An exclusive report by the New York Post claims that on Monday evening between 18:30 to 21:30, flights out of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) were handled by just one air traffic controller and a trainee. The report quotes a New York-based controller describing the situation as “pure insanity.” It also noted that an FAA spokesperson said that there were at least three controllers scheduled for each hour on Monday night but did not clarify how many of them were fully certified personnel.
The New York Times reported something similar, adding that four people familiar with the situation said that the number of fully certified controllers on duty to manage Newark’s air traffic was sometimes one or two. These figures are shocking because the target number of controllers for Newark to manage traffic in those hours is around 14-15.
Some of these flights are gonna end up on the Mentour Pilot Youtube Channel.
(Its a channel about aircraft incidents/accidents, very informative and worth watching if you have an obsession with aircrafts)
He has a channel where he covers aviation news, and he has at least a couple of videos out now addressing the ATC shortages.
He’s fully aware of the mountains of content that will be coming his way in the near future, and seems almost desperate to prevent that…