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When I heard about the crash I immediately recalled the recent articles about ATC shortages and overworked ATC's. And here we are. ONE dude running ATC for LaGu
by MisterTea 7mo ago
When I heard about the crash I immediately recalled the recent articles about ATC shortages and overworked ATC's. And here we are. ONE dude running ATC for LaGuardia. Mind boggling.
I place no blame on the ATC as they were doing everything they could given the shit sandwich they were handed. I see this happening all over with staffs getting pared down to minimums, more (sometimes unpaid) over time, prices going up, and no raises.
- m_fayer 7mo agoI’m not trying to minimize a tragedy, but maybe this is almost the perfect wake up call? Not many fatalities but nevertheless a spectacular collision. At a major hub airport in a major city. It’s hard to look away from, the cause is obvious, and all that without hundreds of deaths.
- MisterTea 7mo agoIt's not minimizing, it's galvanizing. 100% A wake up call. I don't fly much but I was bothered by the earlier ATC stories and now I don't feel safe at all.
- rationalist 7mo agoFlying is still safer than driving.
- downrightmike 7mo agoMuch less so for the last 14 months
- amiga386 7mo agoThe perfect wake up call before this perfect wake up call was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_col... Imagine how good the next wake up call will be! See also Preemptive Memorial Honors Future Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster: https://theonion.com/preemptive-memorial-honors-future-victims-of-imminent-d-1819594660/ https://theonion.com/preemptive-memorial-honors-future-victi...
- littlexsparkee 7mo agothey hit snooze
- HoldOnAMinute 7mo agoThere are no "wake up calls" in America. If nothing changed after Sandy Hook, then nothing was ever going to change. In the future, you'll wear your cow collar, own nothing, and like it.