Spirit Airlines pilots scolded by air traffic control for flying too close to Air Force One: ‘Get off the iPad!’
A Spirit Airlines pilot was scolded by air traffic control on Tuesday after not immediately responding to a controller’s instructions as Air Force One flew about 8 miles away. The two aircraft were flying parallel over Long Island.

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