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All posts tagged "Air Traffic Controllers"

'Pretty well hosed': Flight expert gives grim analysis of air traffic controller crisis

'Pretty well hosed': Flight expert gives grim analysis of air traffic controller crisis

Newark Liberty International Airport continues to cause major headaches for travelers who are now worried about their safety.

At least five air traffic controllers had to take 45-day 'trauma leave' after equipment failures created chaos in the air and on the runway.

One air traffic controller was heard on released audio telling a pilot approaching the airport, "We don't have a radar, so I don't know where you are." ...

CNN anchor gobsmacked that Trump placed blame while bodies are 'fished out of the Potomac'

CNN anchor gobsmacked that Trump placed blame while bodies are 'fished out of the Potomac'

CNN's Dana Bash appeared gobsmacked that President Donald Trump injected politics into his remarks about the tragic mid-air collision that claimed 67 lives over the Potomac River Wednesday night.

Bash showed a live shot of the teams working to recover bodies, when Bash commented, "As this is happening, the president of the United States went into the White House briefing room, and almost immediately began to blame Democrats for the diversity programs that were in place, suggesting, as he admitted, without evidence, that perhaps there is a connection between that and what you are looking at."

Bash then played a portion of Trump's remarks. ...

Anger in Greece over deeper austerity cuts

Anger in Greece over deeper austerity cuts

Greeks on Thursday reacted with anger and disbelief at a new wave of austerity cuts enacted to keep the country in the eurozone as a public transport strike caused road chaos in Athens.