American skies have never been safer but with continued increases in air traffic and shrinking numbers of certified air traffic controllers keeping our skies safe, situations that compromise safety are bound to happen.
When a controller called in sick due to a broken ankle, the controller on duty was held over until 4am because no other controller was able to come in due to overtime and short staffing issues.
“This decision was absolutely ridiculous and extremely unsafe,” said NATCA Eastern Regional Vice President Phil Barbarello.
Barbarello continued, “In less than 45 days,
American Air Traffic Controllers are the best controllers in the world. Millions of people trust us each day to get them from point A to point B without harm. And ATC does it every day without incident. But with an outdated system and staffing shortages, an incident like the one in
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