InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoShutdown & air travel. "Tick-up" in air traffic controllers calling in sick. Denver & Newark have staffing issues. Fed program to subsidize air travel to rural areas will run out of funding by Sunday.archive.phexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkShutdown & air travel. "Tick-up" in air traffic controllers calling in sick. Denver & Newark have staffing issues. Fed program to subsidize air travel to rural areas will run out of funding by Sunday.archive.phInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThey went on strike under Reagan and he fired every single one, getting scabs, retirees, and military ATCs to take their places. So yeah ATC work is pretty fucked and will continue to be so until something breaks.
minus-squareblunder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI remember that actually but I guess I was just naive enough to think that “no one is in the tower” was some kind of red line that wouldn’t be crossed
They went on strike under Reagan and he fired every single one, getting scabs, retirees, and military ATCs to take their places. So yeah ATC work is pretty fucked and will continue to be so until something breaks.
I remember that actually but I guess I was just naive enough to think that “no one is in the tower” was some kind of red line that wouldn’t be crossed