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Could you imagine. For three straight hours, having thousands of lives in your hands knowing full well one mistake could send hundreds of them to their deaths. Bruh. Air traffic controllers need to strike.
and apparently the stress level and PTSD without actual incidents is very high. can't imagine being responsible for that many lives and probably not getting paid nearly enough.
Ya they signed up to help planes land safely. They didn't sign up for incompetent leadership and stress. Too many people in America think, well they signed up for the job so bite the bullet. But no! If you're job is made harder and more stressful because of poor working conditions, poor leadership, and poor compensation "You did but sign up for that shit!" you signed up because the alternative is worse. Additionally every corporation have decided together to race to the bottom so no matter where you work it's wealthy ass hats making decisions. You didn't sign up for that.
It's less the pay and more the conditions. There isn't really a wage that would justify making aomeone work like that.
They are federal employees. Federal employees can't go on strike. Shit is fucked up. The US hates it's labor force and that's by design.
I keep seeing people say that... But what are they going to do? Fire them?! They have a fucking moral obligation to those flying under their watch, and if they are unable to do that for whatever reason, everything needs to stop until the issues are resolved. Not continuously hoping that crash won't happen. It's a matter of when not if.
All of your questions can literally be answered with history, as this type of stuff has already happened. Long story short, since others have typed it here as well, Reagan as president fired all 11k ATC workers and forced the Air Force to help pick up the slack while they looked for more workers. Some of those ATC workers got rehired, but it essentially prevents ATC from having any control of their careers.
Kindly, do you have a primary source for this? I would like to learn more.
Not OP but "Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America" by Joseph A. McCartin. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the events surrounding the strike, including the role of military personnel in air traffic control during the crisis.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2008/08/reagan-fires-11-000-striking-air-traffic-controllers-aug-5-1981-012292
Here is a politico article. About 900 Air Force Controllers were put to work in civilian towers, along with the 3000 supervisors around the country and 2000 non-striking controllers. The article fails to mention Reagan reversed his lifetime ban a few months later and began rehiring controllers.
Thank you
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_strike
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How’d that work out last time?
How hard would it be to piss on Reagan’s grave?
Especially since I believe they are supposed to take a ten minute break every hour of work