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A comment on ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA in Summer 2023. Parent comment

Re:ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA ... by runnerup on Sunday April 16, 2023 @10:04PM (#35596086)
Haha. Yes.

In one of my jobs I was responsible for a tank of Acrolein which if it vented to atmosphere would kill 150,000 people in New a Orleans.

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Re:ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA ... by hgsgm on Sunday April 16, 2023 @10:46PM (#35596337)
Can I get some mechanical protections and peer review in there?
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Re:ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA ... by runnerup on Sunday April 16, 2023 @10:55PM (#35596372)
Sure. It was kept under conditions where if it was exposed to atmosphere it would immediately auto ignite and explode, obliterating about 10% of the chemical plant.

As a safety precaution.

Explosion was the desirable alternative because the products of combustion were far less harmful.

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