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1 posted on 09/08/2026 9:28:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Muslims are now air traffic controllers? They’re everywhere else in th UK.


2 posted on 09/08/2026 9:30:49 AM PDT by albie
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Aviation ping.......


3 posted on 09/08/2026 9:31:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Ut oh ... how will they shuttle the new arrival INVADERS around the country?


4 posted on 09/08/2026 9:31:18 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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Airline flights in Britain have been grounded in 2023, 2025, and now in 2026 due to major failures in Air Traffic Control.


6 posted on 09/08/2026 9:33:09 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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Celebrating 9/11 3 days early?


9 posted on 09/08/2026 9:36:05 AM PDT by C210N
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I thought this only happened in the US, never in UK because unions and socialism or something like that.


11 posted on 09/08/2026 9:55:58 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I just want FReepers to READ THE ARTICLE. And then think 30 secs before pounding keyboard.)
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This smells like Russia...


13 posted on 09/08/2026 10:05:05 AM PDT by pfflier
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“Controllers based at the HQ are responsible for safely guiding flights across all UK airspace”

Single point of failure, well planned.


14 posted on 09/08/2026 10:06:42 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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16 posted on 09/08/2026 10:13:30 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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17 posted on 09/08/2026 10:13:38 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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18 posted on 09/08/2026 10:36:25 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Some simple rules of the sky, a watch on every pilot’s hand, some servers, connections to radars, and some software is all it takes to put an air traffic controller in every cockpit.

To prevent collision, outside of takeoff/landing cones, waiting cones, abort cones, and transition space, aircraft might be required to fly due north at 7,840 meters, 8,920 meters feet, 10,000 meters etc., changing direction clockwise (or counterclockwise) by one degree for each three meters of height up (or down).

Planes flying in opposite directions would have 1,080 meters of altitude difference by rule.

what is ADS-B? Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast uses the aircraft’s GPS position information and provides it to the mode S transponder allowing ATC to track the aircraft more accurately than radar does.

As of January 1, 2020, all aircraft operating within most US airspace are required to transmit certain information using ADS−B OUT avionics.

Briefly, ADS-B OUT transmits information from the aircraft to ground stations or satellites whereas as ADS-B IN avionics receives information from ground stations or satellite based systems.

The ADS-B required airspace in the US includes everywhere Mode C is required AND:

Class A, B and C airspace, Class E at or above 10,000’ MSL (but not below 2,500’ AGL).
Within 30nm of Class B (Mode C veil).
Above the ceiling and within lateral boundaries of Class B and C up to 10,000’.
Class E over Gulf of Mexico, at and above 3000’ MSL within 12 nm of US coast. The non-contiguous US is also included: Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and Alaska.

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19 posted on 09/08/2026 11:10:24 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Harry and Meghan, I think it’s their fault, they went back to England.


24 posted on 09/08/2026 1:28:03 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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