Daryl Campbell

The captain has made a decision. The first officer understands it's wrong. But the first officer doesn't have the ability to speak up about it.

The captain has made a decision. The first officer understands it's wrong. But the first officer doesn't have the ability to speak up about it.

The captain has made a decision. The first officer understands it's wrong. But the first officer doesn't have the ability to speak up about it.

My name's Daryl Campbell. I'm an aviation safety writer for The Verge and author of Fatal Abstraction, how the manager of... Fuck shit, I fucked that up. All right, we got it out of the way. I'll do it again. Why the managerial class loses control of software.

My name's Daryl Campbell. I'm an aviation safety writer for The Verge and author of Fatal Abstraction, how the manager of... Fuck shit, I fucked that up. All right, we got it out of the way. I'll do it again. Why the managerial class loses control of software.

My name's Daryl Campbell. I'm an aviation safety writer for The Verge and author of Fatal Abstraction, how the manager of... Fuck shit, I fucked that up. All right, we got it out of the way. I'll do it again. Why the managerial class loses control of software.

So you've probably seen some of the news articles about it. And it's really, again, only in the last couple of months, because everybody's been paying attention to aviation safety, that people are really saying, oh my gosh, there's the Newark airport. They're losing the ability to see airplanes. They're losing radar for minutes at a time.

So you've probably seen some of the news articles about it. And it's really, again, only in the last couple of months, because everybody's been paying attention to aviation safety, that people are really saying, oh my gosh, there's the Newark airport. They're losing the ability to see airplanes. They're losing radar for minutes at a time.

So you've probably seen some of the news articles about it. And it's really, again, only in the last couple of months, because everybody's been paying attention to aviation safety, that people are really saying, oh my gosh, there's the Newark airport. They're losing the ability to see airplanes. They're losing radar for minutes at a time.

And that's not something you want to hear when you've got airplanes flying towards each other at 300 miles an hour. So it is rightfully very concerning. But the thing is, what's been happening at Newark has actually been happening for almost a decade and a half. And it's in sort of fits and starts. It'll get really bad and then it'll get better again.

And that's not something you want to hear when you've got airplanes flying towards each other at 300 miles an hour. So it is rightfully very concerning. But the thing is, what's been happening at Newark has actually been happening for almost a decade and a half. And it's in sort of fits and starts. It'll get really bad and then it'll get better again.

And that's not something you want to hear when you've got airplanes flying towards each other at 300 miles an hour. So it is rightfully very concerning. But the thing is, what's been happening at Newark has actually been happening for almost a decade and a half. And it's in sort of fits and starts. It'll get really bad and then it'll get better again.

But now we're seeing a combination of air traffic control problems. We're seeing a combination of infrastructure problems. And they've got a runway that's entirely shut down. And the way that I think about it is, you know, while Newark is its own special case today...

But now we're seeing a combination of air traffic control problems. We're seeing a combination of infrastructure problems. And they've got a runway that's entirely shut down. And the way that I think about it is, you know, while Newark is its own special case today...

But now we're seeing a combination of air traffic control problems. We're seeing a combination of infrastructure problems. And they've got a runway that's entirely shut down. And the way that I think about it is, you know, while Newark is its own special case today...

All of the problems that it's facing, other than the runway, are problems that every single airport in the entire country is going to be facing over the next five to ten years. And so we're really getting a preview of what's going to happen if we don't see some drastic change in the way that the air traffic control system is maintained.

All of the problems that it's facing, other than the runway, are problems that every single airport in the entire country is going to be facing over the next five to ten years. And so we're really getting a preview of what's going to happen if we don't see some drastic change in the way that the air traffic control system is maintained.

All of the problems that it's facing, other than the runway, are problems that every single airport in the entire country is going to be facing over the next five to ten years. And so we're really getting a preview of what's going to happen if we don't see some drastic change in the way that the air traffic control system is maintained.

So the first problem is just one of staff retention and training. So on the one hand, the air traffic control system and the people who work there, they're a pretty dedicated bunch, but it just takes a long time to get up to the point where you're actually entrusted with airplanes.

So the first problem is just one of staff retention and training. So on the one hand, the air traffic control system and the people who work there, they're a pretty dedicated bunch, but it just takes a long time to get up to the point where you're actually entrusted with airplanes.