Practice question
Which condition is most likely to cause a controller to experience cognitive overload during a busy traffic push?
- Monitoring a single aircraft on a long cruise segment
- Simultaneously managing multiple aircraft at conflicting altitudes during weather deviations
- Issuing a single taxi clearance to a departing aircraft
- Coordinating a gate change with airline operations
Answer: B — Simultaneously managing multiple aircraft at conflicting altitudes during weather deviations
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