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Air traffic controller station

Just like an air traffic controller in the tower

Maybe you have been on a flight yourself. The plane is loaded, you and the other passengers board, the plane is backed up and then rolls toward the take-off runway. The pilot gives gas, the plane rises and flies into the heavens ... but who gave the commands for all this activity? And can the pilot himself decide each time which particular route to use to get to the plane's destination? What happens when the plane approaches the airport where it is to land and there are other planes wanting to do the same thing? Who decides the order of landing?

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