abstract:Born in New York City, Paul Rinaldi is a visual artist who lives in Oak Park, IL and teaches art at Prairie State college. From 1991 through 1998 he lived in Egypt and taught art at the American University in Cairo.
Union chief PaulRinaldi, who participated in the former program, said he found the experience valuable, and it helped him understand when pilots have the busiest workloads and how to better communicate with them.
But the overall air system's safety is built on redundancy, and taking away the controller's extra set of eyes is like removing stop signs or traffic lights from city intersections and forcing drivers to be more vigilant and cautious, says PaulRinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.