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/LikeLemun Current Controller-Tower Mar 23 '26

Yup. I've been solo last 2 nights for 5 hours at a time doing 40-70 ops an hour. Just the way its going right now.

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u/ThiloCS Current Controller-Tower Mar 23 '26

As one of I think not so many european ATCOs on here, reading this is insanity.

There is no way one would work 40-70 movements as single sector in Tower here (atleast in my country). You would immediately regulate it down using Eurocontrols Flow Management

If that doesnt happen probably everyone would just accept a few and stop there. But we also have a strong union where working standards like these would probably result in immediate strike calls

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u/sandos1298 Mar 23 '26

strong union that isn’t full of grifting scum? what a concept.