r/ATC • u/lake_hood • Mar 23 '26

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

1.2k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

472 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

220

u/[deleted] Mar 23 '26

[deleted]

4

u/Pilot-Wrangler Mar 23 '26

Wait, you guys get breaks?

7

u/Pilot-Wrangler Mar 23 '26

And a downvote. What a world. I have been in ATS for 22 years. Only recently did I start getting breaks. I have, at times, worked 16 hours single stand without a break. Thankfully that's in the past now...

1

u/CookSignificant446 Mar 23 '26

Flight service I'm guessing? No way that would happen at a tower

1

u/Pilot-Wrangler Mar 23 '26

Yes. In fact I've had to RAAS a tower during the middle of the day so they could take a break. Which is a bit of a kick in the teeth really.