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Inexperienced staff blamed in part for United's recent problems
United's recent incidents/near-misses at Logan, Honolulu, etc. have been linked to pilot inexperience, new hires, pilot shortages, etc. UAL's never been my favorite airline and its recent run of bad luck isn't helping. If you have a choice, be forewarned.
https://beatofhawaii.com/pilots-at-fault-two-hawaii-airliner-near-crashes-probed/
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Isn't it the air traffic controller who tells the pilot when and where to move?
Air traffic controllers and pilots sometimes make mistakes. Runway incursions are always worrisome, and a lot of work is invested in trying to prevent them, but they still happen occasionally. It takes some investigation and analysis to figure out the true cause of each one.
From personal experience, communications between the aircraft and ground/air controllers come fast, are in aviation jargon/shorthand and each side can quite easily be misunderstood. Both are “expecting” certain routine directions and replies. It is extremely easy to hear what you were expecting to hear, not something different, especially when things get busy and despite the requirement for a ‘read-back’
As Alan said, it is very complicated. The larger airports often have different ground controllers, and different tower controllers for different sides of the airport. Takeoffs and landings on intersecting runways are not uncommon. I once had a near mid-air right over the top of Chicago O’Hare, due to a mistake a controller made while ‘under training’ and handling operations on intersecting runways. The TCAS system (Traffic Collision and Avoidance) got a serious workout.
BKMD
level 1,2,3 completed.
The traffic controller resume probably says 10 years of Microsoft flight simulator