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Catherine King, the federal transport minister, said she is “confident” that Airservices Australia is doing “everything that they can to get on top of this” after a near miss at Sydney airport on Sunday.
She said that included better rostering, saying there was unplanned leave due to illness in Sydney over the weekend.
double quotation markI’m confident on speaking to Airservices Australia that they doing everything that they can to get on top of this.
I do want to give a shout out to the air traffic controllers, who are dealing with a really stressful and difficult job. They did a very good job over the weekend to try to manage the disruptions as best they could.
Sydney Airport near miss 'could have been far more serious', ATSB boss says
Two airport workers have been stood down amid investigations into how two planes almost collided at Sydney Airport on Sunday.
It comes as the head Civil Air Association, the union representing air traffic controllers, said staffing shortages were taking a toll on those on the frontline.
Federal Transport Catherine King met with Airservices Australia CEO Rob Sharp and said the organisation had committed to implementing improved rostering practices for Sydney's air traffic controllers.
Pilots who avoided a second near miss at Sydney Airport in a fortnight "prevented what could have been far more serious", the head of the nation's air safety bureau says.
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One second from disaster: Air traffic control boss forced to explain Sydney airport chaos
Two airport workers have been stood down and the chief of Australia’s air traffic control agency summoned for a meeting with the federal transport minister as investigators probe the second near-collision between two planes at Sydney Airport in the past two weeks.
Both the air traffic controller and the ground crew worker involved in the Sunday incident have been stood down under their employers’ policies while authorities determine how a Jetstar plane got within metres of striking a Qatar jet.
The airport has suffered days of delays triggered by Airservices Australia, a government owned corporation that operates air traffic control towers around the country and has faced workforce shortages.
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