InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 days ago["Newark Airport chaos" news] The airport had 3 controllers on duty when the goal is 14. The shortage on Monday forced the FAA to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours.hexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-link["Newark Airport chaos" news] The airport had 3 controllers on duty when the goal is 14. The shortage on Monday forced the FAA to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours.hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLyudmila [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoThe biggest surprise to me in this whole thing is that it took this long for Newark to fall apart. It’s been a shit show for years and I’m amazed they made it through the 2010s without coming to a grinding halt like this.
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The biggest surprise to me in this whole thing is that it took this long for Newark to fall apart.
It’s been a shit show for years and I’m amazed they made it through the 2010s without coming to a grinding halt like this.