GQ magazine talks about "modern" air traffic control.

[Teller1900]

I'm only about halfway through it and I have to get to bed, but this seems like a very well written article! As best I can tell so far, it looks like a pretty decent take on what ATC is today.

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_8957

TRAFFIC

At any given moment, on any given morning, there are roughly 6,000 planes on their way to somewhere, from somewhere, over American airspace. Getting them safely down to the ground will depend upon the efforts of a small group of controllers who, nearly without fail, get the job done despite long hours, grim working conditions, and ancient technology. Jeanne Marie Laskas journeys to the tower at LaGuardia Airport in New York City to find out how it all happens.