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-square58fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down11
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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-up4·23 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.
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.