[REAL ATC] Las Vegas controller suffers a stroke while on duty.
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Length: 13min 55sec (835 seconds)
Published: Sat Nov 10 2018
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Yup, that was scary as shit.
Listening to the new ATC take over was so satisfying.
The briefing my facility got was that the female controller was intoxicated. It's sad to say, but I hope it was a stroke and not sometime being so flippant with the safety of the flying community.
Feel bad for her, but so much time unnoticed on the controller supervision side that she was in dire need of help. Not good and needs investigation.
DH just had me listen to that recording, and I was in tears.
I had strokes as a healthy 24 yo. The first time, I knew something was wrong and called for help; the second time, though I could tell that something wasnโt right, I didnโt. Another stroke never even crossed my mind.
My husband explained that Iโd sounded pretty much the same as the ATC when I had my strokes. I watched as, with tears in his eyes, he explained that for about a year or two afterward, I would do stuff that did not make sense โ like waiting on a street corner a block away from him, unable to tell him where I was, just waiting for him to come pick me up.
The controller does much the same in the recording: she mixes up the instructions she relays to the planes, she goes on a hot mike โ entirely plausible if her prioperception got messed up or she lost the ability to move or was just so tired that she didnโt think about it or yadda yadda, sheโs choking at one point, which happens when the muscles responsible for helping you swallow your food donโt work correctly, she slurs words, etc. DH described the recording as โterrifying to listen toโ.
Does anybody know if the controller is okay?
Shes's Drunk?