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Oakland Center controllers resort to cell phones.

Publication: IFR
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Oakland Center controllers resort to cell phones.(BRIEFING)(Brief article)

Article Excerpt
When both landline and radio communications failed at Oakland Center for over 15 minutes in late August, controllers orchestrated traffic via cellphone with surrounding facilities. It turns out this is actually part of the FAA's contingency plans for such an outage. Both the FAA and the National Air Traffic...

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