Pushing Tin

I never discount the job of an air traffic controller but check out this video and be thankful the next time you're on a plane during thunderstorm and complaining that you're delayed. This is a radar recording taken of the Memphis area on a particularly busy day in Summer 2003. Memphis is the HQ of the international courier company FedEx and each of the planes displayed on the screen here are Fed Ex flights inbound to Memphis. The red/yellow/green colouring is an approcahing thunderstorm.