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Retired Airline Pilot Voices Safety Concerns About Newark Airport
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5/10/2025
A retired United Airlines pilot has some serious safety concerns regarding a busy airport in New Jersey ... and he's got a message for the federal government.
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The system is archaic. Newark is a mess. Is it safe to fly in and out of Newark? What do you
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think about all of this? At best, I would say it's marginally safe to go in there under the
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conditions they're operating on. The weather's been bad on the East Coast, number one. They are
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doing construction and during a number of hours during the day or all day, I'm not sure, one of
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the runways, one of the primary runways is closed, which adds stress to the overall system.
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The air traffic control staffing is people in the tower and approach controls. They are understaffed
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there. And they're obviously listening to the news reports. They're overstressed. It is not a good
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situation. Sadly, it started a long time ago and nothing has been done about it. And it's
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indicative of a lot of other places also, I think, in the system. I think Washington National falls
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into that category of being a place I really wouldn't be happy going into. The pilot group
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would report incidents of safety problems. I think they can complain about it. But the lack of
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air traffic control system and investment in the air traffic control system is long overdue. And it
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should have been taken care of years ago. I still have faith in the system. I'm flying on a trip next
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month as a passenger. I hope things get better. But I know our government is trying to cut costs. But in
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this area of air traffic control and improved technology, they need to spend a little extra
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money and get the system back to where it was.
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