Editing Air traffic controller (section)

=== Origins ===
Air traffic controlling dates to the early 1920s in the United Kingdom (UK); the first [[Air traffic control|control tower]] was established in 1920 at [[Croydon Airport]]. [[Jimmy Jeffs]] was issued the first Air Traffic Control License. Before 1922 air traffic controllers only provided information to the pilots on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Trinidad and Tobago Air Traffic Controllers |date=2020-09-08 |title=The Birth of Air Traffic Control |url=https://www.ttatca.org/post/the-birth-of-atc |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=TTATCA |language=en}}</ref> In the United States (US), [[Archie League]] is regarded as the first air traffic controller and was hired by the city of [[St. Louis]] in 1929 to prevent collisions. The first ATCs used basic visual communication methods such as flags to communicate with pilots.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |work=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |date=16 Nov 2021 |title=Photo Album - Air Traffic Control |url=https://www.faa.gov/about/history/photo_album/air_traffic_control |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129122921/https://www.faa.gov/about/history/photo_album/air_traffic_control |archive-date=29 Jan 2025 |access-date=4 Feb 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NATCA |date=4 Feb 2025 |title=A History of Air Traffic Control |url=https://www.natca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NATCA_ATC_History.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512012956/http://www.natca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NATCA_ATC_History.pdf8 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |access-date=4 Feb 2024}}</ref>