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MEET ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK WOMEN TO MAKE HISTORY AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AND AUTHOR
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| Priscilla Russell, the first Black woman in the history of Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) to work as a Front-Line Manager |
Atlanta, GA -- Veteran Air Traffic Controller Priscilla Russell's shocking and thought-provoking story will bring a new narrative to Black women's fictional literature. Her book, In Control: On a Wing and a Prayer, is the first of a two-part series.
In the book, her character begins her journey to becoming the first African-American woman, in the history of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), to be selected as a Front-line Manager. The book is loosely based on her life story and the struggles and pains of progressing in a male dominated industry.
"I have worked radar positions at the busiest Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) in the world, Atlanta ARTCC in Hampton, Ga. I was the first African-American woman in the history of Atlanta ARTCC to be selected as a Front-Line Manager in 1994. It's hard to believe there are still 'first' happenings for Black women in America as I write this in 2018," says Russell.
