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Newark faces an airport staffing crisis. Here’s why FAA can’t fix it faster.
Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.
FAA defends moving Newark airspace control to Philadelphia
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday defended moving Newark Liberty International Airport’s airspace control ...
FAA launches Newark airport task force with Verizon, L3Harris executives
The Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the ...
Newark airport uses floppy discs for air traffic control and more terrifying facts about FAA’s crumbling system
The award-winning new Terminal A may be the pride of Newark Liberty International Airport. But behind the scenes, the ...
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As few as 3 radar controllers monitored Newark's airspace Monday night, FAA says
At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes ...
Software update keeps Newark airport radar online but network concerns and flight limits remain
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New ...
Newark plane traffic briefly slowed again due to telecoms issue, FAA says
Newark Liberty has also been hit by runway construction, equipment outages and air-traffic-control staffing shortages that ...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife’s Flight to Avoid Newark Airport
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy keeps going on TV and insisting it’s safe to fly in and out of Newark Liberty Airport in ...