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Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known (www.yahoo.com)
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Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known::On the afternoon of July 2, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. A Delta Air Lines 737 was preparing to take off on the same runway. The sudden maneuver avoided a possible collision by seconds. Nine days later, in San Francisco, an American Airlines jet was accelerating down the runway at more than 160 mph when it narrowly missed a Frontier Airlines plane whose nose had almost jutted into its path. Moments later, the same thing h

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[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

We’re having a bit of an ATC crisis, as I understand it. Not enough people are able to do the job, not enough of those able to do the job want to do the job, and those who are able and want to aren’t getting paid enough and are dramatically overworked. Stress and exhaustion levels are high. This means more mistakes get made.

[–] vsis@feddit.cl 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the same thing h

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

the same thing h

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Could Reagan laying off the entire workforce have anything to do with this?