Controller Quotes

You're really dealing with people who are overworked, low morale, stressed out. Boy, that's not a good mixture for air traffic controllers. - Hamid Ghaffari

With the air traffic controllers' contract negotiations pending, no date has been set for future deployments of ASDE-X. - Kathleen Bergen

With AMD, we recognize that the controllers are getting bigger and more complex, integrated right onto the microprocessor. We took a hard look at that getting more expensive, and I think we succeeded in [offering] a more reasonable compensation. - Sharon Holt

When we said we would sign up multiple microcontroller partners, it raised an important issue, since we're a tiny company. We had the specific discussion of eliminating OEM sales in favor of partnering with chip suppliers, but the coprocessor market appeared to have a long enough life to justify our offering products like the EM260 independently. - Bob Metcalfe

What we're seeing from this controller is the same thing we saw with Nintendo DS. It's a system that's designed with an eye on enticing new players to the video game industry, and that's something we firmly support. - Chuck Huebner

What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies. - Unknown

We've always said controllers are like runways -- it takes three to five years to make a good one. - John Carr

We're disappointed that the state controller, who initially voiced support for the moratorium, has reversed course and is now supporting funding for the dairy projects. - Mark Murray