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New reporting: FAA staffing shortages at DCA. The controller involved was doing the job of two people.
Not a new issue, but what how much worse will it get with a) Trump's hiring freeze, b) push for downsizing, and c) politicization of the agency?
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taffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision that was reviewed by The New York Times. The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways. Those jobs typically are assigned to two controllers, rather than one. This increases the workload for the air traffic controller and can complicate the job. One reason is that the controllers can use different radio frequencies to communicate with pilots flying planes and pilots flying helicopters. While the controller is communicating with pilots of the helicopter and the jet, the two sets of pilots may not be able to hear each other. Like most of the country’s air traffic control facilities, the tower at Reagan airport has been understaffed for years. The tower there was nearly a third below targeted staff levels, with 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023, according to the most recent Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, an annual report to Congress that contains target and actual staffing levels. The targets set by the F.A.A. and the controllers’ union call for 30. The shortage — caused by years of employee turnover and tight budgets, among other factors — has forced many controllers to work up to six days a week and 10 hours a day.
January 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Trump reportedly drove out key aviation safety officials before crash — because of Musk

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Trump reportedly drove out key aviation safety officials before crash — because of Musk
President Donald Trump fired or pushed out some of the relevant officials who would otherwise be responsible for looking into a collision between a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washin...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
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Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Let’s End the Culture of Silence
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Let’s End the Culture of Silence
Over the past 15 months, countless Jews have reached a heartbreaking conclusion: Israelis – including descendants of Jews who perished in the Nazi genocide – have committed genocide against the people...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Trump is sentencing 26 million people to death — and counting

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Trump is sentencing 26 million people to death — and counting
The Trump administration cruelly and abruptly stopped the distribution of live-saving antiretroviral drugs to almost 26 million people worldwide. The program, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS R...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Plan to put $1K bounty on heads of immigrants sparks fury in Missouri

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Plan to put $1K bounty on heads of immigrants sparks fury in Missouri
A confrontational legislative hearing Monday — with a witness calling a state senator a fascist and lawmakers battling over whether the state should put a bounty on undocumented immigrants — set the t...
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January 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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'Stakes couldn't be higher': Supreme Court hearing 'could change public schools forever'
This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. In his frenetic first week back at the Whi...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Israeli Forces Kill at Least 24 People Trying to Go Home in Southern Lebanon www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
Israeli Forces Kill at Least 24 People Trying to Go Home in Southern Lebanon | Common Dreams
The killings came as Israel and Lebanon reportedly agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli forces to leave the country until mid-February.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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A groundbreaking study finds doctors affiliated with hospitals and private equity firms are charging billions more annually than independent general practitioners.
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Wall Street Is Jacking Up The Cost Of Your Doctor Visits
A groundbreaking study finds doctors affiliated with hospitals and private equity firms are charging billions more annually than independent general practitioners.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM