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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:08 PM Original message |
"Control Tower Unresponsive to 2 Planes in Washington" |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. There should ALWAYS be more than one person on duty. |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Maybe they were both out on a smoke break! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Gosh yes. That was my first thought. They need a staff of at least 3 on at night. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You socialist! That costs money |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why does the phrase "Reagan controller" make me want to |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Kinda thick on the irony, n'est-ce pas? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Because Reagan canned all the professional air-traffic controllers back in the day? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. one person working in the control tower at RR Airport? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. According to the local nooz, that hasn't been confirmed yet. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Poor bastard probably has to work 3 jobs. |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yep! and the pilots are probably broke too! n/t |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. I can think of no airport more aptly named more aptly for |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Dontcha love irony? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I resemble that remark. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. :-) |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Was this guy working the ground frequency too? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. IIRC Reagan shuts down after midnight...maybe he just went home a little early |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 03:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Re-reading the article that might be the case. He went home early figuratively speaking. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. This is very hard to believe |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. TV Nooz this morning is reporting that only one ATC is regularly scheduled at this airport |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's terrible. Whoever made that decision is probably the same one who OK'd the decision that |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ground Control to Major FUCK UP! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-24-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
23. another possibility posted at a-net |
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