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They ll interview the tower personnel. they review the tapes. and they ll find out where the mistakes were made. the national transportation safety board says it is investigating this as a possible runway incursion. it is the same type of incident that happened on the runway last month at jfk. in that case, the pilots of a delta flight were told to abort their takeoff as an american airlines flight taxied across the runway in front of him. [ beep ] cancel takeoff plans! cancel takeoff plans! rejecting. this underscores one, that the most dangerous part, the most perilous part of the trip is often when the plane is taxiing on the runways. these runways are crowded. there is one big difference here between these two incidents. that jfk incident, the weather was clear n this austin incident, this latest incident, there was thick fog visibility at the time reported at an ....
Not to unionize. that is part of what is going on here in between republicans and democrats right. correct. there is a whole slew of issues. if everybody is for reducing spending, house republicans said let s do a little bit and see what we can do. unfortunately it all broke down. jon: the people that are being laid off as i understand it are not control-tower personnel, they are researchers and headquarters percen personnel. a lot of people might say they are not essential. but if you re one of those 4,000 workers bringing home an faa paycheck to feed your family this is not good news. no it s not. it is unfortunate to see these layoffs. the bigger impact will be in the airport community. these faa people are kind than integral for the building season, construction season for the airports. right now the airports don t know when they are going to get money, if they are going to get money and if you don t know ....
In there that involves union rules and votes on whether or not to unionize. that is part of what is going on here in between republicans and democrats right. correct. there is a whole slew of issues. if everybody is for reducing spending, house republicans said let s do a little bit and see what we can do. unfortunately it all broke down. jon: the people that are being laid off as i understand it are not control-tower personnel, they are researchers and headquarters percen personnel. a lot of people might say they are not essential. but if you re one of those 4,000 workers bringing home an faa paycheck to feed your family this is not good news. no it s not. it is unfortunate to see these layoffs. the bigger impact will be in the airport community. these faa people are kind than integral for the building season, construction season for the airports. right now the airports don t ....