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A former United Airlines pilot said Newark air traffic controllers already had a tough enough job prior to the recent system outage. Some air traffic controllers involved in the Newark airport system chaos opted for a 45-day “trauma leave,
The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.
The April 28 failure — which left Federal Aviation Administration workers with no eyes or ears — resulted in many controllers at the Philadelphia-based center to take trauma leave, according to
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Similar to last summer, there is currently a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers, which will “take time” to replenish, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Several times over the last year, Newark controllers lost radar or radio service, leaving them unable to talk with planes they were tracking.