I am going to lose my shit if they try to pin LaGuardia on the air traffic controller.
They chose to under staff the tower. They chose to not have transponders on the trucks. They chose to have antiquated radio systems that only allow one conversation at once, and allow others to "step on" each other.
They maximize cost savings and then fail to develop systems that account for the inevitability of human error.
The unholy audacity to operate LaGuardia with only TWO controllers.
That is the number I expect for a corn field runway. Not some effing major city airport.
@nepi The NTSB mentioned it, but you're right, not specifically as a direct cause of anything so far.
I mention that though because I've watched other flight disasters with pilots reviewing what happened, and it sounds like something everyone has wanted for a long time: digital radio communications. With modern collision handling, de-duplication, error correction, etc.
Not my field ofc, but it almost feels like we're using the equivalent of CB radios to land airplanes. A step or two up, sure.
@nepi There are also incidents caused by language barriers. You have some thick Brazilian accent guy talking to some thick NYC accent guy and it's just a big mess.
I don't know if the radios go away completely. It's gotta be a nice feeling to have the human touch on the other side, but anything critical should be relayed as text instructions. Then some computer should watch those instructions and check for deviations, etc.
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