Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” flying alongside them

Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by OJFord on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:42PM (#24347962)

To be really blunt, I reckon it's just supply and demand: there's not that many jobs (relatively few airports in the world compared to other entire industries) and a relative lot of people who love it, and would rather do it than earn a bit more at a lower stress higher paid similarly skilled desk job & hobby listen-in/plane-spot.

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Re:Airline pilots landing at LAX report “a guy in jetpack” f... by vanderZwan on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @08:05AM (#24352399)

I don't think that quite holds up. Sure, lots of people want to do it, but lots of people want to be professional athletes or surgeons or [insert prestigious job here] as well. Similarly, this kind of work is extremely demanding, and very critical - the consequences of incompetent traffic controllers would be disastrous - so there's still a low supply of people who actually are a right fit for the job. In a sane job market that should still give these traffic controllers some bargaining power.

Then again, I guess braythwayt's comment[0] is real-world proof that we're not really dealing with a sane job market, so I'm clearly missing something crucial in my line of thought here.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24346728

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