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ProudMNDemocrat

(20,379 posts)
4. Next Wednesday I head out to Georgia via Jacksonville.
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 08:52 AM
Monday

If the Air Traffic controllers walk off the job nationally, the Airline Industry comes to a halt. He cannot fire them all!

Do not the pilots for Air Force 1 need air traffic controllers to know where if is when in the air?

Avionics are a funny thing, being that my late husband flew single engine air planes for many years and Air traffic controllers were vital to making sure we were on course, were alerted if traffic was in the area, keeping the skies clear, even when he would file an Instrument flight plan, knowing when cleared to land, etc. He was IFR certified.

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