Posted: Dec 09, 2020 10:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
A special service held in Gander, N.L., in 2016 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The town's air traffic controllers made history for safely landing a large number of planes in the wake of the attacks.(CBC)
Nav Canada plans to lay off 180 people across the country, employees were told on Wednesday, as the pandemic and travel restrictions continue to cripple the airline industry.
This latest round of cuts includes air traffic controllers who co-ordinate the movement of planes in between airports to make sure they are properly separated in the air.
One of the area control centres affected is one of the main employers in Gander, N.L., where generations of families worked together and played a role in history.