A well writen book for the ATC that explains the tricky points of this business. A bit out of date info is provided thought due to the oldness of the book.
I was an Air Traffic Controller at the New York " Common Eye " Radar Approach Controller Facility at JFK International Airport when Captain Waters visited to do research for this book. Pictures of controllers at radar scopes and busy at their positions do our profession justice.
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After reading Margin for Error: None I have come to the conclusion that I wish I had 16,000 PATCO members with your attitude. I am sure that the morale problems that exist among ATC would soon be healed.
An airline pilot pays tribute to the behind-the-scenes of the nation's air traffic controllers. The Retired Officer.
... I thought it absolutely excellent and ...
I thoroughly enjoyed Margin for Error: None, and I thank you for every chapter. There are a lot of men and women controllers out there that feel the same way I do about people like you.
For the unenlightened, Power-Waters spells it out in a down-to-earth style.... Airline Pilot, The Magazine For Professional Flight Crews.
Margin for Error: None outlines his views on the nation's air traffic control system. Included were such chapters as "Danger, FAA at Work" and "Controllers Mate It Work.
Margin for Error: None is a critical appraisal of the air traffic control system of the US ... The Author's admiration for the air traffic controllers and others working in the system is a content feature of this book as is his disregard for the FAA ...
Thank you for writing this book. You are one of the few pilots who knows and cares about the ATC system.
Captain Power-Waters "tells it like it is" through the use of many examples. Unfortunately, those who should read this book-FAA officials-probably won't.
Unlike most airline pilots, Captain Power-Waters has spent untold hours in Centres, Terminals, and Towers assessing the "real world" of ATC and is one of the few pilot experts on the subject. CATCA News (Canadian Air Traffic Control Association).
Just finished Margin for Error: None. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Just finished your book, terrific, loved every page of it. I think it is probably the only thing I have ever read that gives the realities of Air Traffic Control.
