Orlando Air Traffic Controllers Lack Experience

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Orlando Air Traffic Controllers Lack Experience

April 9, 2009 | ISSUE 45•15

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 47 percent of air traffic controllers at Orlando International Airport are in training for certification. What do you think?

As a trained pilot, I can tell you it doesn’t matter: I just do whatever I want anyway.

Jeremy McManaway
Splitter Operator
That would explain all the wreckage I saw up on Splash Mountain.

Greg Harberg
Kosher Inspector
I'll pass that information on to my kids. I can save a lot of money if they're in a state of paralyzed terror the first day at Disney World.

Vicki Milam
Morgue Attendant

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