Ah yes, my employer is playing this game as well. Recently after a decade of working loyally for my company, they decided to insult everyone in my department.
We’re an important department.
This is when Meta or OpenAI or Elon will handover an AI solution and after a few horrific crashes, will declare the system is vetted and permanent.
Tada
Good luck with the ancient systems most airports still run on
Step 1: Fire ATC
Step 2: Rubber stamp plane manufacturing safety checks
Step 3: ATC messes up due to shortage
Step 4: TCAS fails because it never got checked
Step 5: 🛩💥✈️
Step 6: Blame “ANTIFA Terrorist”
Step 7: Martial Law
Well, Portalnd won’t fight back, we need step 7 somehow…
Yeah because the US is just swarming with qualified air traffic controllers hoping to get to work in their place if they’re fired. /s 🙄
… hoping to work in their place for free
It’s already illegal for them to strike. This comes as no surprise.
So… slavery then?
Lol go ahead and fire them. That will definately help the shortage of controllers!
Because firing the controllers worked so amazingly well when Regan did it…
And when Elon did it. It was only a few months ago when there were reports of one lonesome controller being in charge of enough air space that at least four were required. And after all of that they now aren’t getting paid, with this fucktard saying if they decide not to turn up to unpaid work THEY’RE jeopardising all air traffic. No asshole, the GOP are the ones shutting it down.
I’m not too familiar with the backwards labour laws in the US, but for a place that only worships the Almighty Dollar, surely you can’t get fired for not performing unpaid work.
Presidents who can’t remember history tend to repeat themselves.
Admittedly he couldn’t remember it if he knew it because he’s senile, but he definitely was never aware of it.
oh no what will they do without all that non existent money. Bet they are super worried about getting work with their hyper specific skill set that fewer and fewer people are able to perform
Hahahaha ok. Tell that to any employment lawyer.
That is called alavery, or indentured servitude at best. Kinda frowned upon.
Reagan set the precedent in the '80s. ATCs can be summarily fired ever since Reagan broke their union
Seriously, most people still have no idea how evil Reagan really was. He did a lot of damage to this country that led to the situation we are in now.
Killer Mike knows
Regan’s lawyers that were pissed he couldn’t do what he wanted were involved in 2000’s election bullshit and are currently sitting on the supreme court
Reagan was just following the well trodden path that Jackson and Wilson blazed, and Nixon trimmed the edges.
The only reason that I put Jackson into a tie with Wilson for worst president is that Wilson did far more long term damage, but Jackson orchestrated The Trail of Tears, and several other genocides, as well as paid off the national debt entirely. This helped contribute to the longest and deepest (by percentage, not dollar amount) depression the country has ever seen.
You do understand the current president has now easily taken the “worst” spot, though.
AngryCommie and your position are both correct, and yet worse is to come.
He’s doing his damndest. He’s still barely in the #3 slot.
And how did that work out?
Not well, but it doesn’t seem that outcomes matter to our “legal system,” as much as precedent set by conservative judges.
Reagan was a monstrous piece of shit but even a lot of dems love him. I suppose because a lot of dems are now to the right of 80s republicans.
They are desperately short workers, even in the best of times, so their response is to fire the few workers they have from one of the most notoriously stressful jobs on the planet?
What is more likely to happen is that they will fire controllers loudly and publicly, lose every single lawsuit, be forced to rehire them, which they would have done anyway because they need them so badly, except they will also pay all back pay, also significant damages, an enormous fine, and if the employee is smart, they’ll demand an enormous raise in pay to return.
And the MAGA Nazis deserve it.
Crippling our civil infrastructure, making the US a place no one wants to visit or trade with, cancelling all our alliances, crashing our economy, devaluing our dollar to the point thats its no longer the global reserve currency, shattering our military alliances, removing consumer food, environmental, employment protections and civil liberties.
Whats left on Putins list. Ah right, a civil war based on ethnic tensions. And destroying our legacy military might in some sort of pointless war, hopefully against an ally. And perhaps a nuclear exchange that they arent a part of. And only 3 years and ~5 months left to get that all done.
Yeah, this is just gonna lead to less efficient air traffic control, more congestion, eventually fewer flights, higher expenses, and less people flying over cause they just can’t fucking afford it.
Doesn’t really affect any of the ruling class because they have enough money to use private jets.
When’s the last time any of these assholes actually sat in economy class seat?
All members of the government should be prohibited from every taking a private flight, as well as flying first class. They should have to fly in a regular coach seat, and put up with whatever heckling they get, or drive.
A private flight is a totally undisguised bribe. Accepting any transportation from anyone should result in mandatory prison time.
Considering the bullshit that Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court Justice, has gotten away with; who the fuck cares at this point?
/s
Now that’s an efficient government!
/s
The party of fiscal responsibility and reduction of waste right there for ya.
I hope it is here like it is and all those kids shows that I watch growing up, the bad guy always loses because of their idiocy and arrogance.
“And I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t been for you meddling Liberals!”
And your stoner dog…
The Blue States should hire them, alongside the rest of the RIF’ed personnel of the Trump Regime. During a civil war, those extra traffic controllers will help keep air travel moving smoothly and let the workers have reasonable working hours.
Also, it is the right thing to do. The Trump Regime is hurting people for the sake of a tantrum.
Haha they should, states rights and all that. Say that they are dismantling the department, which wouldn’t be too far from the truth. Which means that the states have the right to make their own if the Federal Government wants to abdicate its responsibility.
Rich guy logic
Threatened to be fired from unpaid, highly specialized and stressful work? Sounds like relief rather than a threat.
They were just taking time off from being unpaid, but yeah, lets push them to quit permanently! Itll only take 2-3 years to replace every single one of them that quits. Who cares if planes crash and people die in the meantime? Im sure there will be plenty of people clamoring to become ATCs seeing how this plays out
We’ll just have Elon’s Hitler-aspiring Grok run everything and prioritize flights based on how Jewish the passenger names sound
Any politician making decisions to not pay working citizens shall be expired
