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'You Play God:’ Air-Traffic Controller on Why He Took Trauma Leave | WSJ

Newark Liberty International Airport has faced two weeks of technology and air-traffic control staffing issues that have plagued the New Jersey transit hub. After multiple radar and radio outages, air-traffic controllers are taking trauma leave, further fueling flight disruptions in the area.

In an exclusive interview with WSJ, one ATC supervisor based out of Philadelphia details the ongoing problems at the airport.

Chapters:
0:00 Newark-area disruptions
0:37 Controllers taking trauma leave
1:46 Recounting close call for collision
3:25 Why Jonathan Stewart came forward
4:10 Controller pay and sacrifices
4:45 How to improve controller jobs
5:34 Why Stewart enjoys the job
6:37 FAA on Newark issues

#Newark #Flights #WSJ

Why Costco Almost Didn’t Go Through With Kirkland Gas

Costco’s co-founder Jim Sinegal sat down with The Wall Street Journal, discussing how he built the $86 billion Kirkland Signature private label. why he was so reluctant to get into the gasoline business and more.

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OnlyFans CEO on Avoiding the App Store and Personalized Algorithms | WSJ

OnlyFans has carved a niche out of the $250 billion creator economy by welcoming adult content. The company wants to build a different kind of a social media platform – one that’s not reliant on advertising and personalized algorithms.

WSJ sat down with CEO Keily Blair to discuss why she thinks OnlyFans can be one of the safest digital platforms out there.

Chapters:
0:00 OF business model
0:23 Where Blair worked before OF
1:01 OF’s search function
2:23 Design features
3:18 Why OF is not on the App Store
4:06 Expanding into new markets
4:59 Mitigating risk and working with banks
6:56 AI threats for OF
8:56 Future challenges
11:15 Going from a lawyer to social media CEO

#OnlyFans #Business #WSJ

Space Force Chief on Why China, Russia Are a ‘Substantial’ Threat | WSJ

President Trump plans to announce that Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein will oversee development of the ambitious Golden Dome antimissile shield, envisioned to protect the U.S. from high-tech threats.

Last year, WSJ’s Shelby Holliday sat down with Space Force chief Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to learn more about why space is becoming an increasingly important domain for the U.S. military, and how adversaries like Russia and China might use space to launch attacks.

Chapters:
0:00 U.S.’s Space Force
0:49 Threats in space
3:06 Space weapons
4:29 What Space Force does
7:00 What’s next?

News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.

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Trump's Tariffs: Why Switching to U.S.-Made Isn't Just a Cost Problem | WSJ

President Trump’s tariffs are designed, in part, to motivate companies to manufacture in the U.S. But many small businesses, like puzzle maker Le Puzz, are finding that to be nearly impossible. Like many companies in the toy and game industry, their product is manufactured in China and they’re finding switching to a U.S. manufacturer isn’t just a difference in costs.

WSJ explains why completely moving manufacturing to the U.S. is so difficult for small businesses in the U.S.

Chapters:
0:00 Tariffs and manufacturing
0:57 Supply chains
2:14 The learning curve
3:53 Uncertainty in trade policy
4:44 Employment in the game industry

News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.

#Tariffs #China #WSJ

'The Complexity Is Insane': Air-Traffic Controller Breaks Down the Job | WSJ

Air-traffic control staffing issues and technology failures at the Newark Airport have resulted in some close collision calls and flight disruptions. In an exclusive interview with WSJ, one veteran air-traffic controller breaks down how tough the job is, how he deals with radar outages, why he is taking a stress-related trauma leave and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Newark-area disruptions
1:30 The day-to-day job and why Stewart enjoys it
3:30 What ATC’s do in aviation safety
6:30 The biggest challenges
8:09 Newark airspace, radar vector and staffing issues
13:46 Dealing with radar outages
17:00 Other layers of safety if radars and radio go out
19:52 Trauma on the job and taking leave
23:18 Stewart walks through a close collision call
30:22 Stress and pay for ATC’s
32:52 How to improve the job

#Newark #Aviation #WSJ