Increase In Close Calls In The Skies


	Increase In Close Calls In The Skies

thisnamecantbetaken

6-13-2007 6:13 AM

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airline, security, health, life, death, geeez

thisnamecantbetaken says:

This really frightens me. What do they mean by unidentified or unknown planes? UFOs? Crop dusters? Private pilots just fluffing around? How can they not know where everyone is in the sky?? What about radars? GPS? Radio transponders? Why this strange spike? Is this just in the northeast or symptomatic of overcrowded skies everywhere? This bit below is just so reassuring. Geeeez.....

...they've lost 1,000 controllers in recent years that have not been replaced, leaving those on the job overworked and stressed.

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