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Dean Wilkinson wrote:

Well, first of all this was a center controller, not a tower
controller. I don't believe that center controllers work alone in the
U.S., if they do I would be surprised. Secondly, their phone system
was offline and their conflict warning system was down... what, no
money for backup systems? Would that happen in the U.S.? I sure hope
not...

According to the NTSB report, the controller at CDW should not have been
left alone. So it "should not" happen there...yet it does.

Does it happen at Centers? I've no idea. But my point is that Federal
ownership doesn't seem to be a silver bullet. The government can mismanage
as well as anyone else.

- Andrew

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