CINDACTA
Theair traffic control centersof Brazil are known by the acronymCINDACTA,or "CentroIntegrado deDefesaAérea eControle deTráfegoAéreo (Integrated Air Traffic Control and Air Defense Center). Four CINDACTAs are in operation, located in four cities and each responsible for different regions of Brazil's airspace.
- Cindacta I located inBrasília,nearPres. Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport:the square comprisingRio de Janeiro,São Paulo,Belo HorizonteandBrasília[1]
- Cindacta II located inCuritiba,nearBacacheri Airport:Southern Region,Mato Grosso do Suland the southern part ofSão Paulo[2]
- Cindacta III located inRecife,nearRecife/Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport:Northeast Regionand the ocean betweenBrazilandAfricaandEurope[3]
- Cindacta IV located inManaus,nearEduardo Gomes International Airport:Brazilian Amazon Region[4]
The use of military air traffic controllers for civilian traffic is not unusual. In the US, theFederal Aviation Administration(FAA) operates a wholly parallel system with that of theUS Air ForceandNORAD.This is also the case ofEurocontroland each of its member nations' air defense systems. Brazil's use of an integrated command poses some unique challenges to the government. As members of the military, controllers are not allowed to form unions (such as the case ofNATCAin the US) or tostrike.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Cindacta I"(in Portuguese). DECEA.Retrieved6 May2010.
- ^"Cindacta II"(in Portuguese). DECEA.Retrieved6 May2010.
- ^"Cindacta III"(in Portuguese). DECEA. Archived fromthe originalon 16 July 2011.Retrieved6 May2010.
- ^"Cindacta IV"(in Portuguese). DECEA.Retrieved6 May2010.