Delhi: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, an all-women team handled air traffic control (ATC) operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
“It is a very great experience. We feel special to have an all women’s team here. The air traffic is increasing day by day post COVID lockdown. All the women are handling the traffic very well. This is a male-dominated job. However, I believe that women are equally capable of handling such stressful air traffic monitoring job,” Shilpam Ratan, manager, Air Traffic Control (ATC) told a news agency.
“It is indeed very challenging. But, soon, I believe that it will be a female-dominated job. We got several wishes from several pilots today on the occasion of International Woman’s Day,” she added.
“I feel elated working here. I started working here in 1984. I was the only female working then. There were taboos earlier. But, despite those, I enjoy doing ATC duties. The job is stressful as well. However, I believe that we women can manage both household chores and office work well,” said Ritu Sharma, Joint General Manager ATC.
“I feel very happy and proud to see all the women working here. Despite it being a stressful job, I hope we can inspire many women to come forward and do this job,” said Gurpreet Kaur, Assistant General Manager and the only woman Approach radar controller and instructor at IGI airport.
The women team manned the entire air traffic control of the Delhi Flight Information Region. It includes the control tower, apparel control and en-route control.
The ATC tower at Delhi airport is capable of handling more than 1,200 flights per day with a peak hour handling capacity of 75 flights.
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