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Rank
949
of 2731
Description: Tokyo?s Haneda Airport is the busiest airport in Japan with 1 airplane taking off and landing every 2 minutes. In a year, 6 billion people (an average of 170,000 people a day) pass through the airport. Shinoda Kaori (Fukada Kyoko) is a new air traffic controller. It is an extremely stressful and difficult job where a split-second?s error in judgment can cause a catastrophic incident. Kaori had originally been a ground staff at the airport with an ambition to become an air traffic controller who directs the aircraft of all airlines, but an incident spurs her to resign and take the national exam. After completing rigorous training at the air navigation security college, she is assigned to Haneda Airport?s Air Traffic Control Centre as an air traffic controller just before she turns 30. When she gets up to the control tower with a mixture of nervousness, excitement and anxiety, the people she sees are a group of professionals who remain calm in the face of emergencies and protect human lives. Kaori guides aircraft with veteran air controller Takeuchi Hiromi (Seto Asaka) for on-the-job training. Because of a little careless mistake that she makes, and incident occurs that is a step short of an accident. She gets discouraged, but no one scolds her for the mistake she made which makes her feel even worse. However, she listens to the feelings of Yuki Noboru (Tokito Saburo) and Kondo Yukihiro (Kaname Jun) as air traffic controllers and gradually pulls herself together.
Authentic Procedures
90%
This drama opens the door to a door that is usually closed to the public. The drama shows a good glimpse of the importance of air traffic controllers and their responsibilities. So far, the show has been generally correct about aircraft movement and procedure, correct pilot-to-ATC communication, etc and really does showcase the team work involved in the Tower and radar approach/departure controllers to even the airport bird dispersal team and ground airline staff.
As for the acting, its been progressing and dynamic with a mix of different faces, and I really like how the character development is moving forward with ep2 and the funny quirks about some of the airport staff give this drama a good round of personas.
Im trying not to compare this to the Kdrama "Air City" but so far i’ve been impressed with its accuracy of an airport environment and the importance of its people who make it all work. Thumbs up.