Posted on 04/02/2025 11:01:58 AM PDT by grundle
An air traffic control supervisor at Reagan National Airport punched a colleague Thursday during a dispute in the control tower that forced others to step away from their duties to intervene, according to two people with knowledge of the incident.
Damon Marsalis Gaines, 39, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was arrested Friday and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery “following reports of an incident in the ATC control tower at DCA,” a Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson said. He was taken to the Arlington County jail, served with a misdemeanor summons and released.
The two people familiar with the incident, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive law enforcement matter, said the altercation began after a disagreement about operations. Gaines, the people said, began yelling at the other air traffic controller and then punched him in the face.
Other controllers who were in the middle of communicating with aircraft had to leave their positions to restrain Gaines, the people said, a possible safety concern.
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AVIATION Ping!................
Is Damon a Soul Brother?
Why does it always take a minimum of 3 to write a WasPos story?
Damon Marsalis Gaines...uh, ok.
.
It’s a good serial killer name.
Gentleman, you can’t fight here! This is the war room!
One to ask AI to write the story, another to copy/paste it into their posting software, and another to click submit.
Same dude....?
https://govsalaries.com/gaines-damon-marsalis-194178367
BTW, not the misspelling on the page...
Job Title Raffic Control
they were heard shouting
its my turn to crash a plane
no mine
And then I just did it...
Note the misspelling...
“Why does it always take a minimum of 3 to write a WasPos story?”
There is definitely a joke in there somewhere.
Still no photographs of this mystery man.
“Why does it always take a minimum of 3 to write a WasPos story?”
Why do people post WP firewall articles when there are 33 other sources ...
One of my favorite movie lines.
But those air traffic incidents cause a great deal of stress.
Airplane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeI5ke0BENw
(Why does it always take a minimum of 3 to write a WasPos story?)
First to write
Second to check pronouns
Third to add other Woke material
No photo of the other person either.
“a possible safety concern”
Is it safe to say he chimped out.
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