#air-traffic-control

#air-traffic-control

An air traffic control radio outage has grounded all inbound flights to Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey. Incoming flights from across the US and Canada will be slowed down, with average delays of as long as 2.5 hours and some nearly four hours. Departing flights did not appear to be impacted. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the outage is due to an equipment issue, causing air traffic controller to lose their radio frequencies.

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The ground delay is where you're getting your safety from. They put in ground delays because they can only handle so many aircraft per hour.

Under the proposals, a service commitment scheme that is currently availed of by Air Corps pilots will be extended to air traffic control personnel.

Pay is determined by the complexity of the facility you're assigned to. At the end of my career, my experience in the field underscored the need for better support systems.

"It's one thing to lose track of one airplane because you can't communicate with them, but to lose track of all of the airplanes that you had communication with."

The controllers didn't just walk off the job; they were traumatized. Their equipment failed. It's written in the regulations that if they experience a traumatic event, they can take time off to go see a psychiatrist.

This marks the third time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark Liberty International.

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