Sydney Airport Chaos Exposes Air Traffic Control's Chronic Shortcomings Sydney airport has been plagued by a series of incidents in recent weeks, pushing air traffic control to its limits.
The most alarming was on Sunday, when a Jetstar pilot narrowly avoided colliding with a Qatar Airways jet due to catastrophic communication failure.
The scale of the problem becomes clear when considering that Airservices Australia (ASA) has struggled with persistent staff shortages since 2021, following a mass retirement of controllers caused by COVID 19.