Air traffic controller raises questions over Chicago's air safety.

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A senior controller has raised air safety questions after revealing heavy demands and staffing shortages at air traffic facilities in Chicago.

The 17-year controller and president of the Chicago chapter of the employee union, the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers, has voiced his concern over staffing and ...

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