ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA in Summer 2023

Re:ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA ... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Sunday April 16, 2023 @10:17PM (#35596184)

I can buy this defense if they have a reasonable justification for this determination published somewhere publically (via court documents or otherwise). Do they? This isn’t something that we just take their word for it.

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Re:ATC staff shortages: 11,000 Flights Cut from NYC and DCA ... by stametseater on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:54PM (#35618304)

You're acting like this is some new development (presumably because you just now learned about it), but it's been this way since forever. If it were legally dodgy, then why hasn't it been challenged in court and torn apart? Because you're the first to be offended by it, or because it isn't dodgy and the FAA are on firm ground? The latter. Age limits for pilots and ATC are textbook examples of BFOQs.

> This isn’t something that we just take their word for it.

If you want to hit the books, knock yourself out. I am perfectly content to take the FAA's word for it, and think you'd be wasting your time.

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