Complaint alleges that toxic mold remains in the control tower and workers continue to suffer health problems
Air traffic controllers from the Detroit Metro air traffic control tower have filed a lawsuit in a Michigan Circuit Court regarding a nearly three-year-old problem of toxic black mold that has sickened many controllers.
The suit contains allegations that contractors hired by the Federal Aviation Administration failed to safely remove mold from the tower.
The complaint alleges that toxic mold remains in the building and several workers have missed work and continue to suffer health problems.
“The air traffic controllers at the Detroit Metro Tower continue to be exposed to toxic microbial and are suffering significant health problems. The controllers are also concerned with reprisal for coming forward.
Vince Sugent, Detroit tower NATCA facility representative
Vince Sugent, Detroit tower NATCA facility representative, commented: "The air traffic controllers at the Detroit Metro Tower continue to be exposed to toxic microbial and are suffering significant health problems. The controllers are also concerned with reprisal for coming forward."
The air traffic controllers are represented by the law firms of Dodd B. Fisher, PLC, of Grosse Pointe, Mich., and Mancini, Schreuder, Kline & Conrad, P.C., of Warren, Mich.
Specifically, controllers have the following concerns:
Continual exposure to microbial toxins
Declining health and long term health effects
Effects on their ability to think clearly, since black mold affects the brain and central nervous system
Loss of income and future earnings
Reprisal for coming forward
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