Former commercial airline pilot Dan Bubb spoke exclusively with The Post about what makes LaGuardia one of the nation's most challenging Airports. This comes after the devastating crash on Sunday night, in which an AirCanada Express plane collided with a fire truck shortly after landing.

A CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation on behalf of Air Canada collided with a rescue and firefighting vehicle on Sunday. Daniel Bubb, an aviation expert, analyzed what happened.

The Air Canada jet was moving up Runway 4 when an air traffic controller cleared the Port Authority truck to cross the same runway. The plane was traveling around 100 mph when they collided. 

Reaction poured in on Monday after an Air Canada passenger jet flying from Montreal to New York City crashed into a fire truck after landing at LaGuardia Airport, raising questions about the actions of the air traffic controllers on duty at the time of the fatal accident.

The collision shines a spotlight on the recurring issue of air traffic controller staffing shortages.

Since 2022, North Carolina has spent more than $50 million in taxpayer dollars to build a “superfactory” at the Greensboro airport that today, nearly two years after its completion, sits dormant. It is not for a lack of companies wanting to occupy this long, rectangular hangar, says Kevin Baker, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority.

Travelers at some U.S. airports are dealing with extremely long security lines, as the partial government shutdown continues to cause TSA staffing shortages, with a high rate of screeners quitting and calling out.

TSA's Screening Partnership Program lets private contractors run security under federal standards, shielding some hubs from the funding crisis.