2 hours ago People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs–but they don't direct air traffic

After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, the President says diversity hiring has made the skies unsafe, but that's not how disability hiring works

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4 hours ago Report: 1 Air Traffic Controller Doing 2 Jobs at Time of DC Plane Crash

There was one air traffic control (ATC) worker on two different tower positions at the same time when the tragic helicopter-plane crash occurred over Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night. The post Report: 1 Air Traffic Controller Doing 2 Jobs at Time of DC Plane Crash appeared first on Breitbart.

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8 hours ago San Carlos Airport set to lose air traffic controllers amid pay dispute

San Carlos Airport set to lose air traffic controllers amid pay dispute  CBS San Francisco

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3 hours ago Grassley: Air Traffic Controller Shortage Is 'Very Clear', Has Been 'Big Concern'

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) stated that the shortage of air traffic controllers was “made very clear” by the questioning of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and has “been a big The post Grassley: Air Traffic Controller Shortage Is ‘Very Clear’, Has Been ‘Big Concern’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 hours ago Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.

It will be some time before investigators can offer clear answers to the cause of the midair crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport but air traffic controller audio and radar reviewed by NPR offer some insight into what happened before.

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6 hours ago DC plane crash live updates: 1 air traffic controller was doing 2 jobs at the time

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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8 hours ago A Bay Area airport near SFO is losing all its air traffic controllers starting this weekend

A Bay Area airport near SFO is losing all its air traffic controllers starting this weekend  Fast Company

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9 hours ago Shortly Before Fatal D.C. Plane Crash, Jet Pilot Was Asked to Change Runways

The plane had been cleared to land on Reagan National Airport’s main runway. But in the final moments of the flight, air traffic control asked the pilot to land on a separate, intersecting runway.

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8 hours ago Key airport along approach to SFO to lose all air traffic controllers this week

Key airport along approach to SFO to lose all air traffic controllers this week  San Francisco Chronicle

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10 hours ago Tracking the Washington plane crash: What flight data, air traffic control recordings and CCTV tell us

Tracking the Washington plane crash: What flight data, air traffic control recordings and CCTV tell us  Sky News

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9 hours ago Airport on SFO flight path to lose all air traffic controllers in pay dispute

Airport on SFO flight path to lose all air traffic controllers in pay dispute  The San Francisco Standard

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14 hours ago DC plane crash air traffic control audio reveals moment controllers saw disaster: 'Tower did you see that?'

Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.

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9 hours ago Airport 10 miles from SFO to lose all air traffic controllers in pay dispute

Airport 10 miles from SFO to lose all air traffic controllers in pay dispute  The San Francisco Standard

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15 hours ago Air traffic control audio details deadly Washington plane crash: 'I just saw a fireball'

Air traffic control audio details deadly Washington plane crash: 'I just saw a fireball'  USA TODAY

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22 hours ago Hear air traffic control communication in moment surrounding DC collision

Hear air traffic control communication in moment surrounding DC collision  CNN

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19 hours ago Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash

Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash  Reuters

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