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    Der Flugverkehrskontroller warnt den großen Flughafen unsicher vor Reisen: „Vermeiden Sie Newark um jeden Preis“


    Der Flugverkehrskontroller warnt den großen Flughafen unsicher vor Reisen: „Vermeiden Sie Newark um jeden Preis“

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/air-traffic-controller-warns-major-airport-unsafe-for-travel-avoid-newark-at-all-costs/

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    1. HeHateMe337 on

      „An air traffic controller warned Friday that Newark Liberty International Airport is unsafe for travelers due to staff shortages, according to MSNBC correspondent Tom Costello.“

    2. Tyrannical-Botanical on

      Boy am I glad that some dude from Road Rules is running the Department of Transportation.

    4. c-digs on

      I flew out of EWR over the weekend and it was a bit of a shit show.

      We board on time and immediate 30 minute ground stoppage.  45 minutes later, we push back and are in a queue of 25 to take off.  About 15 minutes into this queue, a passenger needed to be deplaned so we turn around and go back to the gate and now we need to refuel and requeue…….

      I’m surprised that all in all, I was only 2h late on arrival.

    5. Rambaz_69 on

      If the FAA doesn’t get enough air traffic controllers, maybe the pay is too low. This is free market economy, high demand causes the price to rise.

    7. SunKissedLadie on

      Wow, that’s pretty concerning. I’ve flown through Newark a few times and never had any major issues, but if an air traffic controller is saying it’s unsafe, I might reconsider future plans. Thanks for the heads up.

    9. NinjaLanternShark on

      > In mid-February, the FAA announced that it had cut 400 employees, but Duffy said then that “zero air traffic controllers and critical safety personnel were let go.”

      But did you fire people who managed scheduling, equipment repairs, training, communications, and other services that the controllers themselves depend on to function adequately?

    10. relddir123 on

      Somehow Newark getting this warning before DCA feels wrong, but I suppose they might somehow have it worse

    13. Zmemestonk on

      Ewr is working on a runway so any kind of weather issue that would normally slow the usual 65 planes per hour just a little bit is spiraling out of control causing dozens of cancellations on any given day. Doesn’t have to be a storm just some rain.

      The faa shortage has been going on since trump started screwing things and probably won’t get better for a couple years. But they are putting holds on traffic and cancelling when they are short because say someone called out sick. So I’m not overly nervous about flying in and out. Had 4 trips last month.

    15. GlycemicCalculus on

      Well, let’s get some experienced help in there before something bad happens!

    16. KamKorn on

      Nice… I have a few flights in the next few weeks. Great news!

      Have had about 16 flights in and out over the last 2 months and a majority were delayed. Many more the rest of the year. Fun times ahead

    17. Dismal-Prior-6699 on

      Staff shortages at a critical government agency? What could go wrong? /s

    19. OrdinarySpecial1706 on

      Why is this not a $350k/yr job? Not saying it should be, but I don’t understand why supply and demand doesn’t drive the salary up dramatically? Surely Newark is burning millions a day at this hour, no?

    20. smyeft on

      Flew out of Newark on Friday morning. Plane waited in a long queue to take off, as another person mentioned. Clearly they were backed up for some reason, it’s not usual.

    21. beavis617 on

      Where’s the Department of Transportation Secretary? Whenever something bad happened while Pete Buttigieg was Secretary he was called out by MAGA! So? Why the double standard?

    22. NailFin on

      Newark has always been incredibly busy. I was flying from London to the U.S. and we had to go past Newark and you could see just plane after plane pop out of the cloud cover. It was incredible. Every few seconds there was another one.

    24. syzygialchaos on

      Flew through Newark coming back from Malpensa last Thursday. Feel like I should get a “I survived Connecting Through Newark 2025” t-shirt or something. I guess next time I’ll go through O’Hare :-/

    25. haux44 on

      I’m reading this while sitting on a plane bound for Newark. Thanks a lot, everyone.

    26. checker280 on

      Geez! That’s what us NYers have been saying for years. Avoid Newark!

      But seriously we are only 4 months into this.

      I’m so tired of all this winning.

    29. icanswimforever on

      They are breaking everything so they can justify turning the military on civilians. Then it’s over.

    31. ceci_mcgrane on

      Jokes on you, I’ve been avoiding Newark at all costs for years. One and done for me with that airport.

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