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Old May 23, 2014 | 11:46 am
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Originally Posted by flyerdude88
I agree UA is being unfairly singled out on these stories - the bigger issue is the fact that ATC is using 1950s technology in 2014. IMO the real question is whether the FAA will implement needed fixes before a disaster happens or if it will take a disaster to push them to implement needed changes.

The EWR is still the most worrying to me since 4L/22R remains closed for another week causing the ridiculous situation of taking off and landing from runways that intersect at one of the nation's busiest airports
Agreed, though I would add the NYC airspace as a whole looks scary to me.

About a year ago a DL widebody had a "near miss", caused because there was no place for it to go upon an aborted landing at JFK. Certainly the situation was odd (one airport was reversed, the other not; and the jet in front of the DL jet also aborted). But still this was a case of a stressed system being less fault tolerant.

I certainly think the blogger is total B.S.
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