Well, this is unsettling. An air traffic controller at Kennedy Airport told Fox 5 that the runway renovation at JFK, which has shut down the airport's main runway while it undergoes renovations, has made things so complicated that air traffic controllers "are just trying to hold on." What does that mean. Controller Stephen Abraham told them that departing planes have to now cross runways twice, which is a concerns, and that every time a plane crosses a runway, there's an opportunity for disaster. The FAA is working to make sure safe operating procedures are in place. So hopefully those kids are out of the traffic control tower!
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