IFATCA's Spotlight Podcast

This episode of IFATCA's Spotlight podcast features the Turkish Air Traffic Controllers Association. Adem, a controller based in Istanbul, walks us through his own path into air traffic control via a university aviation program. Much of the conversation covers Istanbul's new airport, which opened in 2019 with multiple independent parallel runways enabling a high volume of daily operations and a "triple" simultaneous-approach concept, plus how earthquake risk shapes local procedures. They disc...

GATE Aviation Training will host IFATCA's Technical and Operational Committee (TOC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, from September 7th to 9th. On this occasion, GATE Aviation Training's Dirch Jans talks to IFATCA podcast host Thorsten Raue. He shares insights on innovative approaches to ATC training, emphasising personalised, culture-aware, and technology-supported methods to prepare future air traffic controllers.

This episode of the IFATCA Spotlight podcast, hosted by Thorsten Raue, features Vanessa Godoy from Chile's Air Traffic Controllers' association, the Colegio de Controladores de Tránsito Aéreo de Chile (founded in 1994). Vanessa shares how her late father inspired her ATC career, which began in 2006. She now controls at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez tower and teaches future controllers. She discusses Chile's roughly 580 controllers, 24 airports, mountainous departure challenges, oceanic con...

In this IFATCA Spotlight episode, host Torsten Raue speaks with Icelandic controllers Eygló and Mái about their member association FIF and Iceland's unique ATC environment. Both stumbled into the profession from computer science backgrounds. Iceland operates three controlled airports and manages one of the world's largest oceanic airspaces at 5.6 million square kilometers. Key challenges include extreme and rapidly changing weather at Keflavik, crossing runways, and increasing NATO military t...

Dive into the latest IFATCA Spotlight podcast as we explore the unique world of air traffic control in South Africa with Palesa Msibi from the Guild of Air Traffic Controllers of South Africa (GATCA). From the bustling skies over Johannesburg to the intricate coordination with neighbouring countries like Lesotho and Eswatini, Palesa shares her journey—from a ground hostess in the military to becoming an air traffic controller. Discover how South Africa’s diverse linguistic landscape (with 12 ...