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Unionization in america is having a moment right now. labor unions are mobilizing to improve the power of the worker. on august 3rd, 1981, or traffic controllers went on strike after negotiations with the federal government over wage increases and work hours failed. president ronald reagan called a strike illegal he threatened to fire any controller who didnt return to work within 48 hours. and reagan followed through on that promise. two days later, he began firing over 11,000 air traffic contr...

Cancellations across the united states. but the challenge now is for airlines to get caught up on the back logs of travelers. severe weather in the northeast and across the midwest canceled tens of thousands of flights last week. airline and air traffic control staffing shortages have not helped. some travelers have been delayed by as many as three days. transportation secretary pete buttigieg told cbs weather has been the main culprit but says the f.a.a. is addressing staffing issues. >> our pl...

The supreme court or saying, hey, guys, we needw, you bing ge of legislation together? >> well, im a democrat. ritchie torres, who sfrom a congressman, one of the new congressmen here from new york, is a hug na hugee supporter of f everything you just talked about, kelly. and i think there are more democrats along that line. >> and i would agree with you. two things i thought that and ive said it on the show, i thought that what the president tried to do here, they should have tailored this. i t...

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And their nanny, smith. the question, why did the pilot, jeff hefner fail to respond to air traffic controllers within 15 minutes of departing, then fly for two hours, presumably on autopilot? the f-16 fighter jets that intercepted hefners plane could see that he was slumped over and unresponsive. did he suffer a medical emergency? was he rendered unconscious due to a sudden loss of cabin pressure? and were his passengers also incapacitated? no one radioed a mayday call, and the fighter pilots r...

From tennessee going to long island new york and was not responding to air traffic controllers. on the way up was not responding and then did a 180 headed south again, still not responding to air traffic controllers. thats when they notified norad because it was approaching d.c. air space. norad scrambled f-16 fighter jets. they intercepted plane and they could see that the pilot was slumped over and unresponsive. you are seeing the scene, the crash scene in virginia because the plane crashed in...

Are openop that need somebody ie there. if youre going to oversee some of these other problems, prr traffic controllersd ems, and others, he had a tough time in the senate. so whosse next? . yeah, its a great question. use are you going to use the website? i flwebsite? i honestly do not.week. i fly every week.av im always going somewhere.e i just have to say people have gone completely crazy on planes. i was on one not long ago wheren they literally came over the speaker and said, everybody look...

Open, that need somebody in there, if youre going to oversee some of these other problems. air traffic controllers and others, he had a tough time in the senate, so who is next? >> thats a great question. are you going to use the website. >> >> i will not. i fly every week. i just have to say people have gone completely crazy on planes. i was on one not long ago where they came over and said, everybody look at your feet, there is a cat on the loose thats gotten loose and if you, just grab the ca...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argues that most delays travelers experience are not the cause of FAA air traffic controller short-staffing.

A single-engine plane crash caused the LAFD to search a "large swath of mountainous territory" near Sherman Oaks.