Day late, a dollar short, dead people, and our glorious government bureaucrats come to the rescue.
Two air traffic controllers traded punches when a shocking fight erupted inside the tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
The facility is already under massive scrutiny following January’s deadly midair collision between an American Airlines flight on final approach and an Army helicopter.
And trouble flared again Thursday when a pair of on-duty tower controllers got into a blazing argument before one threw a punch at the other, a source tells us.
By the time the brawling colleagues were separated, there was blood spattered over a control console, according to our insider.
The tower would likely have had a supervisor and at least six or seven controllers directing air traffic at the time.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the shocking incident.
‘I’ve heard of controllers going at it in the parking lot but this was on a whole new level,’ the source told DailyMail.com.
‘That facility is out of control. People are cracking because of what happened in January.’
I suspect they are being driven slowly crazy in the classic way: They are punished for not following the rules and also punished for following the rules when traffic needs to be moved. Couple that with persistent undermanning and long shifts…you get this.
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