Andrew Tangel

Some might say out of necessity because it's so difficult with all the airports stacked on top of each other.

We've heard it described as sort of a place where you get told to suck it up and, you know, deal with. I think it's maybe symbolized in, like, the local New York TRACON graphic on social media with, like, the skeleton, you know, the skull with the headset.

We've heard it described as sort of a place where you get told to suck it up and, you know, deal with. I think it's maybe symbolized in, like, the local New York TRACON graphic on social media with, like, the skeleton, you know, the skull with the headset.

We've heard it described as sort of a place where you get told to suck it up and, you know, deal with. I think it's maybe symbolized in, like, the local New York TRACON graphic on social media with, like, the skeleton, you know, the skull with the headset.

Yeah, it's a tough place to work and a tough place to thrive. Kind of like New York, right?

Yeah, it's a tough place to work and a tough place to thrive. Kind of like New York, right?

Yeah, it's a tough place to work and a tough place to thrive. Kind of like New York, right?

There's the question about whether or not the culture at the New York TRACON led to people not being successful in training, either because they couldn't cut it, they didn't like the environment, they didn't like Long Island. For whatever reason, new recruits from the academy were leaving at very high numbers.

There's the question about whether or not the culture at the New York TRACON led to people not being successful in training, either because they couldn't cut it, they didn't like the environment, they didn't like Long Island. For whatever reason, new recruits from the academy were leaving at very high numbers.

There's the question about whether or not the culture at the New York TRACON led to people not being successful in training, either because they couldn't cut it, they didn't like the environment, they didn't like Long Island. For whatever reason, new recruits from the academy were leaving at very high numbers.

They went through with it basically on the theory that they will have a better job of recruiting new staff and getting them trained successfully in Philadelphia.

They went through with it basically on the theory that they will have a better job of recruiting new staff and getting them trained successfully in Philadelphia.

They went through with it basically on the theory that they will have a better job of recruiting new staff and getting them trained successfully in Philadelphia.

They opposed it. They pushed back. They raised safety concerns.

They opposed it. They pushed back. They raised safety concerns.

They opposed it. They pushed back. They raised safety concerns.

The local union leader saw this move of the Newark airspace down to Philadelphia as a way to undermine the union's control of the New York TRACON.

The local union leader saw this move of the Newark airspace down to Philadelphia as a way to undermine the union's control of the New York TRACON.

The local union leader saw this move of the Newark airspace down to Philadelphia as a way to undermine the union's control of the New York TRACON.

So the controller's telling the pilots where to point the nose and how to get safely on the ground. He's got what they call targets on the screen, when all of a sudden... Black.