Staff are burnt out — and very concerned about safety and feel very strongly that those moved to Philadelphia should come back to this facility,” Gillen said.

A federal watchdog is launching an audit into why a dozen air traffic controllers were moved from New York to Philadelphia last year​.

A watchdog for the US Transportation Department is investigating the decision to relocate a key piece of Newark Liberty International Airport’s air traffic control to Philadelphia, after outages earlier this year disrupted operations at the New York-area hub.