It should be noted that aircraft and all other vehicle and personel movements on an airport are controlled from the airtraffic control tower by air traffic controllers or directly by individual flaggers, as directed from the tower. Or at least thats the way it is supposed to work, and of course the operation at a place like LaGuardia is more complex, and will have specialists and multiple zones. What will put an extra edge on this is the whole ICE thing, and airport chaos pulling the roof down.

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rdtsc 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> What will put an extra edge on this is the whole ICE thing, and airport chaos pulling the roof down.

How would the ICE thing cause more ground traffic collisions. Are you thinking ATC controllers are illegal immigrants and they’re going to run away during their shift? I just don’t see a connection there…

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wat10000 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not the crash, but the aftermath. Passengers will be showing up for flights today, nervous with the crash on their minds, and many will then encounter untrained goons cosplaying as airport security.

	▲	rdtsc 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I could see that, yeah.

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tencentshill 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This incident caused delays and cancellations that ripple throughout an already understaffed network of TSA checkpoints. ICE presence will make airport security somehow an even worse experience for brown people.

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lotsofpulp 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The comments in /r/aviation see to think it’s a one (tired) man show at night.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1s16x61/comment/o...