Air Traffic control shortage is long standing

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I never said there aren't people who can't handle it, but when I checked it out in the 80's, it was a crapshoot apparently.

$140K a year might have been significant back then, but now it's basically minimum wage.

Lay off the drugs! That is the dumbest statement I have heard in quite a while. Are you a sock for Initforme?

 

[Dr.Destructo]

I'd love to know where 70/hr is minimum wage!

With the economy is what it is right now, if wages had been kept up with rising prices over the years, this would be minimum wage right now.

 

[egp320i]

With the economy is what it is right now, if wages had been kept up with rising prices over the years, this would be minimum wage right now.

if kids at mcdonalds were paid 70 bucks and hour your big mach would cost 50 bucks
economy looks to be doing fairly well
shopping the other day and many items are down in price 50 cents or more

 

[ScorpioRising007]

Air Traffic Controller (ATSA) Practice Tests (2025 …​

Jan 24, 2024 · The Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) is an entry-level assessment that you will have to pass if you want to become an Air Traffic …

The FAA has an aptitude test that people must pass to be hired to be a Controller.
That makes it had to find qualified applicants.
The controller pay is very good.

Air Traffic Controller Salary in 2025: Job Outlook​

How Much Does an Air Traffic Controller Make? Air Traffic Controllers made a median salary of $137,380 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $176,720 that …

I have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone that has a job that pays $137,380. High stress or not, a lot of hours or not. A lot of people have a lot of hours and work with a lot of stress on the job for a small fraction of that salary.

My last job I had was very high stress, I was oncall almost every weekend and every night I worked. A lot of overtime and nights I work. I often was working 70-80+ hours a week at a salary position that only paid around 55k a year. I was putting 50,000 miles a year on my car for the job and spending a fortune on gas money that my company didn't reimburse me for. I was held accountable for a lot on that job and if things didn't get done in a timely manner when I was oncall it could effect someone's life, so yeah very stressful.

I know a woman in her mid 40's who works two full time low paying jobs and only gets 4 hours of sleep a night. Her one job is high stress as a waitress in a bar where drunk men get away with making passes at her and groping her every night, but she keeps the job anyway because she needs to survive. With the two salaries I bet she is lucky to make 40k - 50k a year.

 

[egp320i]

I have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone that has a job that pays $137,380. High stress or not, a lot of hours or not. A lot of people have a lot of hours and work with a lot of stress on the job for a small fraction of that salary.

My last job I had was very high stress, I was oncall almost every weekend and every night I worked. A lot of overtime and nights I work. I often was working 70-80+ hours a week at a salary position that only paid around 55k a year. I was putting 50,000 miles a year on my car for the job and spending a fortune on gas money that my company didn't reimburse me for. I was held accountable for a lot on that job and if things didn't get done in a timely manner when I was oncall it could effect someone's life, so yeah very stressful.

I know a woman in her mid 40's who works two full time low paying jobs and only gets 4 hours of sleep a night. Her one job is high stress as a waitress in a bar where drunk men get away with making passes at her and groping her every night, but she keeps the job anyway because she needs to survive. With the two salaries I bet she is lucky to make 40k - 50k a year.

did your job involve a mistake crashing planes and killing people? THAT is why they get paid what they do and why it's stressful

apples to grapefruits compared to a waitress, wow not even close by a mile

 

[Captain Caveman]

Didn't just happen this year, just another mess left by Sleepy Joe.

But what's really hypocritical about Biden's lack of response is the fact that the libs have bitched and whined about Reagan firing the unionized ATC staff in 1981, but when he had a chance, Biden didn't rehire the fired controllers and rectified the problem? If we needed the staff in the towers and their firing was a "travesty", why not?

Air Traffic Controller shortage: Search your airport's staffing levels

No one knows the struggles going on behind the scenes at the Newark Airport better than retired Air Traffic Controller Colin Scoggins.

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The two forum retards Tommy Tainant and Deadstick blame Thatcher for America's air traffic controller predicament.

Edit - Oh, and no doubt Brexit is to blame. If you're a retard, use Thatcher and Brexit as the cause, it avoids brain power.