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Newark’s Air Traffic Control Staffing Crisis Is Dire. It’s Also Not Unique.
As of May 7, all but two of the 313 air traffic control facilities in the United States were understaffed, a New York Times ...
Air traffic controllers warned of ‘incredibly dangerous’ safety incidents months before latest Newark system failure
Several times over the last year, Newark controllers lost radar or radio service, leaving them unable to talk with planes ...
An air traffic controller at Newark is like ‘a 3D-chess player who can juggle a chainsaw’ with their eyes closed, ex-pilot says
“I equate a good, A-level, traffic controller that can handle a place like Newark, JFK, LAX, San Francisco, to a three ...
Scarlett Johansson leads SNL sketch poking fun at Newark Airport’s air traffic control mess
In a music video-esque segment, Scarlett Johansson is joined by the Please Don’t Destroy trio of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins ...
Denver air route traffic control center experienced 90 seconds of lost communications Monday, FAA says
A portion of the Denver air route traffic control center experienced a 90-second loss of communications late Monday, the ...
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As few as 3 radar controllers monitored Newark's airspace Monday night, FAA says
At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes ...