FAA replaces leadership in D.C.-area air traffic control after fight
Three air traffic control managers with responsibility for Reagan National Airport have been pushed out of their roles in the wake of a violent altercation in the tower, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Tuesday.
“We brought in a new DCA management team to ensure strong support for the workforce,” an FAA spokesperson said in an email, using the three-letter airport code for National.
The changes come a week after a supervisor in the tower was arrested and accused of punching another controller in the face over a minor dispute about work, which followed a near miss between a passenger jet and military plane and the catastrophic January collision between a plane and a helicopter. The FAA last week announced efforts to reduce stress among staff members still grappling with the deaths of 67 people in that disaster.
The district manager and two assistant managers were offered reassignment elsewhere. While based at that airport, the district management team is also responsible for operations at Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International Marshall airports.
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