic game on facebook!

[Mallen14298]

@cheesemaster1000 I don't care what ur doubting b/c ur a joke son REALLY! The only thing that is important however is that the rest of youtube learns from ur pathetic example of a man and doesn't end up like ur lame, broke, jobless, staying at home with mom, ain't got nothing else to do, but talk $hit on youtube, wanna be important, but isn't, wanna be pilot/controller but didn't make it out of high school, so you had to live ur dream through videos on youtube, Bum of a self!

[Ac3HD]

@sk84lf and virginia

[nirvana194]

@sk84lf I joined the AF for it

[Capteagle]

@sk84lf I went to CCBC in PA... Great school.. Student operated tower, lots of hands on training. I am in the hiring process now with the FAA..

[marmel03]

That was a sad and pathetic video....what did it show you?? What did you hear??? SAD SAD SAD!!!!! I heard music and people lookin around. I'm a dispatcher and have been in towers before.....this was a sad representation of what those people do every day.

[AstralAstray]

Stress is how i see it. That job would make me nuts. Hey, any true atc can ask a question thats been nagging me and it has to do with 911. If a planes transponder is turned off arent you supposed to notify the military and if so is it before, after or always been? or is it a secret.

[grruminator78]

no transponder could mean a multitude of things, and anyone with a general working knowledge of atc will be able to bs you about the transponder being inop long enough to crash into the wtc

[Mistersensato]

Maybe it's a bit stressing, but NOTHING can be more stressing than a hot metal plant. It's the closest place to hell, I can tell you.

I thank God I got out of there and I by Feb, when I star working as a Traffic Controler, I'll do something I like and find happiness.

[aziz0shosho]

cool vid dude ,,, love it ,,, that's y i became an air traffic controller ,,, u just can't get enough ,,,, hope u post some more vids

take care

[DARUDE001]

As i pilot i have only flew into LAS as a passenger but i would love to see inside of London during a busy period, those guys have high pressure jobs, especally those handling the Dover to Europe corridor

[PilotUTA]

could have done without the music, but still good.

[dryamaka]

agreed

[Tay1058]

Do anyone know how I can be a ATC help thanx

[masterjewbag]

dang thats a busy job alright!

[kenpalmer1965]

This is a fabulous video to watch. I am an aviation buff, so this is right up my alley! Great jo and once again a cool video!

Ken Palmer

[vegasatc]

thanks ken. i really need to get an HD camera, and more free time. hopefully soon.

[bigshot724]

i love this vid. i wish it was longer tho. but it was still good. i wanna be an air traffic controller someday in a tower or a TRACON. lots of hard work in training and lots of stress but it wood be fun overall. LAS tower is awesome cuz u got the view of the strip and everything but i wouldnt want to live in vegas at all.

[vegasatc]

thanks bigshot -- go for it! the faa is looking for more controllers!

[ThunderDonkey]

Thinking about being a Airtraffic controller too.

seems very very interesting and it is different al the time. in 2 years i will be doing my final exams so still got 2 years to go but it's really getting high in my list.

(maybe i'm going to Schiphol Airport(netherlands) coming saturday. bringing away my sister hehe xD)

[sioux0863]

@vegasatc not anymore

[WhyYouLOL]

this video reminds my father brought me to ATC tower when i was 6

[vidann1]

Many years ago I was lucky enough to have connections and knew someone who took me on a tour, I got a chance to see the tower in my town and it was awesome, you take for granted the hard work the controllers do.

[airbus91]

lucky!

[Ubeans2001]

Wow!!! I want to go in the tower!! How would I g about doing that, I am a resident of Las Vegas.

[vegasatc]

it's not as easy as it used to be given the current state of security. you can try calling the office number listed in the phone book and make your request. however, be prepared for a mini background check.

[vegasatc]

thanks! ...and i know the combination.

[hawk4174]

Awesome, just awesome.

How were you able too get into LAS's tower if I may ask?

[CatishDuck76]

very nice! McCarran rocks!

[schuh69maas]

that must suck. it reminds me of wall street. lol. im in the process of getting my pilots license so i guess i should respect these guys because i can see why they could have a bad day

[frequentairbusflyer8]

them having a bad day might turn in to tragedy, you always need to be on top of your work

[scott2845]

awesome video!

[vegasatc]

thanks! good luck to ya!!

[wigga157]

Great vid, I took a tour of KLAS a few months ago.

Trying to become a controller @ the tower/TRACON.

[78458987]

COOL