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@aakashgupta The US set up for gate usage is also a contributor here. The UA aircraft declared the emergency because they couldn’t get a gate. That really set the sequence off and was compounded from there.

The air traffic controller cleared the fire truck onto the runway. Seconds later, the same controller screamed “stop, stop, stop.” The plane was doing 93 to 105 mph. Both pilots are dead. Everyone will frame this as controller error. One controller was simultaneously managing a United flight that aborted takeoff after an anti-ice warning, dispatching a fire truck across an active runway, and sequencing an inbound Air Canada landing at highway speed. At 11:40 PM. On a mandatory overtime shift at a facility that has been understaffed for years. A system that assigns one person that workload will produce exactly this outcome. The only variable is when. The FAA is short approximately 3,000 controllers. The headcount dropped 13% from 2010 to 2024 while flight volume rose 10%. Over 40% of the FAA’s 290 terminal facilities are understaffed. The New York TRACON, which manages the most congested airspace in America across LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark, has been chronically below target. Newark was operating at 59% of its staffing goal. LaGuardia handles 900 flights a day. The hiring pipeline is broken at every stage. Only 2% of applicants complete the full process. Training takes up to 6 years. The FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is a bottleneck, with roughly 35% of trainees washing out. Congress blocked legislation to build a second academy. In one recent hiring cycle, the FAA brought on 1,512 candidates and lost 1,300 in the same window. Net gain: around 160 controllers for an entire country. Three things need to happen and everyone who can make them happen has known for years. Congress needs to fund and authorize a second FAA training academy. One facility in Oklahoma City cannot produce enough controllers for 900 million annual passengers. Members of Congress from Oklahoma have actively blocked this. That needs to end yesterday. The FAA needs to cut certification time. Six years from application to fully certified controller is absurd. The agency’s own data shows tower simulators reduce certification time by 27%. They’ve installed them at 95 facilities. That should be every facility, and the simulated hours should count toward more of the certification requirement. The FAA needs to stop plugging staffing gaps with mandatory overtime. Controllers at understaffed facilities are working six-day weeks rotating between morning, mid, and night shifts. The NTSB has flagged fatigue repeatedly. The controller last night was managing overlapping emergencies during a nighttime operation. Overtime is not a staffing plan. It’s a countdown to the next runway collision. The controller said “I messed up” to a Frontier pilot who watched the whole thing. The pilot responded “No man, you did the best you could.” One of them is right. The answer determines whether this happens again.

@SkySportsNews I don’t think anyone who can see could say that Woltemade kicked Palmer. Just didn’t happen. Embarrassing.

"There is nothing with that huddle that is disrespectful to the opposition" Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior reacts to the bizarre moment referee Paul Tierney was caught in the middle of his players' huddle before the Premier League game against Newcastle 🎙️

@tier_1st People who con an income off false engamenet. …

Liam Rosenior couldn’t believe Cole Palmer wasn’t given a penalty and started begging for it. How on earth is that not a penalty when there’s clear contact?

@DominicKing_DM Simple solve will be you aren’t allowed in the opposition half after the toss.

@DominicKing_DM He should have booked every one of them.

Everything about this is absolutely absurd. The huddle, it’s so obvious it’s a directive from the coaching team. Why doesn’t Tierney push them away or move out of the way? Well, for a starters, he’s got a camera on him.

@IanBiggins @nocontextfooty 💯

@nocontextfooty Yamal and Lopez both commit fould worse than the ones that Joelinton and Tonali got booked for, neither got a yellow card that would have seen them miss the second leg. The two teams were refereed differently the whole game.

@ToonPolls @m3gamarvatron Maybe we as in the group and the staff? Altogether they probably won’t. Season after next would be the earliest by which time nearly half of them won’t be around.

Thanks to @m3gamarvatron for sharing the clip. It was the latter. If we are wanting to be the best in the world in 4 years, you’d hope we’d be in the Last 16 of CL again like.

Journo’s reporting a quote from Eddie with one crucial variant. “It's a chance to grab a moment we never get again. “It's a chance to grab a moment we may never get again.” One means you physically don’t get THAT moment again. Second one doesn’t. Anyone got the clip? #NUFC

@NoLayingUp Rose

Strokes gained over the last 6 months: 1. Scheffler +3.16 2. (????) +2.70 3. Xander +2.09 4. Rahm +2.06 5. Tommy +2.00 6. Rory +1.91 Without looking at the replies, who's been the second best player in the world over the last 6 months?

@cjhhhh21 Simeone has rejected bigger ‘projects’ than us on the basis of not speaking English and not wanting to be in England.

I know the Howe lovers won't like it but I guarantee if we got Jose (yes I know he's a bit washed) or Tuchel (if he leaves England and Howe joins), not a single one of our players would want to leave, elite managers attract elite players, break the bank for Simeone

@CaliJ98 Absolute robbery of that didn’t pay. Cleared should just rule out a penalty of free kick.

Hang on, from open play? So if a keeper heads in from a corner it still loses? Or am I being thick

@DobbySolanoNUFC Annoyingly he did and then told them no. He shouldn’t have been listened to. Should have been dragged off 5 mins earlier.

Our medical team need shot! If Bruno is out for a significant amount of time it’s fully on them. The bloke is literally asking to come off

@Pooliemags1Ttv Had a ticket in the Platinum Club through the ballot for tonight. Absolutely dead and they were clearly all regulars. The ST basis is an aging population. Be surprised if the average age wasn’t decent north of 50.

The ballot system has killed the atmosphere too many part time fans getting tickets when season ticket holders were allowed to buy the extra tickets it was going to genuine fans #nufc

@ifan_tomos @CPDPorthmadogFC He’s going to find himself in jail, not just banned from football.

ABSOLUTELY DISTGUSTING FROM TREADDUR BAY TOM TAYLOR SHOULD GET BANNED FOR LIFE DISGRACE!! @CPDPorthmadogFC

@Magpie24_7 I read lists like this and just eye roll nit knowing if what I’m reading is stupidity or engagement phishing.

18 months ago. Newcastle United bid 60m for Marc Guehi. Fast forward to today. He's going to Man city for 20m. With the concern Eddie has highlighted with lack of depth at RCB publicly this month. I'm Really shocked we weren't back in for him this January. Especially given how much Eddie wanted him and pushed for him internally. Will be another 'cup tied' player that will be able to play against us in the cup in a couple weeks...... #NUFC

@AdamP1242 Dangerous listening to Chris Sutton. Zero to do with Pope. It’s Thiaw he’s impeding. It’s not even about if he’d reach it if Haaland wasn’t there. If Haaland wasn’t there he’d be positioned differently. Bloke is offside and impacting play. It’s not controversial at all.

Perfectly legal goal btw, standard of officiating in this country is a joke Nick Pope doesn’t stop the shot if Haaland is not there, doesn’t interfere with the play, no foul and doesn’t look offside #NUFC

@SkySports Any chance of sending your co coms on courses about the rules of football each season. Not when they play. Not what they think it should be. This chap on the Carabo is a joke.

@davez2010 The word brilliant with any NUFC player tonight is misplaced. We take the win and move on but hopefully this is now the bottom.

Fair fucks to these two Brazilian Geordie Brutes, thought they were both brilliant tonight…. 🇧🇷 Great to see an all action Joelinton affect the game and also score💪🏾 Bruno lead by example all game and dragged us home 👏🏾👏🏾 #NUFC #Bruno #Joelinton 🇧🇷 🖤🤍

@United053651221 @LukeEdwardsTele Hall give the ball away a ton as well. Wissa was the only glimmer of hope. Think Pope did well in a couple of spots too.

@LukeEdwardsTele Bruno’s gifted goal will mask that he was AGAIN anonymous most of the game. Him and tonali offering nothing in midfield. So so poor. As for the fraud Gordon the less said the better - should be nowhere near that World Cup squad. Only one who gets pass marks Sir Lewis Hall.

There is something alarmingly sloppy about Newcastle in midfield. Bruno gave the ball away four times in quick succession in the first half. Tonali just doesn’t look right in any aspect of his game at the moment. Need to sharpen up in the second half #nufc

@LoyalRoyalDaz @ThePDiddyD @British_Airways Wrong on all counts here Daran.

@ThePDiddyD @British_Airways Flight doesnt start until you leave the gate so you should be compensated

Wow, @British_Airways. Mechanical delays have cost us 3 hours at LHR and you close the doors and turn on the engines so we “taxi” at 2:56 late. Yet we’re still at the gate. Clever way to avoid long haul penalties. And only staffed half of club world with meat mains. Abysmal.

@DeadlineDayLive @NUFCrumours I can definitely see him leaving but how on earth are they going to be able afford him?

🚨 Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali is a target for Juventus with the 25-year-old Italy international open to a return to Serie A. (Source: La Gazzetta dello Sport)