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1. The NYT's podcast "The Daily" had an informative episode about this on May 8.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2025, 03:57 PM

May 11

— “A Frightening Time To Fly”: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/podcasts/newark-airport-delays.html

Investigative reporter Kate Kelly offers insight and analysis that I found enlightening .

ETA: The Dumpster Admin. tries to paint this as a set of technical problems, downplaying or ignoring the issue of staff shortages.

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The NYT's podcast "The Daily" had an informative episode about this on May 8. Pinback May 11 #1

They never really fully recovered after Raygun fired that initial set BumRushDaShow May 11 #4

Get rid of all those temperamental controllers and replace them with AI. Mawspam2 May 11 #2

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Ah, back to the good old days... Pinback May 11 #5

I'm tired of Trump fixing things. Initech May 11 #6

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