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Newark airport had three air traffic controllers on duty instead of 14 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by pelespirit to c/politics

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In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it “briefly slowed aircraft in and out of the airport while we ensured redundancies were working as designed.

“Operations have returned to normal.’’

That came after Duffy announced plans to reduce the number of flights arriving and departing from Newark for the “next several weeks” and would meet with the airport’s major carriers to discuss the issues. Flight reductions, he said, would target the hours when international flights arrive.

Duffy said he wanted to raise the mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers from 56 to 61, to help offset a shortage of about 3,000 air traffic controllers. After the first Newark failure, on 28 April, the union representing air traffic controllers said several members were placed on trauma leave.

“While we cannot quickly replace them due to this highly specialized profession, we continue to train controllers who will eventually be assigned to this busy airspace,” the FAA said earlier in May.

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[–] pelespirit 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Scrambling. Hey wealthy people, you use these guys too. Just saying.

Edit: There's more than just New Jersey issues

"I’m concerned about the whole airspace": Transportation sec. says flight disruptions could spread