Confessions of an air traffic controller: Why travelers should ‘avoid Newark like the plague’

Source: New York Post

Chaos continues to reign at Newark Liberty International Airport, where, in the last few weeks, there have been hundreds of flight cancellations, diversions, and delays, a handful of ground stoppages, and life-threatening technical glitches. Exhausted and over-extended air traffic controllers say they are working six days a week, 10 hours at a time, to ensure the skies above Newark and the Big Apple remain friendly. The Post’s Chris Harris spoke about the ongoing mess at EWR with one of the 13 air traffic controllers who manage flights in and out of Newark from a building more than 80 miles away in Philadelphia.