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Air Traffic Crisis Hits New York | Jersey News
Air traffic control in the New Jersey-New York region hit a critical staffing crisis on August 7, triggering flight delays as facilities operated with dangerously low personnel. With controllers calling in sick at alarming rates, the U.S. Transportation Secretary blamed chronic understaffing and mandatory extended workweeks — made worse by the recent expiration of a two-year relocation agreement that had moved key controllers from Long Island to Philadelphia. Six controllers returned home, leaving vital gaps — especially at Newark’s airspace and JFK tower — while weather was cited as a…
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