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Summary: Details, Details, Details
Review: This magnum opus made me late for my court appearance (as an attorney). I could not put this book down. The details are incredible and make this story very rich and descriptive. I felt as if I was in the car with the Protagonist as he exited Nagle on the Kennedy Expy and staked out the car dealership at Western and near Peterson. The author even gets the jargon correct...R.O. for FAA Regional Office on Devon. However, the "R.O." is located in Des Plaines not Park Ridge. The author paints the federal government as neither evil nor saintly; but realistically human filled with heroes, villians, personalities and crusaders. This is an absorbing read.
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Summary: Best Book I have Ever Read...Go Get it!
Review: This was a spectacular book from start to finish. I am currently a pilot and in the future wish to eathier fly for the airlines or be an air traffic controller. Paul did excellent research on air traffic control and aircraft procedures before even writing the book. I even re-read the book over again looking for errors in the phraseology used in the controller to pilot communications. No errors of course! Phraseology is perfect! I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a love for aviation or anyone just wanting to read a good book!
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Summary: Best Book I have Ever Read...Go Get it!
Review: This was a spectacular book from start to finish. I am currently a pilot and in the future wish to eathier fly for the airlines or be an air traffic controller. Paul did excellent research on air traffic control and aircraft procedures before even writing the book. I even re-read the book over again looking for errors in the phraseology used in the controller to pilot communications. No errors of course! Phraseology is perfect! I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a love for aviation or anyone just wanting to read a good book!
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Summary: Thought provoking
Review: Tracon is a nicely paced, well researched novel with well developed characters that the reader genuinely cares about. The necessary aviation jargon is kept to a minimum and is well explained in the context of the narrative. The author has a very firm grasp of a major issue in U.S. commercial aviation today, namely that the safety of the flying public rests more with the professionals in the cockpits, towers and tracons than with the bureauocrats and bean counters.
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Summary: Great read!
Review: Tracon is technically and emotionally accurate, bringing us into the bizarre world of the air traffic controller (ATC). McElroy hits on issues that we all should be concerned with: outdated methods, strict automation technology, and the safety of the lives who fly. This intriguing and believable story calls attention to some of the shocking possibilities in air travel. The character development is rich, the crash scene is vivid, and the life of the ATC is darkly absorbing. You can tell that McElroy has done his homework. McElroy has created a fascinating addition to the techno-thriller genre.
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Summary: I'll take the bus!
Review: Tracon scared me. The realistic portrayal of the air traffic control system made me seriously think about flying. Is anyone in the FAA reading this? A definite read for anyone who flies.
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Summary: Captivating!
Review: Tracon will capture the attention of anyone who flies or is thinking of flying. The suspense, intriguing aviation terminology, and gutsy air traffic controllers evoke laughter, sympathy and hatred from the genuinely life-like characters. Paul McElroy created distinctive personalities for the air traffic controllers and I felt like I was actually in the room listening to the banter.
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Summary: 400 how many.
Review: What made the author think he could fill up over 400 pages with this sensationalized pile of hooey? Did he get any form of technical advice?
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Summary: Finally, a book about air traffic that's right on target!
Review: When I first heard about the upcoming release of this book, I thought, "oh great, here we go again." Fully convinced that this would be another book depicting air traffic controllers as psychotic, alcoholic, insomniac, chain-smoking, caffeine-addicted, egotistical, socially-inept wingnuts, I had no intentions of ever reading it. On the recommendations of some of my NATCA brothers/sisters, I took a chance and bought the book.Wow! What a surprise. I feel like I not only KNOW all the characters in this book, I *am* one of them (you guess which)! It is the first technically accurate and well thought out book about the air traffic system. The plot is great, the characters are absolutely believable...it's just awesome. I will be purchasing several copies of this book. I'll buy one copy for each of my relatives who think that an air traffic controller is the person who waves red-tipped flashlights at airplanes to direct them to their parking spaces, and one copy to give to every airline pilot I encounter every time I fly. I can't wait 'til the movie!
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Summary: I Couldn't Put it Down
Review: While visiting my daughter, who is an ATC, I picked up her copy of the book just to pass some time. I literally took that book to bed with me that night, I had to read it through. I think that what made this book, aside from the gripping novel part of it, was that the life of an ATC was explained in words that we uninformed could relate to and understand. Knowing some of the stresses on these people, I can only imagine what the added stress of having the system fail can do to them. Now I need to go find some of this author's other books. When can we look for the movie?
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