slothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’www.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down11
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minus-squareMatt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·2 days agoCombat controllers. They served after the Haitian earthquake, directing some 200 flights per day into Port-au-Prince. But they are specialized to work in austere environments. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/117884/combat-controllers-crucial-to-haiti-earthquake-relief/
minus-squareaubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·edit-22 days agoATL does over 500 per hour at peak times, and averages 200/hr.
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 days ago200 flights per day are what Chicago Midway does. Chicago O’Hare does 10 times that much. Combat controllers can only go so far.
minus-squareMatt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoI agree. ATCs should be better paid and have job benefits that entice people to get involved in the industry. It’s such an important position but it’s not compensated as such.
Combat controllers. They served after the Haitian earthquake, directing some 200 flights per day into Port-au-Prince. But they are specialized to work in austere environments. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/117884/combat-controllers-crucial-to-haiti-earthquake-relief/
ATL does over 500 per hour at peak times, and averages 200/hr.
200 flights per day are what Chicago Midway does. Chicago O’Hare does 10 times that much.
Combat controllers can only go so far.
I agree. ATCs should be better paid and have job benefits that entice people to get involved in the industry. It’s such an important position but it’s not compensated as such.