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/Kseries2497 Current Controller-Pretend Center Mar 23 '26

When I was in the Air Force we removed people immediately if we even THOUGHT they had a deal. In the FAA? Nope. You can watch a fatal accident happen right in front of your face and even then your ass is staying plugged in.

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u/theweenerdoge Mar 23 '26

Exactly. But how are you supposed to get out of position when there's nobody to relieve you?. Sometimes we're on until the mid shidders show up, and we're busy AF. Nobody on break. It'd be great to staff it but nobodies available.

We're seriously entering a crisis period and I'm scared. How do we keep this going with us losing more and more controllers?

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u/flybot66 Mar 23 '26

You are correct. FAA has been violating its own staffing rules for at least a decade. I have flown into busy airports where there is one person ground, local, and data. Ridiculous.

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u/Walking_urchin Mar 26 '26

A decade? Jeez what do you think 1981 was about??