Newark controllers concerned about takeoff procedures (Winging It)

Newark controllers concerned about takeoff procedures

Media in the Newark, N.J., area are reporting concern by air-traffic controllers about pilots making wrong turns after takeoff because of unfamiliarity with new procedures adopted in December as part of PHL-New York-New Jersey airspace redesign. Read the AP story here, This is the same issue we reported on two months ago in The Inquirer, noting that PHL controllers had the same worry, and what the FAA had to say in response.

Posted by Tom Belden on May 12, 2008 12:34 PM | Permalink

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