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USA | Air traffic control staffing 'not normal' during DC crash - officials (www.bbc.com)
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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there was a "consolidation of air traffic controllers an hour before it was supposed to happen".

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250202222356/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5gyx09pj8o

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why is anyone even talking about the controller?

The controller asked the helicopter pilot if they had the jet in sight. The helicopter pilot said yes, and the helicopter pilot requested permission to maintain visual separation from the traffic. The controller granted that permission. The controller continued to monitor, and again asked the helicopter pilot if they had the jet in sight. The helicopter pilot again informed them that they did, and again requested to maintain their own, visual separation.

Responsibility for this collision is on the helicopter pilot, not the controller.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The helicopter also deviated from the predetermined route, being out over the river instead of the bank, and exceeding their flight ceiling. They were absolutely not supposed to be there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-fires-11359-air-traffic-controllers

On August 5, an angry President Reagan carried out his threat, and the federal government began firing the 11,359 air-traffic controllers who had not returned to work. In addition, he declared a lifetime ban on the rehiring of the strikers by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On August 17, the FAA began accepting applications for new air-traffic controllers, and on October 22 the Federal Labor Relations Authority decertified PATCO.

This is the finding out part when you do the fucking around.