ĦĦĦĦhonorable judges and dear friends, my name is maer dongyan, iĦŻm very happy today to stand here to share my speech, my imagination, and my story as an air traffic controller with all of you.ĦĦĦĦi, as a 35-year-old air traffic controller, have been working on the tower for nearly ten years. through these yearsĦŻ working, i really come to love this job. besides, as the husband of my beloved, the father of my 8-year-old daughter, and the son of my old parents, i also love my family, a happy family.ĦĦĦĦhowever, it has been really hard to coordinate my work and my family.ĦĦĦĦitĦŻs generally considered great to be an air traffic controller by the public, for the job is believed to be well-paid and quite easy. i was also one of them before i started the work. but things have been entirely different from what i used to think. as an air traffic controller of the new century, weĦŻre facing tasks and barriers greater and harder than ever, that is, we have to ensure the safety and order of the fast-developing civil aviation. weĦŻre burdened with pressure, responsibilities, the trust of hundreds of pilots, the lives of tens of thousands of passengers, and the hopes of millions of families. every step we take, every word we say is connected to the safety of passengers. and disasters may occur if weĦŻre even a little bit careless. then, how can that be easy?ĦĦĦĦas a man who owns a family, i also have to take care of my family. still, it isnĦŻt that easy. since i took the job 10 years ago, i havenĦŻt had enough time to be with my family. so many festivals have i spend with microphones, but not my family and friends, just because my job needs me. s...
