Fri, Feb 03, 2012
Fifteen Regional Controller Recognized At Eighth Annual Archie
League Medal Of Safety Awards
Two Chicago Center controllers guided the pilot of a plane with
icing conditions, a lost localizer and low fuel to a safe landing.
A team of three Seattle Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)
controllers directed the pilot of a plane that had run out of fuel
at 3,200 feet to the nearest airport. A Denver Center controller
saved the life of a pilot and his wife by instructing the pilot's
wife to an emergency landing route after the pilot became
incapacitated from lack of oxygen during the plane's ascent.
These three remarkable flights assists, and seven others from
around the country were honored at the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association's (NATCA) eighth annual Archie League Medal
of Safety Awards banquet, part of NATCA's annual safety
conference.
Named for the first air traffic controller, the NATCA Archie
League Medal of Safety Awards honor the top skill, dedication and
professionalism that NATCA members exemplified in 2011 in the
pursuit to save lives in emergency situations. "I congratulate each
of the winners for their incredible performance during these
unpredictable situations to make sure they ended safely," said
NATCA President Paul Rinaldi. "They each displayed the
professionalism, composure and quick-thinking that defines our
profession, and I am so proud they are a part of the NATCA
family."
The honorees are:
- ALASKAN REGION: Kristina Kurtz, Anchorage
TRACON
- CENTRAL REGION: Todd Mariani, Kansas City
Center
- EASTERN REGION: Matt Reed, Potomac TRACON
- GREAT LAKES REGION: Guy Lieser, Steve
McGreevy, Chicago Center
- NEW ENGLAND REGION: Chris Henchey, Ryan
Workman, Boston Center
- NORTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION: Charlie Rohrer,
Denver Center; Ken Greenwood, Josh Haviland, Ryan Herrick, Seattle
TRACON
- SOUTHERN REGION: Alvin Kent, Atlanta
Center
- SOUTHWEST REGION: Frank Fisher, Greg
Fleetwood, Corpus Christi Tower/TRACON
- WESTERN PACIFIC REGION: Kevin McLaughlin,
Southern California TRACON
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