*shudder*
Cook said the four planes — a Delta Boeing 757, a Virgin Boeing 747 and two Southwest Boeing 737s — were traveling south en route to Orlando International Airport near Wilmington, N.C., when they were rerouted inland on orders from an air traffic control supervisor who wanted to test the skills of a trainee.
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Besides rerouting [...]

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This is pretty frickin’ sweet:

Pretty awesome to see flights chasing the sun througout the day.

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Ugh. As if I didn’t hate flying enough, news that we’ve had our second major mid-air almost-oopsie in the Chicago-land area recently (Chicago Tribune: Another mid-air close call).
What really freaks me out about this is the quote from the president of the local air traffic controllers union:
“These two planes went right past each other, and [...]

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