Newark, New Jersey’s airport is a mess. It was a mess when I worked in New Jersey; Newark Liberty International Airport was the most broken airport I had ever seen in over a decade of globe-trotting as a corporate consultant. Escalators were broken, elevators didn’t work, and, to be perfectly honest, it was dirty. United’s concourse – Newark is United’s major East Coast hub – had been remodeled and was new and nice, but the rest of the airport was a dump.
Now, an air-traffic controller is warning travelers to avoid Newark.
Newark Liberty International Airport is “not safe” for travelers, one air traffic controller at the delay-plagued travel hub reportedly warned.
“It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public,” the federal air safety employee reportedly told NBC News correspondent Tom Costello.
“Really an incredible…