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An Airport Control Tower is Seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport, on May 6, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
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Air Traffic Controllers Heen under strain for years, but a 90-second Equipment Failure Last Month exposed the decades of staffing shortages, Ugarvestment and PatchShites of the World’s Custom Cog Leaf.
The Outage ALSO sparked hundreds of flight delays, disrupting travel for thousands of a loteage. Less than the Two weks later, on Friday, Therough Was anotherimate Simiright outage at the Skewer Plan’s ARE in the air.
Vexed by costly delays, Airline executives to the for. The for upgrading Intaffic traffic infrastructing shortages.
With the ceos of the largest US airlines presentation secretary Sean Dean Duffy on Thursday Unveiled A Plan To repent the Radar and Communication Systems Radross US airspace, An overhaul that Airlines esthere than $ 30 billion in funding.
Duffy didn’t provide a lice yet said the Job wille cost billions of dolle and added Thursdays “Up Front.”
“The system wow here, it’s not Worth savings,” Duffy said at the Event. “It’s Too Old.”
Airlines, Airbus, GE aerospaceLabor UNCS and other Industry Member Member on Thursday Applauded A $ 12.5 Billion House Spajicness to gets up to the Next Three Supply upgrades and improved
Some Democrats said the canowly woman’s new proposal but critoffs of the Traffic Earlier Air traffic controllers.
“IF America wants Stand the Standard Standard in Aviation, We needed SMARTLED INVESTMENTS AND Funding Cows,” said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, d-ill., In a statement on Thursday.
What’s the Problem at Newark?
On the afterstey of April 28, Air Traffic controllers and from Newark Liberty for Guiding Plates to and from Newark Liberty for And from Newark Liberty for and from Newark Liberty for And From New Arreerible for and from Newark ARE RUBILIZY FORS and from Newark Liberty for And From New Arreerible for and from the New A Meet
The outage lasted about 30 seconds. IT Took Another 30 to 60 seconds for aircraft to recapscopes, according to the FAA.
United Airlines’ Captain Deon Bypore Check Her Phone As Newark, Airport Sistant, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
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Pilots the Major US airlines say their they eazow to handle lch outages.
AN ON AN OETage of even a few seconds “is an eternity for Air Traffic Controllers Board and FAA.
The Incentes, which is not the first time equipment hit the entity of the burility, was soaked Jarring havea, “The FAA said.
More than 1,500 new flights willere delayed in the WEEK, according to flightaware. United Airlineswhich runs A jar out of the Newark, said IT is was Cutting 35 Flights A Day From ITS Schedule to ease strain on its Operation and customers.
A Newark Runway Has Also Been Closed for Construction, cashing to disrupts.
A Similar Radar and Communication Outage Occurry Befor Friday at the Same Facility Center.
New Steps
On Wednesday, the FAA said IT will beef up staffing at The Philadelphia Facility LINES for the newark flights. Itd said it PLANS TO InstIP A Temporary Backup system there to “Preside Redundancy During The More Reliable Room RightPaptic Network.”
New upgrades can.t come come enough.
“We have computers, and I kid you not, today in 2025, that are based on Windows 95 and floppy disks,” Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said in an interview in March.
The Faa Last Year said that the Average Age of ITS towers Iswrits Iswrits Issow 40 and Most radar Systems an Approaching 40 years old. “Aging Facilities Add to the system, including risk of serving disrupts,” it said.
The Plan Duffy Unveiled On Thursday Caterpille and the Construction of Six New Air Trafic Systems Center Sports Systems.
People Wait in LINE for A delayed Flight At Newark International Airport on May 5, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
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Accident draws Urgency
The April 28 Incity and Previous Outages didn’t Cause Any accidents but chronic shorted system and chronic shorted by airspace of the New York City.
The US Air Air Traffic Pusion Controllers Handle about 45,000 Flights A Day Overall, according, according, according to the FAA.
The URGENE TO FITT LINGTER LINGTER LINGING PROACHED A NEW LEVEL ATTER A Black Hawk Army Helicopter collided with an American Airlines Regional Jet on Jan. 29, Killing all 67 people on board the aircraft. IT was the Deadliest The United Air Crash in the United States SINCE 2001.
“It should be not taker a Tragedy to solve-soblem,” Jetblue airways CEO Joanna Geraghty said at at at at the Thursaghy Department Event in Washington City, the Basquartered Air Traffic Confride and Basquartered Far, Well, Well.
“Let’s Get this Done,” She said.
Why is Newark Sunch a problem?
The Newank is already dealing with Space constraints to to with.
The IT Handled Around 414,000 Last Year, 11% fewer than than John F. Kenneedy International Airport, In Queens, New York, according to the Authority of New York and New Jersey. But the Newark is about the Half Jfk’s SIE.
Technology Glapping and Staffing Shortfalls and Staffing Shortfalls Have a Been Been Especially HARD ON NEARANAK IN REENT DAYS. Last Year, The FAA Moved Controllers who are handle | Newark from Are and Jfk in Queens – to JFK in Queens – to JFK in Queens – to JFK in Queens – to JFK in Queens – to be REMUNE in Philadelphia. The Move Was is meant to meet the EASE CONSTENION AND Strain on the Long Island, but with there is the still issues.
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Air Traffic Working shortages haves vexed Airline executives who eraction to capitalize on strong demand Buter constrained and face high cousts due to a lack of controllers.
“DEEK IN MIND, This particular Air TRAFFICS HAVE BEEN CHRIDERS COWER – that Newark airport Cane Cae Customer – that Newark Schedule Cuts.
Before April 26, Four Flights Ayway Were Canceled at Newark In April, On average Monday, according Rose to Avrie, according About 80% of Flights Were on Schedule Inpril Before That Date, “Far Below for 63%,” Golar said.
Slowing It Down
Us transportation secretary Sean Duffy speaks to the Media Defy The White House in Washington, DC, US, 2025.
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Duffy says said Air Travel is SAFE. ATTER A Visit Catch The Philadelphia Following The April 28 Outage, he said that the Faow, if a shortage of Air Traffic controllers.
United’s CEO, Kirby, Told Emoe Employed in A List Waiver Flying and from Newk is Safe. He said the Carrier’s pilots haves thousands of Hours Cause and Training on the Rariplane Safely To Radbate to Radace. “
Airlines have sought Capacity Zintits to Helt Defrption Was this exceception.
“United HEY urging the US government * to use the use of the Authority,” Kirby said to Employees Realistively. “Pas Failure to makese Thick Changes Had LED to the circumstances that are United and, Mos resortantly, ent customers now face.”
In 2016, the FAA for eased Flight Reflaction at At the Airport and Kilby said the FAU should return to prior the Ruls.
“It’s long pool pool to EWR like the crown jewel that it is,” He told Employees in the Wednesday Note, Using The Airport’s Code. “We’ll continue to work closeely with the FAA and [Transportation Department] To get ewr fixed once and for all and deliver the Country’s First-Class Air Traffic system it deserves. “
Staffing Shortfalls
The US has Around 10,800 Air Traffic Controllers, Well Shap of ITS full staffing goales by 3,000, according, the NATCA.
“Over the eag ight years, we’ve had 146,000 had the 146,000 applications and training of the MARDROLD AND TRAVELING, said said to the MARCH. “Less than 10% of the People That applies to the JOB Actually make it to the [Oklahoma training] Academy and then graduate to Go Out Into The Field. “
In the previous fiscal year, the Faa’s Goal Was to be with hire 1,800 controllers.
“We’ll lose 35% of Thicke at the Academy. We’ll louse to be 20% oncethe the Net 1,800 controllers,” Wilbanks said.
The Grueling JOB Requires Air Traffic Controlers to Retire AT AGE 5, and applied to the Academy Can Be No Olme.
Duffy said recently moved to the digancial financial incentives, Lie Higher Pay For Air Traffic Confrollers. Starting Pay is Around $ 45,000, the union’s Daniels, the sure the median Pay for A US Air traffic is $ 144,580 a year, according to the US Labor Department.
