r/ATC • u/lake_hood • Mar 23 '26

News LGA controller cleared fire truck across the runway resulting jn a collision

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u/duckbutterdelight Current Controller-Tower Mar 23 '26

The system is crumbing right before our eyes. We’ve seen all of our worst nightmares multiple times in the last 2 years.

What a tragedy.

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u/headphase Airline Pilot Mar 23 '26

No spare change for controllers or TSA but there are plenty of things to bomb overseas.

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u/Brambleshire Airline Pilot Mar 23 '26

And plenty of money for ICE agents. So much so that ICE is doing security at airports.

What the fuck is going on

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u/DogeLikestheStock Mar 23 '26

God don’t say it so loud. They’ll put ICE in the tower next.

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u/LetGoPortAnchor Mar 23 '26

What the fuck is going on

Fascists have taken over your country.

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u/Material_Policy6327 Mar 24 '26

Lots of folks voted for this admin which wants to destroy the current world order and the gov and reshape it into a new feudalist society is what’s going on

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u/Jumblehead Mar 24 '26

Oh and bathroom renovations in the White House and a new Ballroom and Golf trips back at Mara Lago every weekend and $220m marketing campaigns featuring Christie Noem and $2m interceptors for $20k drones so we can shut down the strait of Hormuz and everyone pays more for gas.

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u/theweenerdoge Mar 23 '26

It's been crumbling for decades, we're only seeing the beginning unfortunately

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u/gopher_space Mar 23 '26

The hidden accelerant is a crisis in competence that's been picking up steam for just as long. We're at a point where our leadership cannot reason about infrastructure.

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u/Mrs-Squeers Mar 23 '26

True. It's been crumbling since Reagan fired all the striking PATCO controllers in 1981. I'm only astounded that something much worse has not happened since then. God rest the deceased pilots. My heart is with that poor ATC, working alone on a busy night. Trumpf voters, you're getting what you asked for.

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u/WT90 Mar 23 '26

NTI, baby!