Preventing aircraft accidents, avoiding plane crashes and preventing disasters in the air and on the ground? A tough job! The sky is full of planes. Around 200,000 planes fly through the air every day around the world to transport people or cargo from one place to another. Pretty crazy. But how is it that in all this chaos no plane gets in the way of another? After all, there are no road signs or traffic lights in the sky to regulate traffic. Did you always think that it was the pilot in the cockpit who made sure that your plane returned safely to earth? He is one of many, because there are many people in the background who are responsible for exactly that. For example, there are air traffic controllers to ensure that air traffic runs smoothly. Air traffic controllers monitor the entire airspace, keep an overview from take-off to landing and ensure that all planes arrive safely where they are supposed to land. One of them is Sina. She is training to be an air traffic controller. For the new episode of “follow me.reports” she takes Robin to a place that normally only a few people get to see: the flight control center at Frankfurt Airport. Six screens, a headset and a lot of responsibility - anyone who decides to become an air traffic controller not only gets a lot of money, but also has to be able to handle pressure, as Robin quickly realizes. As the constant contact for the pilots in the cockpit, the air traffic controllers coordinate several planes at the same time, give instructions on altitude and direction and have to keep a cool head in an emergency. Extremely important: the right codes and a lot of concentration. How do you deal with the pressure? What do you do when the planes are heading for an accident? And do air traffic controllers really earn that much money? At the end, Robin has to pass the air traffic controller test. Will he keep track of things or will there be a major crash? _______________ IN THE VIDEO: Robin (RobBubble) on YouTube: / robbubble Robin (RobBubble) on Instagram: / robbubble Robin's “follow me.reports” playlist can be found here: • follow Robin SOURCES: German Air Traffic Control: https://www.dfs.de/dfs_homepage/de/ Federal Aviation Office: https://www.lba.de/DE/Home/home_node.... German Aerospace Center https://www.dlr.de/next/desktopdefaul... MUSIC: Joris - “Signal” Bruno Mars, Gucci, Mane, Kodak Black - “Wake up in the sky” Remoe - “Radar” _______________ CREDITS: Author: Philipp “Juri” Juranek Camera: Björn Schneider Sound: Michael Riffel Editing: Stephi Gotzel Graphics: Marc Trompetter _______________ ► YEAH! #followmereports is also part of #funk. Check it out: YouTube: / funkofficial Funk Web-App: https://go.funk.net Facebook: / funk https://go.funk.net/impressum