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What do air traffic controllers call themselves? Or how are ATCs referred? Is it "controller"? "ATC"? "Control"? For example, if I wanted to say an airport has a shortage of air traffic controllers or if I wished to say there was a group consisting of pilots and air traffic controllers, but don't want to use the entire phrase, what can I use instead?

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Most call their peers controllers. If you get a bunch of Type A people working next to each other, conflict sometimes arises, and their peer references can get a bit more colorful!

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From the Wikipedia article on ATCOs:

Although the media in the United States frequently refers to them as air controllers, or flight controllers, most air traffic professionals use the term air traffic controllers, ATCOs, or controllers.

In my (limited) personal experience, ATCO seems to be popular in the UK.

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