00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:37It is exceedingly rare. I've been a pilot for 15 years and I've never seen a plane in a ground
00:43vehicle collide on a runway before.
00:45Pilots didn't have a lot of time to react because they're still in the landing phase, which case they're really
00:50focused on the runway.
00:52It's like you got a car going 100 miles an hour and it's 50 feet away from a brick wall.
00:58You just got that real split seconds.
01:09It sounded like the firefighters were following the controller's instructions for crossing the runway.
01:15It's just the controller made a mistake and not piecing the whole thing together where you have a firetruck crossing
01:22an active runway with a plane that has landed and is finishing its what we call the rollout phase of
01:28the landing.
01:29And so, yeah, it was just a chain of events.
01:36But I think it also kind of shines a spotlight on an area that has gotten attention before, and that
01:42is our shortage of air traffic controllers.
01:45A lot of classes are full, but it takes a while for controllers to really become experienced before they're placed
01:51into busy airports like LaGuardia.
01:52So I think it really underscores the importance of ensuring that our current air traffic controllers are rested.
01:59They're not overworked.
02:01They're not overly stressed because many of them have been working six-day shifts.
02:05They've been working longer than their regular shift.
02:08And that's where they start getting fatigued, and that's where mishaps start to occur.
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