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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Airport near-misses surge as America's overstretched air traffic controllers say they are pushed to the brink in dire staffing shortage
2023-12-03
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Air traffic control lapses are on the rise amid a severe staffing shortage

  • Controllers say they are stretched to the limit physically and mentally

  • FAA records reveal complaints of drinking and sleeping on the job
I'm sure things would be hunky dory if you all just unionized. See: Reagan and PATCO

Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Would you trust your life to a computer?

Every day you drive your car...
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-12-03 23:33  

#4  Would you trust your life to a computer? As a former computer programmer, I wouldn't. Especially an AI system.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2023-12-03 20:53  

#3  a Good AI system would help the humans to do a better job with less stress
Posted by: lord garth   2023-12-03 20:41  

#2  Cockpit voice recordings get erased after some close calls. The FAA will try to fix that

Could something like this be the reason for the..... editing:

"DELTA 2191 to tower - WTF you stupid, lazy fok! You want to kill us all ?"


Posted by: Besoeker   2023-12-03 07:38  

#1  Maybe, just maybe, limited the number of take offs and landings at airports?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-12-03 07:32  

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